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POPSBo Diddley Dies In Florida At 79 Like B.B. King and other great blues and rhythm-and-blues artists, Diddley's first exposure to music came from church, in this case the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side. He learned to play the violin and the trombone. At age 12, Diddley took up the guitar after hearing John Lee Hooker's 1949 rhythm-and-blues hit, ``Boogie Chillen.'' ``Diddley claimed that playing the violin influenced his muted-string, choke-neck style of rhythm -- an early forerunner of funk that can be heard on songs like `Pretty Thing,''' the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame says in its official Bo Diddley biography.
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POPSGo Bo, into that good night - RIP Bo Diddley Arguably the greatest mainstream success of a song with the Bo Diddley beat was Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away," recorded in the 1950s and which saw renewed success when it was covered by the Rolling Stones in the 1960s. Diddley had harsh words for the direction black music had taken in recent years, telling Reuters that "gangsta" rap made his blood boil. "I hate it. I call it rap-crap," Diddley said in a 1996 interview. "I can't seem to get my records played but they'll play all this garbage." Diddley insisted he was the real father of rock, saying: "Little Richard came two or three years later, along with Elvis Presley. In other words, I was the first dude out there."
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POPSBanned Album Art Some of the most famous albums to have their cover art banned! Check the link for a story on each!
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POPSInside Bob Dylan's Brain Very interesting stuff...........Go to the source eg., Artists He Plays Nine times: George Jones Eight times: Tom Waits, Dinah Washington Seven times: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Louis Armstrong, Van Morrison Six times: Buddy Johnson, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Louis Jordan, Muddy Waters, Porter Wagoner, The Rolling Stones
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POPSBreak Time The Rolling Stones, 1966 on the Ed Sullivan Show. (awesome)
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POPSU2 News Their new single, Politicians Are Great Guys Once You Get To Know Them, comes out on July 4th, when the band play an intimate gig, beamed across America, before an audience of close friends in the White House. Excitingly, music legend Christina Aguileira shares singing duties on the single, while consumers who purchase U2' newest will also be treated to the revamping of an old favourite, "All-American Irishman", containing a spoken-word intro "rap" by British PM Gordon Brown.
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POPSScorsese to Direct Bob Marley Biopic Martin Scorsese has announced he is working on a documentary of the life of reggae king Bob Marley. The film will debut on February 6, 2010, the date Marley would have turned 65 had he lived to see it.
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