The Chess Years 1955–1974

Compilation by Bo Diddley

Released 1993

blues rock blues electric blues

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Tracklist

CD 1: Hey Bo Diddley
1
I’m a Man
2:59
4.4 ★
2
Little Girl
2:34
3
Bo Diddley
2:47
3.2 ★
4
You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)
2:55
5
Diddley Daddy
2:28
6
She’s Fine She’s Mine
2:43
7
Pretty Thing
2:51
8
Heart-o-Matic Love
2:48
9
Bring It to Jerome
2:29
10
Spanish Guitar
4:05
11
Dancing Girl
2:23
12
Diddy Wah Diddy
2:32
13
I’m Looking for a Woman
2:34
14
I’m Bad
3:17
15
Who Do You Love
2:30
3.5 ★
16
Cops and Robbers
3:26
17
Down Home Special
3:13
18
Hey Bo Diddley
2:12
4.4 ★
19
Mona (I Need You Baby)
2:22
20
Say Boss Man
2:33
21
Before You Accuse Me
3:06
4.0 ★
22
Say Man
3:12
23
Hush Your Mouth
2:51
24
Bo’s Guitar
2:33
25
The Clock Strikes Twelve
3:00
26
Dearest Darling
2:50
27
Willie and Lillie
2:16
CD 2: Story of Bo Diddley
1
Bo Meets the Monster
3:07
2
Crackin’ Up
2:06
3
Don’t Let It Go (Hold Onto What You Got)
2:45
4
I’m Sorry
2:27
5
Oh Yeah
3:07
6
Blues Blues
2:56
7
The Great Grandfather
2:28
8
Mama Mia
3:01
9
Bucket
2:51
10
What Do You Know About Love
3:23
11
Lazy Woman
2:54
12
Come On Baby
1:56
13
Nuresy Rhyme (Puttentang)
2:47
14
Mumblin’ Guitar
2:50
15
I Love You So
2:23
16
Story of Bo Diddley
2:53
17
She’s Alright
2:39
18
Limber
2:28
19
Say Man Back Again
2:58
20
Run Diddley Daddy
2:40
21
Unknown Title Issued as Diddley Daddy
1:55
22
Road Runner
2:49
4.0 ★
23
Spend My Life With You
2:38
24
Love You Baby
2:24
25
Diddling
2:13
26
Cadillac
2:47
27
Limbo
2:38
28
Look at My Baby
2:30
29
You Know I Love You
2:55
CD 3: Bo Diddley Is Loose
1
Let Me In
1:55
2
Signifying Blues
2:38
3
Live My Life
2:39
4
Scuttle Bug
2:23
5
Love Me
2:23
6
Deed and Deed I Do
2:22
7
Walkin’ and Talkin’
2:42
8
Travelin’ West
1:47
9
Craw-dad
2:30
10
Ride On Josephine
3:04
11
No More Lovin’
2:24
12
Do What I Say
2:49
13
Doing the Crawdaddy
3:04
14
Whoa, Mule (Shine)
2:29
15
Cheyenne
2:02
16
Sixteen Tons
2:29
17
Working Man
2:33
18
(Bo Diddley’s a) Gunslinger
1:54
19
Somewhere
2:30
20
Sick and Tired
2:54
21
Huckleberry Bush
2:34
22
All Together
2:26
23
Mess Around
2:29
24
Shank
1:54
25
The Twister
2:04
26
Bo Diddley Is a Lover
2:32
27
Love Is a Secret
3:03
28
Bo Diddley Is Loose
3:00
CD 4: Bo’s Bounce
1
Congo
2:36
2
Aztec
2:28
3
Call Me (Bo’s Blues)
2:35
4
Bo’s Vacation
2:48
5
Hong Kong, Mississippi
2:59
6
Quick Draw
1:53
7
You’re Looking Good
2:23
8
Back Home
2:29
9
Not Guilty
2:10
10
Moon Baby
2:25
11
Untitled Instrumental
2:21
12
My Babe
1:46
13
Detour
1:55
14
Stay Sharp
3:44
15
Pills (Love’s Labours Lost)
2:51
16
Bo’s Bounce
1:38
17
I Want My Baby
2:25
18
Two Flies
2:39
19
Background to a Music
3:43
20
Please Mr. Engineer
5:03
21
Doin’ the Jaguar
2:16
22
I Know, I’m Alright
2:22
23
For the Love of Mike
2:01
24
Mr. Khruschev
2:56
25
You All Green
3:05
26
Bo’s Twist
2:31
27
I Can Tell
4:26
CD 5: The Greatest Lover in the World
1
You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
3:15
2
Sad Sack
2:37
3
Rock ’n’ Roll
2:45
4
Mama Don’t Allow No Twistin’
2:11
5
Give Me a Break (Man)
2:05
6
Babes in the Woods
2:12
7
Who May Your Lover Be
2:54
8
Here ’Tis
2:26
9
Diddling
2:13
10
Bo’s a Lumberjack
2:41
11
(Extra, Read All About) Ben
2:14
12
Help Out
2:43
13
Little Girl
2:25
14
Gimme Gimme
1:59
15
Same Old Thing
2:43
16
Diana
2:36
17
Met You on a Saturday
2:35
18
Put the Shoes on Willie
2:33
19
Pretty Girl
3:05
20
Old Man River
2:25
21
Surfer’s Love Call
2:54
22
Cookie Headed Diddley
2:39
23
The Greatest Lover in the World
2:43
24
Surf, Sink or Swim
3:25
25
Low Tide
2:06
26
Africa Speaks
2:33
27
Memphis
2:29
28
Gunslinger
2:47
CD 6: Bo Diddley’s Hoot’ Nanny
1
Hey Bo Diddley (live)
3:08
2
Old Smokey (live)
3:23
3
Bo Diddley’s Dog (live)
4:02
4
I’m Alright (live)
4:18
5
Mr. Custer (live)
3:18
6
Bo’s Waltz (live)
3:25
7
What’s Buggin’ You (Crackin’ Up) (live)
3:28
8
Road Runner (live)
3:52
9
Monkey Diddle (live)
2:30
10
Hey Good Lookin’
2:52
11
Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
2:57
12
Jo-Ann
2:26
13
When the Saints Go Marching In
2:54
14
Mush Mouth Millie
2:14
15
London Stomp
2:27
16
Rooster Stew
2:23
17
Mummy Walk
2:18
18
La, La, La
2:46
19
