Have Guitar Will Travel (Bo Diddley album)

Have Guitar Will Travel
Studio album by
Bo Diddley
ReleasedJanuary 1960 (1960-01)[1]
RecordedJuly 14, 1955 – September 1959 in Chicago, Illinois[2][3][4]
Length32:03[5]
LabelChecker
ProducerLeonard Chess, Phil Chess, Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley chronology
Go Bo Diddley
(1959) 		Have Guitar Will Travel
(1960) 		Bo Diddley in the Spotlight
(1960)
Singles from Have Guitar Will Travel
  1. "Cops & Robbers"
    Released: November 1956[6]
  2. "Say Man, Back Again"
    Released: November 1959[7]

Have Guitar Will Travel is the third studio album by rock and roll musician Bo Diddley. It was released on the Checker Records label in 1960.

The front cover of Diddley's album displays a white calling card similar to that which Richard Boone's Have Gun – Will Travel character Paladin carried and gave out on every episode of the series. The location was Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York City[8]

  1. ^ "Reviews of This Week's LP's". Billboard. January 4, 1960. p. 29.
  2. ^ Bo Diddley (1997). His Best (CD liner). United States: Chess Records/MCA Records. CHD-9373. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  3. ^ Bo Diddley (2007). I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955-1958 (CD liner). United States: Hip-O Select. B0009231-02.
  4. ^ Bo Diddley (2008). Road Runner: The Chess Masters, 1959-1960 (CD liner). United States: Hip-O Select. B0011076-02.
  5. ^ Bo Diddley. Have Guitar Will Travel (Vinyl sleeve). United States: Checker Records. Back cover. LP 2974.
  6. ^ "Reviews of R&B Records". Billboard. November 10, 1956. p. 134. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  7. ^ "Reviews of This Week's Singles: Spotlight Winners of the Week". Billboard. November 9, 1959. p. 47. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  8. ^ "Musical Maps".