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.
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?
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"
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.
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
Utterly fantastic. Who says the 1950s were boring?
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....
Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley off the album Bo Diddley performed live by Bo Diddley
Wild. Raw. Captivating. Groundbreaking. Simple. This is rock and roll.
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.
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!!!!!!!!!!
@@mathmusic1490 I worked for him there in Bronson as his grounds keeper. He was a great man. RIP
Upper east tennessee loves him please tell him when you visit
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
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
This was a controversial performance because behind the scenes, Ed Sullivan wanted Bo to play "Sixteen Tons" and while he agreed, during the middle of the show he said he had changed his mind and wanted to play "Bo Diddley". He said he had done this because it was the song that made him popular, and what people wanted him to play. This forced a lot of drama backstage and they were forced to synchronize, cutting two acts for Diddley's extended number. This pissed off Sullivan and he got into a spat after the show, calling him a "black boy" (which was more offensive a term than it is today) and banning him from the show.
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.
The great thing about the song "Bo Diddley" was that it couldn't be covered. Really popular R&B songs would be released by popular white artists and the original version would be forgotten. But you couldn't sing "Bo Diddley" without crediting the man himself.
though Holly's version was more out of love and respect, rather than an attempt to reach a certain audience.
muh wypipo bad
@@j35o Nah, it's just smart marketing. Anyone who plays the song advertises the original. My favorite self-promotion ideas in rock are that, and the Beau Brummels choosing a name that put them next to the Beatles at record stores.
How is this"R&B"??!
@@chairman76 It’s Rock & Roll, but a lot of earliest Rock & Roll songs from the early-mid 50’s were either covers of R&B songs or were heavily influenced by The Blues in general
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
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?
This is rock and roll. The core the origin .
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.
Just heard from Steven Van Zandt, (Little Stevens Underground Garage, Sirius XM) that Bo Diddley lied to Ed Sullivan and told him that he was going to play “16 tons”, Tennessee Ernie Ford’s hit. And was banned from the show for life. Earliest Rock ‘n’ Roll rebellion?
Bo Diddley's middle name was rock and roll
Bo Diddley practically invented modern Rock-n-Roll..
He was just doing his own thing.
One of the original& one of foremost guitarists& also one of the original true pioneers of rock & roll
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!
Bo diddley played pool against George thorogood in the Bad to the Bone Music Video
Could you imagine living in those times and hearing this??
I think I would've have believed that he was sent by extra terrestrials
I know the whole "rock 'n' roll is the devils music" thing was born out of racist mindsets and fear of the changing youth culture, but if you told me this performance was enabled by the devil, I think I would have believed it. Unbelievable stuff. Revolutionary. Bo Diddley is the fucking man.
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
Happy Heavenly 95th Birthday Bo Diddley December 30 1928 - June 2 2008
The Mighty Bo Diddley with Jerome Green (maracas), Clifton James (drums), and Bobby Parker (guitar) !
i saw bo in pittsburgh in '63....great variety show of black artists, including jackie wilson
I'm very jealous!
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.
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
❤ Once you heard it, it'll never let you go...-to me simply the PERFECT rockabilly-song - Bo's masterpiece for all eternity ...😎🙏❤
The roots of everything in modern popular music.
The musical genius of the 20th century. Nothing would ever be the same.
With Jerome Green on maraccas ! Great !
Bo Diddley's first and last appearance on Ed Sullivan - he had told Ed that he was going to play "16 Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford because they would never have let him play this. Little Steven was just talking about it on XM, apparently Ed was pretty pissed that Bo had lied to him
Damn. I was five months old when this aired. Let me say that first!
Was reading from a book on the history of Black music and it noted that, the first time the phrase, 'rock n roll' was ever used, was by a white DJ, who was the first to break the color line and start playing R and B on a white radio station. Alan Freed is the guys name (remember the fuck out of it. One of the unsung heroes), he is credited with first using the term on air and when he did so, he was talking about a specific artist. The guy in this video.
Rock n roll has black roots. I checked this vid out because heresy is one thing, and seeing for oneself is another. This is a smoking gun or should I say, guitar? Yes, I should say guitar.
Check our RL. Burnside. He's not that old_ although he looks like it_ but he be rock n roll, too.
Black rock n rollers, we exist, bitches.
But I can go deeper. White culture made rock it's, own and that's interesting too.
The white artist began imitating black blues but, if an artform is to establish itself, sooner or later, it has to find it's own voice. White culture did that but, just as interesting; that voice they found was there from the beginning.
Look at the audience in this video. Young white people. Why are they there?
Rebellion against the status quo of their time. 'Ole blue eyes', the Lennon Sisters and, Dean Martin wasn't working for them. Fast forward to the 60's and can you doubt the voice of rebellion? That was white youth_ all day long_ saying they didn't want to be like mom and dad.
White folks needed that shot in the arm, whether you thank us for it or not. And let the record show: it was a shot heard all over the fucking world. That's right, Black America did that. Not black people in general but U.S..
These days, I think this is the equation: rock music is still a rebellion against the status quo, only now, we can be a little more specific. What status quo is it a rebellion against?
Every last stinkin' one em!
Rocky Horror said it best: don't dream it, be it. Look at the subcultures. I's actually a goth myself...
By all means: rock on.
Nope
@@joepeterson2819 bored much? Nothing better to do?
Love this comment
Rock and Roll was played in Southern Black Pentecostal churches as early as the 1920s.
@@monavic3028 Anything ever been recorded? I imagine some have. The plot thickens...
Ed Sullivan was pissed when Bo Diddley did this song. Originally Bo had agreed to do 16 Tons but Bo switched the song at the last minute. Ed never did let Bo come back on his show.
