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Bo Diddley, 1928-2008

LC control no.no 91015859
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LC classificationML420.B653 Biography
Personal name headingBo Diddley, 1928-2008
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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 countryUnited States
LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Birth date1928-12-30
Death date2008-06-02
Place of birthMcComb (Miss.)
Place of deathArcher (Fla.)
Field of activityRock music
AffiliationThe Hipsters (Musical band) Langley Alley Cats (Musical bands)
Profession or occupationRock musicians Guitarists Singers Composers
Found inHis 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)