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Bo Diddley

Artist Bo Diddley Released 1958 Type album

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First of the 30 Bo Diddley records held here. Bo Diddley was 30 that year. 1958 is four years into Rock and roll, which this tree dates from 1954. It is one of the four records Rock and roll is listed as starting from.

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Bo Diddley is the debut album by American rock and roll musician Bo Diddley. It collects several of his most influential and enduring songs, which were released as singles between 1955 and 1958. Chess Records issued the album in 1958. In 2012, it was ranked number 216 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list alongside his second album, Go Bo Diddley (1959). The ranking of the album pair dropped to number 455 in the 2020 update of the list.

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