Sounds like ed Sullivan was quite a dick. Why couldn't bo play his own big hit, that's how its suppose to be, instead of Tennessee earnie ford's sixteen tons! Ed Sullivan's was quite the stiff suit kinda person, looks can be very telling apparently. 💯🎯❗😪🤚👳♂️
Met the man once. He was personable and just down right a good guy.
im almost 67 and grew up in so california with the beach boys, this is better and kicks ass
Just under two minutes of Rock n Roll perfection
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.
They are the gods 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.
Love the drumming big time
no song without them
Primal beat.... cant be denied....good stuff.....
Notice it leads the song... let's you know what's driving the song
Best maraca player in the history of rock n roll!
Bo Diddley was asked to play "Sixteen Tons" here, to which he agreed. However, when he saw "Bo Diddley, Sixteen Tons" on the board, Bo believed he was to play his self-titled song ahead of time, not realizing that "Bo Diddley" on the board was just referring to himself and he was still slated to play only "Sixteen Tons." "Bo Diddley" was still a fine performance though, and Bo did not deserve to get banned from the program afterwards. Bo should have been able to play both songs here as well :(.
You can clearly see his influence on Buddy Holly and the Rolling Stones, especially in the Stones’s cover of Holly’s “Not Fade Away”
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
I love Bo Didley! He seems not to give a fuck about racism of the 50s and will bring the African drums sound regardless
Gotta love the jig as he plays the guitar
The Godfather of every tune we hold dear today - rock, pop, dance or otherwise. God Bless you Ellas xxxx
This is where it all began...
This is pure class...
Excellent!
Jerome Green is THE coolest man of all time!!!!
Man,The chunk of that L-5 rocks. Bo knows guitar.
This should have 10 million views
You misspelled billion
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.
I can't believe he got banned from the show for this :(
Oh OK
How are you Janet hope you are having a nice day out there
He was supposed to play 16 tons and instead played one of the most inspirational and influential songs around.
0:42 They are all watching with one eye on Ed Sullivan off camera having a meltdown!
0:48 And the drummer is trying hard not to laugh at Ed Sullivan and turns his head away.
LOL
Ed seemed to be a little prudish but then again it was his show so I can see both sides to the disagreement.
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
I have chills to hear this music each time pure rock 'n roll spirit each time I imagine rockers or and boys in Vietnam
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
Bo Diddley was banned from Ed S bc he was to sing 16 tons but decided to do his new record instead
oh Ed🤓😂
why would he do Ernie's song, when he wanted to do HIS song...I just don't get it.
@@Florida45Gal Ernie Ford's 16 Tons was at the top of the charts at the time. Singers would often sing other people's songs on tv and the show's producers just considered him another singer. Sullivan had know idea what rock & roll was. They wanted him to sing a popular hit song and he did his own song anyway.
Well he knows what he wants ans that's was what he did
Hwllo pretty hope you are doing well
Such an original sound. Unique really.
The beat on this track is very infectious boy I tell you funky!💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
This song is SO good
In one word....Class !!
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.
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 🌹 🌹
Too bad they didn't mike his vocals... still, that band was tight as a drum, and BO's unmistakable sound !
GROUND BREAKING
A treasure ! Thanks for loading and this. This one never gets old. Has stood its test of time!
The most badass human to ever live
Just fucking amazing, what a magic time for music. Still the foundation of what is the very best music of our time.
Just watched the Beatle's "Twist & Shout" and said "how ordinary it was" and now this.... This knock's the Beatle's back then in to the RUBBISH BIN... Being British, I never saw a lot of American Artist's. Charlie & Inez Foxx & Sonny Boy Williamson were two that stood out. Geno Washington, was American but played the British circuit as a British band.... He was outstanding.... I guess young American's couldn't react to a Black Man the way they did to the Beatle's, even if the music was much, much better.
The Who and George Thorogood were influenced by this man.
Everybody was influenced by this man, directly or indirectly. He was WAY ahead of his time. In 1955 nobody had heard ANYTHING like this.
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
What model of guitar is he playing?
I'm pretty sure a Gretsch Duo Jet
@@nolanshaferkicking5633 I think a Gretsch is a lot bigger physically,not sure though
I heard it was called a firebird guitar
@@nolanshaferkicking5633 No, but I don't what it is.
It looks like a Harmony stratotone. Look it up.
Rock history being made right here in this video! 👍🙂
Bo was 27 here.
26, guy was born on December 30th
Bo Diddley, genial e imortal ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
his arm was in a cast when he and little richard played the circle star theater in san carlos, around 1968 or so. i might have taken a bus down from sf and hitched a ride back after. even with his arm in a cast, he played great. i had hoped they would play at least one tune together, but nope. it was still a great evening
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.
This is actually a 3/2 Latin "Clave" beat, used in most Carribean music, particulary Afro Cuban music, which itself has its roots with the Yoruba people of West Africa.
That ought was a 5 4.
Man... Listen to that back beat.
It's typical Congolese.
Ed Sullivan let all acts on his show. This is 1955, really conservative out there then. He was a ground breaker, treated the entertainers good too.
I think Bo Diddley invented Rock and Roll.
Bo Diddley was true great pioneer!!!
Yeah ! Go Bo
Now that is when we had real genuine Talent
Absolute legend!!!
One of the coolest cats to ever walk the Earth. 😃 WORD
The King of Rock RIP to the maestro
Coolest cat ever. Hands down.
FAB :)
another artist that has lasted the test of time the great man bo diddley --j--c
Great profromace by trendsetter in music Bo Diddley 🎸