Bo Diddley is recognized as one of the first and most influential rock guitarist and musicians. He was born in Pike County, Mississippi, on December 20, 1928. His birth name was Otha Ellas Bates. In ...

Born in 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, Bo Diddley (birth name Ellas Otha Bates) was one of the key figures in the transformation of straight blues into rock and roll. Frank Driggs / Getty First called ...

The blues icon died Monday at 79, but his signature sound marches on. The "Bo Diddley beat" powers acts from the Rolling Stones to the White Stripes. Musicologist Ned Sublette celebrates Diddley's ...

Bo Diddley, one of the true giants of rock 'n' roll and an influence on pretty much everyone who ever mattered in the genre, died today of heart failure. He was 79. Perhaps the only guitarist ever ...