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Primal rock and blues musician Bo Diddley, who helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ago with a signature syncopated rhythm that became universally recognized as “the Bo Diddley ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock `n’ roll whose distinctive “shave and a haircut, two bits” rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died ...

Rock ‘n’ roll is the story of amplified personality, but even in an art form that celebrates outsize characters, Bo Diddley was a larger-than-life innovator. He was as essential to the creation of ...

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The blues icon died Monday at 79, but his signature sound marches on. The "Bo Diddley beat" powers acts from the Rolling Stones to the White Stripes. Musicologist Ned Sublette celebrates Diddley's ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock ‘n’ roll whose distinctive “shave and a haircut, two bits” rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died ...

Bo Diddley, the rock n’ roll pioneer who famous “shave-and-a-haircut, two-bits” rhythm provided one of the music’s foundations, died Monday at his home in Archer, Fla., after months of ill health.