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
2:30
20
Rain Man
3:23
21
I Wonder Why (People Don’t Like Me)
2:39
22
Brother Bear
2:26
23
Bo Diddley’s Hoot’ Nanny
2:26
24
Let’s Walk a While
2:44
25
You Ain’t Bad
2:51
26
Somebody Beat Me
2:56
27
Greasy Spoon
2:35
CD 7: Soul Food
1
Let Me Pass
2:34
2
Tonight Is Ours
2:57
3
Soul Food
2:41
4
Let the Kids Dance
2:22
5
Hey, Red Riding Hood
3:02
6
He’s So Mad
2:53
7
Stop My Monkey
2:45
8
Root Hoot
3:16
9
Stinkey
2:35
10
Corn Bread
2:54
11
Fireball
2:50
12
500% More Man
2:54
13
We’re Gonna Get Married
2:32
14
Easy
2:53
15
Do the Frog
3:02
16
Yakky Doodle
2:49
17
Ooh Baby
2:51
18
Back to School
2:29
19
My Babe
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
3:55
20
I’m a Man
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
5:41
21
Who Do You Love
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
4:14
22
Juke
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
3:32
23
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
4:30
CD 8: Diddley Daddy
1
Long Distance Call
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
5:07
2
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
6:09
3
You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
4:12
4
You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
3:29
5
Sad Hours
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
5:09
6
Wrecking My Love Life
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
2:56
7
Boo-ga-loo Before You Go
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
2:58
8
Little Red Rooster
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
7:28
9
Diddley Daddy
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
5:13
10
Ooh Baby/Wrecking My Love Life
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
6:34
11
Spoonful
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
4:14
12
Goin’ Down Slow
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
4:51
13
Sweet Little Angel
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
6:40
14
Long Distance Call
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
9:16
CD 9: Bo’s Beat
1
I’m High Again
2:40
2
Another Sugar Daddy
2:51
3
Bo Diddley 1969
2:37
4
Soul Train
2:49
5
Elephant Man
4:27
5.0 ★
6
I’ve Got a Feeling
2:41
7
If the Bible’s Right
3:05
8
Power House
2:47
9
Funky Fly
3:09
10
Shut Up Woman
3:47
11
Black Soul
2:48
12
You Bo Diddley
3:17
13
I Don’t Like You
3:09
14
Hot Buttered Blues
3:55
15
Bo’s Beat
Bo Diddley with Chuck Berry
14:09
4.0 ★
16
Chuck’s Beat
Bo Diddley with Chuck Berry
10:39
4.0 ★
CD 10: Bo Diddley-itis
1
I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
7:31
2
Shape I’m In
3:21
3
Pollution
4:42
4
Bad Moon Rising
2:40
5
Down on the Corner
3:16
6
I Said Shut Up Woman
3:27
7
Bad Side of the Moon
2:53
8
Lodi
3:10
9
Go for Broke
3:04
10
Look at Grandma
3:30
11
Woman
3:07
12
Hey, Jerome
3:06
13
Take It All Off
3:17
14
I’ve Had It Hard
3:20
15
Bad Trip
5:52
16
A Good Thing
2:36
17
Infatuation
3:37
18
Bo Diddley-itis
5:39
19
Diddley Daddy (1969 version)
2:27
20
I Hear You Knockin’
3:54
21
You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (1969 version)
3:03
CD 11: Bo-Jam
1
Make a Hit Record
4:58
2
Do the Robot
5:41
3
Get Out of My Life
5:07
4
Don’t Want No Lyin’ Woman
3:58
5
Bo Diddley (1969 version)
2:54
6
Bo-Jam
3:32
7
Husband-in-Law
3:31
8
Sneakers on a Rooster
2:40
9
Going Down
2:50
10
I’ve Been Workin’
3:49
11
Hit or Miss
3:39
12
He’s Got All the Whiskey
4:40
13
Bite You
4:16
14
Evelee
6:22
15
Stop the Pusher
5:07
16
You’ve Got a Lot of Nerve
3:21
CD 12: Bo’s Bonus Beat
1
I’m a Man (alt)
3:08
2
Little Girl (alt)
2:37
3
I’m Sweet on You Baby
2:35
4
You Got to Love Me Baby
2:26
5
Roller Coaster
2:54
6
I Got to Go
2:42
7
Billy’s Blues, Pt. 1
2:24
8
Billy’s Blues, Pt. 2
2:19
9
Bring It to Jerome (alt)
2:42
10
Hush Your Mouth (alt)
3:08
11
Dearest Darling (alt)
3:18
12
Bucket
3:26
13
She’s Alright (unedited)
4:23
14
She’s Alright (alt)
4:05
15
Say Man Back Again (alt)
3:04
16
Signifying Blues (extended version)
4:29
17
Pretty Baby (alt)
1:38
18
Can You Shimmy?
2:44
19
I’m Hungry
2:56
20
Oh Yes
3:21
21
Watusi Bounce
2:57
22
The Soup Maker
2:41
23
No More Lovin’
3:04
24
Bo’s a Lumberjack (alt)
3:31
25
I’m High Again
2:38
26
Hey, Go Go
4:23

