# Go Bo Diddley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Go_Bo_Diddley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Go_Bo_Diddley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Bo_Diddley > Source revision: 1351050015 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Go Bo Diddley | type = studio | artist = [Bo Diddley](/source/Bo_Diddley) | cover = Go Bo Diddley 1959.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1959|07}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/go-bo-diddley-r5731 |title=Overview: ''Go Bo Diddley'' by Bo Diddley |website=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) |access-date=December 17, 2010}} | recorded = Chicago, March 2, 1955 & September 1958 | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=30|s=57}} | label = [Checker](/source/Checker_Records) | producer = *[Leonard Chess](/source/Leonard_Chess) *[Phil Chess](/source/Phil_Chess) *[Bo Diddley](/source/Bo_Diddley) | prev_title = [Bo Diddley](/source/Bo_Diddley_(1958_album)) | prev_year = 1958 | next_title = [Have Guitar Will Travel](/source/Have_Guitar_Will_Travel_(Bo_Diddley_album)) | next_year = 1960 | misc = {{Singles | name = Go Bo Diddley | type = Studio | single1 = I'm Sorry | single1date = February 1959 {{cite book | last = Strong | first = Charles | title = The Great Rock Discography | edition = Sixth | orig-year = Originally published in 1994 | year = 2002 | publisher = [Canongate Books](/source/Canongate_Books) | location = United Kingdom | isbn = 1-84195-312-1 | page = 371 }} | single2 = Crackin' Up | single2date = May 1959{{cite magazine | date = August 24, 1959 | title = Reviews of New Pop Records | magazine = [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) | page = 63 | access-date = December 17, 2010 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uB4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Bo+Diddley%22+924&pg=PA63 }} | single3 = [Say Man](/source/Say_Man) | single3date = August 1959{{cite magazine | date = August 24, 1959 | title = Reviews of This Week's Singles | magazine = [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) | page = 45 | access-date = December 17, 2010 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OAoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Bo+Diddley%22+931&pg=PA45 }} }} }} '''''Go Bo Diddley''''' is the second album by American [rock and roll](/source/rock_and_roll) musician [Bo Diddley](/source/Bo_Diddley), released in July 1959. The album was Bo's first [studio album](/source/studio_album) that included some material that had not been prereleased on singles, and his first LP for [Checker Records](/source/Checker_Records). In 2003, ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' ranked it number 214 on its [The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time](/source/The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time),{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/6862/35223/36285 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612151906/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/6862/35223/36285 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |title=500 Greatest Albums: Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2012-01-06}} and 216 in a 2012 revised list.{{cite web| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/bo-diddley-bo-diddley-go-bo-diddley-164756/|year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| publisher=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)| access-date= September 16, 2019}} ==Background== The B-side to the single "Hush Your Mouth", "Dearest Darling" was released June 1958 and also released on Bo Diddley's [self-titled debut album](/source/Bo_Diddley_(1958_album)). Bo's next single "Willie and Lillie" was released in November 1958 and then released on this album. Bo's next single "I'm Sorry"/"Oh Yea" was released in February 1959 and reached number 17 on ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' magazine's [Hot R&B Sides](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) chart. The next single "Crackin' Up" b/w "The Great Grandfather" was released in May. ''Go Bo Diddley'' was released two months later in July. In November 1959, Bo released his most popular single "[Say Man](/source/Say_Man)"/"The Clock Strikes Twelve" which became a crossover hit reaching number 20 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100). Four songs on the album were album-only tracks, including "You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)", "Don't Let It Go," "Little Girl," and "Bo's Guitar." ==Recording== The original recordings in mono format were recorded with an [Ampex](/source/Ampex)-350 [tape recorder](/source/tape_recorder).''Go Bo Diddley'' LP 1436 Sleeve Notes The songs "You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)"{{cite AV media notes |title=His Best |others=[Bo Diddley](/source/Bo_Diddley) |year=1997 |url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Bo_Diddley_His_Best.html |type=CD liner |publisher=[Chess](/source/Chess_Records)/[MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records) |id=CHD-9373 |location=[United States](/source/United_States) |access-date=2010-12-17 |archive-date=2011-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916055954/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Bo_Diddley_His_Best.html |url-status=dead }} and "Little Girl" were from Bo's first session for Chess Records on March 2, 1955.{{cite AV media notes |title=I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955–1958 |others=Bo Diddley |year=2007 |type=CD liner |publisher=[Hip-O Select](/source/Hip-O_Records) |location=United States}} ==Track listing== All songs were written by [Ellas McDaniel](/source/Bo_Diddley), with "I'm Sorry" made in collaboration with [Alan Freed](/source/Alan_Freed) and [Harvey Fuqua](/source/Harvey_Fuqua). ;Side one #"Crackin' Up" – 2:41 #"I'm Sorry" – 2:30 #"Bo's Guitar" – 2:38 #"Willie and Lillie" – 2:34 #"You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)" – 2:36 #"[Say Man](/source/Say_Man)" – 3:09 '''Side two''' #"The Great Grandfather" – 2:40 #"Oh Yea" – 2:30 #"Don't Let It Go" – 2:36 #"Little Girl" – 2:35 #"Dearest Darling" – 2:32 #"The Clock Strikes Twelve" – 2:35 ==Personnel== ''Per liner notes'' *Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar; violin on "The Clock Strikes Twelve" *[Peggy Jones](/source/Peggy_Jones_(musician)) – guitar, backing vocals *[Jerome Green](/source/Jerome_Green) – co-lead vocals on "Say Man", [maraca](/source/maraca)s *[Willie Dixon](/source/Willie_Dixon) – bass *[Clifton James](/source/Clifton_James_(musician)) – drums *Frank Kirkland – drums *[Billy Boy Arnold](/source/Billy_Boy_Arnold) – harmonica on "You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)" and "Little Girl" *[Lafayette Leake](/source/Lafayette_Leake) – piano *[Otis Spann](/source/Otis_Spann) – piano ==Release history== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | [United States](/source/United_States) | July 1959 | [Checker Records](/source/Checker_Records) | [LP](/source/LP_record) | LP-1436 |- | [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) | 1959 | [London Records](/source/London_Records) | LP | HA-M 2230 |- | United States | August 27, 1966 | Checker Records | [Stereo-Pak](/source/Stereo-Pak) | 21-382A |- | United States | 1967 | Checker Records | LP | LP-3006 |- | United States | 1984 | [Chess Records](/source/Chess_Records) | LP | CH-9196 |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Bo Diddley}} {{Authority control}} Category:1959 albums Category:Bo Diddley albums Category:Checker Records albums Category:Albums produced by Leonard Chess Category:Albums produced by Phil Chess Category:Albums produced by Bo Diddley --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Go Bo Diddley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Bo_Diddley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Bo_Diddley?action=history)). 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