62 years ago today (3/2/55) Bo Diddley has his first recording session at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago, where he laid down ‘Bo Diddley’, which went on the top the US R&B chart by the following June. Of course the artist would go onto bigger things and become a key influence in the first generation of rock stars including Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones. Watch Diddley perform his namesake tune live in 1955…
