Go Bo Diddley

Go Bo Diddley
Studio album by
Bo Diddley
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)[1]
RecordedChicago, March 2, 1955 & September 1958
Length30:57
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Bo Diddley chronology
Bo Diddley
(1958) 		Go Bo Diddley
(1959) 		Have Guitar Will Travel
(1960)
Singles from Go Bo Diddley
  1. "I'm Sorry"
    Released: February 1959[2]
  2. "Crackin' Up"
    Released: May 1959[3]
  3. "Say Man"
    Released: August 1959[4]

Go Bo Diddley is the second album by American rock and roll musician Bo Diddley, released in July 1959.[1] The album was Bo's first studio album that included some material that hadn't been prereleased on singles, and his first LP for Checker Records. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it number 214 on its The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[5] and 216 in a 2012 revised list.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Overview: Go Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley". Allmusic. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  2. ^ Strong, Charles (2002) [Originally published in 1994]. The Great Rock Discography (Sixth ed.). United Kingdom: Canongate Books. p. 371. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
  3. ^ "Reviews of New Pop Records". Billboard. August 24, 1959. p. 63. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "Reviews of This Week's Singles". Billboard. August 24, 1959. p. 45. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "500 Greatest Albums: Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  6. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2019.