"Pretty Thing" | ||||
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Single by Bo Diddley | ||||
from the album Bo Diddley | ||||
B-side | "Bring It to Jerome" | |||
Released | November 1955[1] | |||
Recorded | July 14, 1955[2] | |||
Studio | Universal Recording Corp. (Chicago)[3] | |||
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Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | Checker | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon | |||
Producer(s) | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Bo Diddley[2] | |||
Bo Diddley U.S. singles chronology | ||||
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Bo Diddley U.K. singles chronology | ||||
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"Pretty Thing" is a 1955 song written by Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon and performed by Bo Diddley. The song was Diddley's third single release through Checker Records after "Diddley Daddy". In 1963, the song was released in the United Kingdom where it became Diddley's first of only two songs appearing on the UK Singles Chart, the other single being "Hey Good Lookin'".[4]