LC control no. | no 91015859 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML420.B653 Biography |
Personal name heading | Bo Diddley, 1928-2008 |
Variant(s) | Diddley, Bo McDaniel, Ellas, 1928-2008 Bates, Otha Ellas, 1928-2008 McDaniel, Elias, 1928-2008 Diddley, Bo, 1928-2008 Bates, Ellas, 1928-2008 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
Birth date | 1928-12-30 |
Death date | 2008-06-02 |
Place of birth | McComb (Miss.) |
Place of death | Archer (Fla.) |
Field of activity | Rock music |
Affiliation | The Hipsters (Musical band) Langley Alley Cats (Musical bands) |
Profession or occupation | Rock musicians Guitarists Singers Composers |
Found in | His The chess box [SR] p1990: label (Bo Diddley) Harris, S. Blues who's who (McDaniel, Ellas (aka: Bo Diddley); b. 12-30-28, McComb, MS; name before adoption: Otha Ellas Bates) New Grove dict. of Amer. music (Bo Diddley (McDaniel, Elias) b. 12-30-28, McComb, MS) LC in OCLC, 11/27/91 (hdg.: Diddley, Bo) New York times WWW site, June 3, 2008 (Bo Diddley, singer and guitarist; b. Otha Ellas Bates, McComb, Miss.; name changed to Otha Ellas McDaniel; stage name Bo Diddley adopted in 1954; d. Monday [June 2, 2008], Archer, Fla., at age 79) Wikipedia, June 3, 2008 (Bo Diddley; b. Dec. 30, 1928, McComb, Miss., as Ellas Otha Bates; d. June 2, 2008, Archer, Fla.; American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist) Electric blues 1939-2005: the definitive collection. Part 2, 1954-1967, p2011: container (Bo Diddley) booklet (born Ellas Bates, December 30, 1928, McComb, Mississippi; moved to Chicago in 1934; song credit: Ellas McDaniel) Oxford music online, November 7, 2013: Encyclopedia of popular music (Didley, Bo; born Otha Ellas Bates (later known as Ellas McDaniel), December 30, 1928, McComb, Mississippi; began his career as a boxer, where he received the sobriquet "Bo Diddley"; guitarist, singer, and songwriter; rightly regarded as a seminal figure in the history of rock and roll) Grove music online (Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel); born December 30, 1928, McComb, MS; died June 2, 2008, Archer, FL; American rock and roll singer) African American National Biography, accessed January 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Diddley, Bo ; McDaniel; Ellas McDaniel; guitarist, songwriter, blues musician / singer; born 20 December 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, United States; his first band, a trio named The Hipsters and later the Langley Alley Cats; developed a shave-and-a-haircut two bits sequence of rhythmic accents; while performing Uncle John, the group proclaimed Bo Diddley; appeared in the Eddie Murphy film comedy Trading Places (1983) and in 1989 Nike commercial with the sports figure Bo Jackson; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987; received the Guitar Player magazine Lifetime Achievement Award; the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1996; a lifetime achievement award at the 1998 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame; died 02 June 2008 in Archer, Florida, United States) |