Bo Diddley "Bo Diddley" on The Ed Sullivan Show
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I was his part time grounds keeper the last two years of his life. I went to school with almost all of his great granddaughters and was a friend of the family. He was pretty bad at toward the end. He'd had a stroke or two. And was hard to understand, but when he got his guitar he could sing and play so clearly is was stunning. He completely changed. I only saw it once or twice but it left an impression on me. It was like the stroke symptoms and his arthritis disappeared. Great man. RIP ✌
Awesome story!
Yes from what I've read many stroke victims retain their musicality.
That side of the brain still is undisturbed.
I don't understand how the paralysis allows the body to function.
In MR. BO'S case he could still
play his music he created: ROCK AND ROLL-
GLAD YOU WITNESSED IT!
Yeah. I saw Glenn Campbell’s farewell tour. He was TOTALLY disoriented. Had no idea where he was and I wonder if he even knew if he was there at all! BUT, his singing and playing were incredible! I read somewhere that musical ability in humans is deep, deep inside the brain. From what I read, terribly brain-injured people still retain a substantial amount of appreciation and recognition of music. I guess that this might explain what was reported about Bo. I witnessed it myself with Glen. Really re-affirmed my belief in God to see him do what he did.
@@bradentonguy50 Glen Cambell was awesome!
I believe he was the only one of the Wrecking Crew who could not read music.
I would have liked to see him live.
@@bradentonguy50 just proof music is connected to the soul and not the brain. ✌
@@elisampley7598 MUST be. No other way to explain what I saw that night. Glenn was TOTALLY out of it except when he was singing and playing. To tell you the truth, I was actually concerned about his safety on stage.
Never seen anybody make playing maracas look so cool
You ain't Lying
That is Jerome Green on maracas.
Saw bo in London in 63 top of the bill with The Rolling Stones
@@rogerlabbett9584 That guy is Jerome _ HE is cool - He ate my scotch and water, ice cubes, plastic cup, stir straw and all - in the early 60's
@@wkg55 do not forget the song "Bring it to Jerome"
For those who don't know just how rock n roll this video is... Ed Sullivan, one of the most powerful people in TV back then, wanted Bo and his band to play the song Sixteen Tons which was a hit at the time for Tennessee Ernie Ford, that's why there's straw all over the stage. Bo agreed and then of course went out and played his own song. If you notice how they all kept looking to the sides of the stage because they all expected to be dragged off for defying the powerful Ed Sullivan, but the song Bo Diddley ended up being a hit.
Great story but I don't believe it. Everybody who went on Ed's show had some sort of talent or hit song. That's why they are on the show. That song topped the charts for TWO weeks in 1955.
This is absolutely a true story. Even worse it got into a very aggressive verbal altercation with Ed Sullivan calling bo a pejorative racial term that nearly led to a fist fight. Bo Diddley was banned from The Ed Sullivan show for 7 years and wasn't able to even into any of Alan freed's films It was a dumb misunderstanding what happened. Bo thought he was going to get to play both songs. There was a cue card miscommunication. You can hear the whole story on the wonderful podcast The history of rock in 500 songs episode 30 Bo Diddley
I have read that it was a mistake and not an act of defiance by Bo Diddley. Bo supposedly agreed to play 16 Tons. The story is Bo read the set list, seen "Bo Diddley. 16 Tons" and because his name was also the name of his hit, thought that he was to perform the two songs back to back. The confusion was caused by the artist and song having the same name.
@@bonehead1170 fascinating...thank you
that event may have reshaped history...Buddy Holly and the Stones stole the riffs and Bo was osatracised???
nice guy Ed eh?
@@bonehead1170 that event may have reshaped history...Buddy Holly and the Stones stole the riffs and Bo was osatracised???
nice guy Ed eh?
How many people are blown away by the RHYTHM!!!!
I heard an NPR interview with Bo saying he based it on Native American drums. Listen...
+Sean Howard
Unbelievable rhythm. I thought I heard a harmonica start up and then realized it was Bo dampening his guitar chords.
@@friendofbeaver6636 it's a typical West African beat. The Afro-Cubans retained it and influenced Bo Diddley. Bear in mind that African Americans were banned from playing their traditional drums in the plantations.
Get some of the early 45's or 78's if you can play them. Mindblowing!
