Bo Diddley
Birthday: 1928-12-30
Place of Birth: McComb, Mississippi, USA
Biography: Bo Diddley, born Elias Otha Bates, was an original and influential American rock & roll singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of the key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones to name a few. He introduced more insistent, driving rhythms and hard-edged guitar sound on a wide-ranging catalog of songs.
Movies
Blues Brothers 2000
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her lat...
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Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
St. Louis, 1986. For Chuck Berry's 60th, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey...
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Sweet Toronto
Sweet Toronto is a documentary by D.A. Pennebaker of the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, a one day fe...
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Rockula
Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He's condemned for eternit...
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The Big T.N.T. Show
Live performances by some of the top rock-and-roll acts of the mid 60s. Includes Ray Charles, The By...
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Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Blues Night
Guitar Legends was a concert held over five nights, from October 15 to October 19, 1991, in Seville,...
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Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street
This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor...
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The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge DVD contains 17 tracks which are Not fade away, Tumbling Dice, You got ...
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Bo Diddley's Back in Town
Rock and roll legend Bo Diddley spends a day in Toronto with a young musician, and shares his philos...
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Ron Wood and Bo Diddley: Japan 1988
“Live In Japan” was recorded in Tokyo and was the first of eleven club gigs for Ron Wood & Bo Di...
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Let the Good Times Roll
Documentary of a 1950s rock and roll revival show, with split-screen editing to rival Woodstock....
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
Portrait of an important American musician through the testimonies of fellow musicians and people fr...
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Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
In the sixties, Eddie and the Cruisers were the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lea...
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Legends of Rock 'n' Roll
Are you ready for some old-time rock and roll?! Then you are ready for the masters, the originators,...
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A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live
1. Koko Taylor - I'm Ready 2. Big Bill Morganfield - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 3. Keb Mo - I Ca...
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Bluesy Entertainment: Live
1. Introduction 2. Someday Baby - Gregg Allman 3. Just To Be With You - Phoebe Snow 4. Chains Of ...
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This Is America Part 2
The sequel to This is America, aka Jabberwalk. This film goes inside the real America circa 1980 - a...
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30th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll All-Star Jam: Bo Diddley
Some of rock's greatest musicians -- including Ron Wood, John Lodge, Kenny Jones, John Mayall, Carl ...
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Godfathers and Sons
Director Marc Levin travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend Chuck D (from Public Enemy) and Marshall ...
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Live Aid
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the Joh...
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Crush Proof
A young man recalls his affair with a young French woman who traveled with him across the United Sta...
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The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut
Voodoo Lounge Uncut presents for the first time the full, unedited show filmed on November 25th 1994...
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The London Rock and Roll Show
Filmed record of a major rock and roll festival held at Wembley Stadium, London, in August 1972. Lo...
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Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley: Rock 'n' Roll All Star Jam
In 1985, Bo Diddley put together a band that included Ron Wood, John Mayall, Mick Fleetwood, Kenny J...
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Trading Places
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by t...
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Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Little Richard, The Doors, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, and other legendary mus...
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documenta...
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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a special produced forSesame Street’s 25th anniversary. ...
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