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ARTICLES RELATED TO Bo Diddley | | | |  Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia - Bo DiddleyBo Diddley (born December 30, 1928) "The Originator", is an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is often cited as a key figure in the transition of blues into rock and roll, by introducing more insistent, driving rhythms and a harder-edged guitar sound.
He was born Otha Ellas Bates in McComb, Mississippi and later took the name Ellas McDaniel, after his adoptive mother, Gussie McDaniel. He adopted the stage name Bo Diddley, which is probably a southern black slang phrase ...
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia - Brandy entertainer Brandy (born Brandy Rayana Norwood on February 11, 1979) is an African American pop/R&B singer and actress. She is best known for her starring role in the UPN sitcom Moesha, and for hit records such as "Sittin' Up in My Room", "Have You Ever", and "The Boy is Mine", a top-selling duet with Monica.
Brandy entertainer - Early career.
Norwood was born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California. Her father, Willie Ray Norwood, was a pastor and choir director, and by the age of two ...
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia - Blues The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. The form evolved in the United States in the communities of former African slaves from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the blues' West African pedigree. The blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, finding expression in ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, and count ...
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia - American popular music Starting with the birth of recorded music, American popular music has had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, R & B, doo wop, gospel, soul, funk, heavy metal, punk, disco, house, techno, salsa, grunge and hip hop. In addition, the American music industry is quite diverse, supporting a number of regional styles like zydeco, klezmer and slack-key. The appeal of these styles lies in t ...
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia - Willie Dixon Willie Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was a well-known American blues bassist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
He was born as William James Dixon in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was a producer for Chess and Checker Records in Chicago, Illinois and is considered one of the key figures in the creation of Chicago blues. He worked with Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lo ...
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia II - U.S. Route 61 - The Blues Highway The road is also known as the Blues Highway, because it runs through the Mississippi delta country which was an important source of blues music. Son Thomas ("Highway 61"), Mississippi Fred McDowell ("61 Highway") and Jay Farrar of "Son Volt" ("Afterglow 61") all wrote songs about it, and many Mississippians, such as Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley took the blues to Chicago along the route.
The junction of Highway 61 and Highway 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi is designated as the famous crossroads where — according to legend — Ro ...
See also:U.S. Route 61, U.S. Route 61 - The Blues Highway, U.S. Route 61 - Recent activity, U.S. Route 61 - Northern section, U.S. Route 61 - Airline Highway, U.S. Route 61 - Termini, U.S. Route 61 - States traversed, U.S. Route 61 - Notable cities along the route, U.S. Route 61 - Quotations, U.S. Route 61 - Sources Read more here: » U.S. Route 61: Encyclopedia II - U.S. Route 61 - The Blues Highway |
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia II - List of eponyms - L - Z See List of eponyms (L-Z)
An asterisk designates people who became eponyms despite their stated wishes not to.
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See also:List of eponyms, List of eponyms - A, List of eponyms - B, List of eponyms - C, List of eponyms - D, List of eponyms - E, List of eponyms - F, List of eponyms - G, List of eponyms - H, List of eponyms - I - J, List of eponyms - K, List of eponyms - L - Z Read more here: » List of eponyms: Encyclopedia II - List of eponyms - L - Z |
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia II - Marvin Gaye - Biography
Marvin Gaye - Early life and career.
Gaye was born in Washington, D.C. Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.; he later added the "e" to imitate Sam Cooke. His father, Reverend Marvin Gay, Sr., was an ordained minister in the House of God, a small, conservative sect spun off from the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The church, borrowing some elements of Pentecostalism and Orthodox Judaism, has very strict codes of conduct and does not celebrate any holidays. Gaye got his start singing in the church choir and later learned to play the piano and drums to e ...
See also:Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye - Biography, Marvin Gaye - Early life and career, Marvin Gaye - Joining the Motown and Gordy families, Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On and follow-ups, Marvin Gaye - Later career and death, Marvin Gaye - Legacy and tributes, Marvin Gaye - Discography, Marvin Gaye - US and UK Top Ten Singles, Marvin Gaye - Top Ten Albums, Marvin Gaye - Sample, Marvin Gaye - Notes Read more here: » Marvin Gaye: Encyclopedia II - Marvin Gaye - Biography |
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| | | | Bo Diddley: Encyclopedia II - Lullaby - Rock-a-bye baby One of the most famous lullabies, "Rock a bye baby", is hardly lulling. Although it starts mildly enough, it quickly turns to disaster:
Rock a bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
The author of this lullaby isn't certainly known. The Great American Baby Almanac reports that it was written by a pilgrim on the Mayflower and was inspired by a custom of the Wampanoag native people, who suspened their cradleboards in trees durin ...
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