It was actually drummer Clifton James’s idea.
Utterly fantastic. Who says the 1950s were boring?
Wild. Raw. Captivating. Groundbreaking. Simple. This is rock and roll.
Mr. Elias McDaniel, AKA Bo Diddley, is buried about 1/2 hour from me, in his last home town, Bronson, FL. I visit his grave as much as I can. Without Bo, no real rock n' roll.............and his distinctive BEAT!!!!!!!!!!
The musical genius of the 20th century. Nothing would ever be the same.
This is rock and roll. The core the origin .
a true original. Giant.
His guitar tone is extraordinary.
That tremolo effect IS rock’n’roll!
Like “Funky Drummer” I could listen to this all day
exactly! that holy-ghostly TREMOLO! it's....primordial!
SAME HERE!
I was wondering where that was coming from. Then I saw it matched up with his guitar playing but I still didn't know how he was doing it
I took my wife and 2 young kids to see him in the 80’s. I also took them to see Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, James Brown, Johnny Otis, Leon Russell and Aretha Franklin. I wanted them to see and hear the Mount Rushmore of the greatest musicians ever. The girls are now 36 and 40 years old. I bet that nobody their age saw these people live. I’m proud of that.
That nice.👍👍👍
Funny you mentioned Mt Rushmore. I've thought for a long time that these bedrock USA musicians should be on it. Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Howlin' Wolfe...better make it a big mountain
You succeeded as a father!!!🙌🏾
Wow! Now thats what I called good parenting!
Job done
Jeez...that guitar sound....in 1955? I was 9 years old then. If I’d a heard that then, I woulda done a back flip!
HA= I was about 11 or 12. I watched on TV at my grandpa's house. He and Grandma thought the youth were going to Hell in a handbasket. Well ,here it is 2024...they may have been right. sad....
Back In 60’s on Military Bases such as Fort Ord, Ca , Drill SGT would sing this song to help the recruit march in step - Bo Diddley march on
The roots of everything in modern popular music.
One of the coolest drum beats ever!
So recognizable!
Signature Sound
It's called The Bo Diddley beat, seriously.
@@G8GT364CI I was told it's called "clave" (clah-vay)
@@keithb4077 It comes from the Clave beat but it's been synonymous with Bo Diddley since about 1955. I've been a bassist for 55 years and no one ever says play the clave beat, it's " play the Bo Diddley beat" but thank you, I've learned something today.
@@G8GT364CI Thanks for the clarification. Besides 'Not Fade Away' and 'Who do you love", what other hits are known to have the Bo Diddley?
The Mighty Bo Diddley with Jerome Green (maracas), Clifton James (drums), and Bobby Parker (guitar) !
Bo was the bridge that took us from rythm and blues to the dawn of rock 'n roll.
Alex Bird I would argue that the honor belongs to Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
@@ThatGuy-y2c Hell no.
@@Hibbs4PrezYour overly strong feelings about Sister Rosetta Thorpe and Bo Diddley are a little off-putting.
Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, Chuck Berry - the great innovators in R&B. We no longer have innovators!
He was one of them. There were many.
Happy Heavenly 95th Birthday Bo Diddley December 30 1928 - June 2 2008
I saw Bo Diddley at a private concert back in 1990. Best live performance of any concert or show I have ever seen, even to this day.
Hello Kay
Punk Rock never would have happened without Bo Diddley. I'm not sure if he would of cared that much, but I'm sure he'd appreciate the recognition.
Love the drumming big time
no song without them
Man,The chunk of that L-5 rocks. Bo knows guitar.
That's a heavy Congolese beat. Bo Diddley never forgot his roots ♥
The drum was actually banned during slavery in the U.S. because it was used as a form of communication in a slave rebellion so black Americans had to readapt the drum. They (technically we but I wasn't born back then) were being influenced by music from Cuba which has a heavy african influence.
@@jasminepearls1047 And thank God for it, MY Lady....I'm so glad it survived!...What a loss it would be otherwise!...
Bo actually said he stumbled upon that rhythm one day by accident when he was trying to learn the song "I Got Spurs that Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" by Gene Autry. I'm not kidding, that's what he said.
The shave and a haircut lick.
Bo Diddley was not from Congo. He was born in Mississippi.
This is pure class...
