RIP Bo Diddley

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  • Dr_Rand0

    songs since the late 1950s that have used the Bo Diddley beat, or a variation of it.

    Buddy Holly, “Not Fade Away”

    Johnny Otis, “Willie and the Hand Jive”

    Elvis Presley, “(Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame”

    The Who, “Magic Bus”

    Bruce Springsteen, “She’s the One,” “Ain’t Got You”

    U2, “Desire”

    The Strangeloves (and later Bow Wow Wow), “I Want Candy”

    The Smiths, “How Soon Is Now?”

    The Stooges, “1969”

    George Michael, “Faith”

    The Electric Prunes, “Get Me to the World on Time”

    The Clash, “Hateful”

    The Pretty Things, “Rosalyn”

    The Pretenders, “Cuban Slide”

    Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, “Mickey’s Monkey”

    Ace Frehley, “Back in the New York Groove”

    Dick Dale, “Tribal Thunder”

    Neil Sedaka, “Bad Blood”

    David Bowie, “Panic in Detroit”

    The Supremes, “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes”

    Vanity 6, “Nasty Girl”

    Shirley & Company, “Shame, Shame, Shame”

    The Byrds, “Don’t Doubt Yourself, Babe”

    The White Stripes, “Screwdriver”

    Elvis Costello, “Lover’s Walk”

    The Cramps, “Call of the Wighat”

  • moth0
    • Shit! I did a search and found nothing! Sorry about that...sleepyfatso