| "Pretty Thing" | ||||
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 The 1963 UK single release of "Pretty Thing" by Pye International Records. | ||||
| 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] | |||
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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]
- ^ "This Week's Best Buys". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 26, 1955. p. 49. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ a b Bo Diddley (1997). His Best (CD liner). United States: Chess Records/MCA Records. CHD-9373.
- ^ "The Chess Label Part II (1953-1955)". The Red Saunders Research Foundation. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Bo Diddley - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.