Gotta love the jig as he plays the guitar
Excellent!
My two all-time
favorites are Bo Diddley and Buddy Holly. Rock and Roll began for me with them all the way back in the 50's.
Ya gotta love how suave he looks in this video, as if he knew he was changing history and he was just thinking "Yep, changing music, making history, just another typical monday for me" XD
Bo Diddley he had a sound in particularly a rhythm that most people had never heard.
He was right up there with Elvis, and Chuck Berry.
Bruh this was a Sunday
@@geoffreyharris5931 Elvis is not on par
This should have 10 million views
You misspelled billion
i saw bo in pittsburgh in '63....great variety show of black artists, including jackie wilson
I'm very jealous!
This song is SO good
Bo Diddley's middle name was rock and roll
In one word....Class !!
Man... Listen to that back beat.
It's typical Congolese.
❤ Once you heard it, it'll never let you go...-to me simply the PERFECT rockabilly-song - Bo's masterpiece for all eternity ...😎🙏❤
I've watched this dozens of times and only now realized that the drummer is using four drumsticks.
Four sticks! That's gotta be John Bonham influence!
The King of Rock RIP to the maestro
One of the original& one of foremost guitarists& also one of the original true pioneers of rock & roll
The Godfather of every tune we hold dear today - rock, pop, dance or otherwise. God Bless you Ellas xxxx
One of my favorite live performances ever
The most badass human to ever live
Happy Birthday, Bo Diddley! 💕🎉
Just under two minutes of Rock n Roll perfection
Listen to Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" to understand the vast influence of this song and Bo Diddley.
Oh yeah , bo diddley had rhythm for days on end . But at lease they didn’t copy him completely like that hand jive song .
@@hellbent6344 Agree, copy note for note is bad unless you give songwriting credit, but modifying, expanding on it is good.
also Iko Iko / Woman Smarter -the Grateful Dead
I want candy!
Also "Mona" by the Rolling Stones.
Yeah ! Go Bo
Thank you for this.This is my all time favorite song from that era. I am 72 years old and I have this song on a play list that I listen to several times a week when I am trying to keep this aging body moving. Bo Diddley totally awesome I do mean the entire group yet this guitar music just incredible. Thanks again.
Top best artist ever
I'm just so glad Bo chose rock & roll🙂
innovative new tunes he came up with!!
The King of rock Bo Diddly
Now that is when we had real genuine Talent
Don't get any COOLER than Bo Diddley 😎🤙🎸
Raw man...pure raw rock. rhythm and blues
First time I saw Bo was probably the late 50's, at one of Allan Freed's holiday spectaculars at the NY Paramount or The Roxy. He was the first guitarist I ever saw with a wall of amplifiers, stage left to stage right. Just him, the drummer and the guy on maracas. He lit the place up. There's never been and likely won't be another Bo Diddley.
Met the man once. He was personable and just down right a good guy.
With Jerome Green on maraccas ! Great !
Salute to the real OGs!
Troggs, Bow Wow Wow, Kinks, The Who to name only a few. Imitation is the highest flattery. Thank you Ellas. Quite incredible.
Instead of Bow Wow Wow, perhaps you meant to name the 60s group who sang the original "I Want Candy", The Strangeloves. BWW's 80s cover was good too.
lol
THE STONES
GREAT is understatement !!
I got to play bass for him one time before he died. Such a great guy all the til the end.
That's epic
@THE AVERAGE BEAR of notoriety, Thee Midniters, Tierra, Multiple Elvis Tribute artists, multiple Filipino music stars, a few good tribute bands in Los Angeles. Do a lot of sound work too especially in the 80s genre.
@THE AVERAGE BEAR I was also on Wheel of Fortune in January and was on the news regarding Alex Trebek’s passing as well
Just fucking amazing, what a magic time for music. Still the foundation of what is the very best music of our time.
One of the coolest cats to ever walk the Earth. 😃 WORD
His rhythms and grooves inspired a musical revolution...hey Bo Diddley!
Great profromace by trendsetter in music Bo Diddley 🎸
The beat on this track is very infectious boy I tell you funky!💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Such an original sound. Unique really.
Bo knows Rock N Roll!!!
Bo Diddley was true great pioneer!!!
It JUST DOESN'T GET any more primal than this. African tribal music piped straight into American living rooms on Sunday evening. Historical performance!