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The Story of Bo Diddley

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The Essential Bo Diddley

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Breakin' Through the B.S.

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Release credits

Billy Boy Arnold
harmonica [1.1, 1.5, 1.7-9, 2.7]
Bo Diddley
guitar [3.10-12, 3.14-18, 9.15-16, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.15, 1.18, 1.20-23, 1.27, 2.1-3, 2.7, 2.26], violin [8], vocal [1.1, 1.3, 1.5-7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.15, 1.18, 1.20-23, 1.27, 3.10-12, 3.14-18, 2.1-3, 2.7, 2.26]
Chuck Berry
guitar [15-16]
Clifton James
drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.3, 1.15, 3.10, 2.2], membranophone [3.11-12, 3.14-17, 2.3]
Frank Kirkland
drums (drum set) [2.26, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.18, 1.21-22], membranophone [1.8, 1.12, 1.20, 1.23, 1.27, 2.1, 2.7, 3.18]
Jerome Green
lead vocals [22], maracas [2.1-3, 2.7, 2.26, 3.10-12, 3.14-18, 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.12, 1.15, 1.18, 1.20-23, 1.27, 9.15-16]
Jody Williams
guitar [15, 18, 20-21]
Lafayette Leake
piano [1.23, 1.27, 9.15-16]
Otis Spann
piano [2-3]
Ron Malo
engineer [16]
The Carnations
background vocals [2]
The Moonglows
background vocals [5, 15]
Willie Dixon
double bass [1, 18, 20-21]
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
instrument [12]

Issues

T
The Chess Years 1955–1974
12x CD
1993