Rock N Roll
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Good songs, time for something more monumental. A song neither Bob Dylan nor John Lennon could get enough of.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That song goes way back to when I was a teenager. Great song that the man in black began his great career. One of my favourite song of his, How high is the water Momma, 5 feet. high and rising.
I believe this is appropriate for the rock section.
Bo Diddley! And how about the ladies!! (especially the one on guitar...)
Bo Diddley! And how about the ladies!! (especially the one on guitar...)
Use by other artists
Prior to Bo Diddley's self-titled song, the rhythm occurred in 13 rhythm and blues songs recorded between 1944 and 1955, including two by Johnny Otis from 1948. In 1944, "Rum and Coca Cola", containing the beat, was recorded by the Andrews Sisters and in 1952, a song with similar syncopation, "Hambone", was recorded by Red Saunders' Orchestra with the Hambone Kids.
Later, the beat was included in many songs composed by artists other than Bo Diddley:
Prior to Bo Diddley's self-titled song, the rhythm occurred in 13 rhythm and blues songs recorded between 1944 and 1955, including two by Johnny Otis from 1948. In 1944, "Rum and Coca Cola", containing the beat, was recorded by the Andrews Sisters and in 1952, a song with similar syncopation, "Hambone", was recorded by Red Saunders' Orchestra with the Hambone Kids.
Later, the beat was included in many songs composed by artists other than Bo Diddley:
- "I Wish You Would" by Billy Boy Arnold (1955)
- "Not Fade Away" by Buddy Holly (1957)
- "Cannonball" by Duane Eddy (1958)
- "Willie and the Hand Jive" by Johnny Otis (1958)
- "Hey Little Girl" by Dee Clark (1959)
- "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" by Elvis Presley (1961)
- "Mickey's Monkey" by the Miracles (1963)
- "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" by the Supremes (1963)
- "Rosalyn" by Pretty Things (1964)
- "Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe" by the Byrds (1965)
- "Mystic Eyes" by Them (1965)
- "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves (1965)
- "Please Go Home" by the Rolling Stones (1966)
- "Bummer in the Summer" by Love (1967)
- "Get Me to the World on Time" by the Electric Prunes (1967)
- "She Has Funny Cars" by Jefferson Airplane (1967)
- "Magic Bus" by the Who (1968)
- "1969" by the Stooges
- "Panic in Detroit" by David Bowie (1973)
- "Shame, Shame, Shame" by Shirley & Company (1974)
- "New York Groove" by Hello (1975)
- "Billy Bones and the White Bird" by Elton John (1975)
- "She's the One" by Bruce Springsteen (1975)
- "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka (1975)
- "American Girl" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1977)
- "Hateful" by the Clash (1979)
- "Cuban Slide" by the Pretenders (1980)
- "Europa and the Pirate Twins" by Thomas Dolby (1981)
- "Don't Let Him Go" by REO Speedwagon (1981)
- "How Soon Is Now?" by the Smiths (1985) (Diddley-style tremolo)
- "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns N' Roses (1987)
- "Faith" by George Michael (1987)
- "Ruby Dear" by Talking Heads (1988)
- "Desire" by U2 (1988)
- "Movin' On Up" by Primal Scream (1991)
- "Tribal Thunder" by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones (1993)
- "No One to Run With" by the Allman Brothers Band (1994)
- "Party at the Leper Colony" by Weird Al Yankovic (2003)
- "That Big 5-0" by Stan Ridgway (2004)
- "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" by KT Tunstall (2005)
- "If It's Lovin' that You Want" by Rihanna (2005)
- "At the Bottom of the Ocean" by Ezra Furman (2013)
- "Water Fountain" by Tune-Yards (2014)
- "Fool For Love" by Lord Huron (2015)