It’s Roots music from Amurika USA. African…well yeah the musicians are black but this is basic USA Apple Pie stuff, white folk just don’t know it.
"Tribal" Africans?? Wasn't Bo Diddley an American?
@@chairman76weren't you just saying that this was a Congolese rhythm ??
They always got to play the Africa Card...He was from Mississippi@@kidkique
Bo Diddley - Ahead of HIS time - by many years ! Futuristic sheets of sound rhythm tremelo acid rock and roll before Jimi Hendrix got to it !
Yes for sure
another artist that has lasted the test of time the great man bo diddley --j--c
Best sound of any rock and roll record . Bo and Chuck Berry were Chess artists..Both were hired in 1955. They were true pioneers of Rock and Roll.
Morrison was told not to say "higher", he did it anyway. Afterwards CBS brass yelled at him, "saying you'll never do the Ed Sullivan show again" He said, "What are you talking about we just did it". Bo Diddley was the man
What does higher mean in this context?
@@geoffreyharris5931 Being high like on drugs, it was the mid sixties
I'm terribly sorry, but what the hell does that have to do with Bo Diddley, apart that they were both on the Ed Sullivan Show?
@@canesvenatici4259 I know this one: Bo was told to do a cover of Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons", since Bo's rock and roll sound was considered unacceptable by the Sullivan show at the time. So once on stage and as the camera turned on, Bo went immediately into what we see here, much to the fury of Ed and the show's sponsors. Bo never did the Ed Sullivan show again, but like The Doors, he just needed to do it once.
the birth of rhythm & blues
Rock & Roll
Bo Diddley practically invented modern Rock-n-Roll..
He was just doing his own thing.
His Dance make this Track funky
This song was on my first album as a young teenager.
With Goddess are you a musician or just the first album you owned by him?
That's great..! 😀😀😀
Beautiful smiles 🌹 🌹
Absolute legend!!!
Unique ahead of his time like Clarence Williams. Remaster this and it would be massive
These guys are badass.
This is the most badass thing I’ve ever seen
And the backstory even makes it better. Bo Diddley was a true badass.
Ever? I’m just messing with you, they killed it.
@@ronsmac haha maybe not the most badass but yea pretty cool
the king of rock n roll
im almost 67 and grew up in so california with the beach boys, this is better and kicks ass
This man kick started it all
Maestro Bo Dyddley !!!!!
This is where it all began...
Brilliant man
Jerome Green is THE coolest man of all time!!!!
Sullivan had forbidden him from playing this song which is why they keep looking nervously over to the side stage where Sullivan was standing fuming.
Makes Jim Morrison saying the word "higher" seem like child's play.
Wait why though?
@@paulinocontreras8426 Nov 20 1955 Bo Diddley was on The Ed Sullivan show. Diddley was told to sing Sixteen Tons and he agreed but when it came time to sing Diddley sang the song that bears his name "Bo Diddley". And the two were shouting backstage after his performance. Diddley was mad at Sullivan for calling him 'black boy'.
@@donniekrahn8427 I'd heard about Sullivan wanting him to do sixteen tons. Why would he ask him to do Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit? This isn't the only act he clashed with. There's Buddy Holly, Jim Morrison, Jackie Mason, among others.
@@dekelanson5280 Also The Rolling Stones
It’s awesome to see that The Ed Sullivan Show has its own channel
I've heard about the Ed Sullivan show in the UK . From what I know of him he must have been thinking "What the heck......." This was the real king of Rock and Roll . The African American originals were the pioneers.
Bo Diddley, genial e imortal ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Bo Diddley was amazing would have loved to have seen him in concert.
If it weren't for Bo Diddley, There be no Bo Diddley. I stole this line but it's a great one.
In other words, Bo didn't know Diddley until Bo Diddley
Rock history being made right here in this video! 👍🙂
This is some foot stomping music right here.
One chord in the Vocal sections, legendary!
A lot like John Lee Hooker(Who Bo mentioned as an influence), and his early stuff like "Boogie Chillun" and "Boom Boom".
I have chills to hear this music each time pure rock 'n roll spirit each time I imagine rockers or and boys in Vietnam
Good golly, unique and an Icon. He plays and you have to move! Cool a they come !
FAB :)