The Chess Years 1955–1974
Compilation by Bo Diddley
Released 1993
Tracklist
- CD 1: Hey Bo Diddley
- 1I’m a Man2:594.4 ★
- 2Little Girl2:34
- 3Bo Diddley2:473.2 ★
- 4You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)2:55
- 5Diddley Daddy2:28
- 6She’s Fine She’s Mine2:43
- 7Pretty Thing2:51
- 8Heart-o-Matic Love2:48
- 9Bring It to Jerome2:29
- 10Spanish Guitar4:05
- 11Dancing Girl2:23
- 12Diddy Wah Diddy2:32
- 13I’m Looking for a Woman2:34
- 14I’m Bad3:17
- 15Who Do You Love2:303.5 ★
- 16Cops and Robbers3:26
- 17Down Home Special3:13
- 18Hey Bo Diddley2:124.4 ★
- 19Mona (I Need You Baby)2:22
- 20Say Boss Man2:33
- 21Before You Accuse Me3:064.0 ★
- 22Say Man3:12
- 23Hush Your Mouth2:51
- 24Bo’s Guitar2:33
- 25The Clock Strikes Twelve3:00
- 26Dearest Darling2:50
- 27Willie and Lillie2:16
- CD 2: Story of Bo Diddley
- 1Bo Meets the Monster3:07
- 2Crackin’ Up2:06
- 3Don’t Let It Go (Hold Onto What You Got)2:45
- 4I’m Sorry2:27
- 5Oh Yeah3:07
- 6Blues Blues2:56
- 7The Great Grandfather2:28
- 8Mama Mia3:01
- 9Bucket2:51
- 10What Do You Know About Love3:23
- 11Lazy Woman2:54
- 12Come On Baby1:56
- 13Nuresy Rhyme (Puttentang)2:47
- 14Mumblin’ Guitar2:50
- 15I Love You So2:23
- 16Story of Bo Diddley2:53
- 17She’s Alright2:39
- 18Limber2:28
- 19Say Man Back Again2:58
- 20Run Diddley Daddy2:40
- 21Unknown Title Issued as Diddley Daddy1:55
- 22Road Runner2:494.0 ★
- 23Spend My Life With You2:38
- 24Love You Baby2:24
- 25Diddling2:13
- 26Cadillac2:47
- 27Limbo2:38
- 28Look at My Baby2:30
- 29You Know I Love You2:55
- CD 3: Bo Diddley Is Loose
- 1Let Me In1:55
- 2Signifying Blues2:38
- 3Live My Life2:39
- 4Scuttle Bug2:23
- 5Love Me2:23
- 6Deed and Deed I Do2:22
- 7Walkin’ and Talkin’2:42
- 8Travelin’ West1:47
- 9Craw-dad2:30
- 10Ride On Josephine3:04
- 11No More Lovin’2:24
- 12Do What I Say2:49
- 13Doing the Crawdaddy3:04
- 14Whoa, Mule (Shine)2:29
- 15Cheyenne2:02
- 16Sixteen Tons2:29
- 17Working Man2:33
- 18(Bo Diddley’s a) Gunslinger1:54
- 19Somewhere2:30
- 20Sick and Tired2:54
- 21Huckleberry Bush2:34
- 22All Together2:26
- 23Mess Around2:29
- 24Shank1:54
- 25The Twister2:04
- 26Bo Diddley Is a Lover2:32
- 27Love Is a Secret3:03
- 28Bo Diddley Is Loose3:00
- CD 4: Bo’s Bounce
- 1Congo2:36
- 2Aztec2:28
- 3Call Me (Bo’s Blues)2:35
- 4Bo’s Vacation2:48
- 5Hong Kong, Mississippi2:59
- 6Quick Draw1:53
- 7You’re Looking Good2:23
- 8Back Home2:29
- 9Not Guilty2:10
- 10Moon Baby2:25
- 11Untitled Instrumental2:21
- 12My Babe1:46
- 13Detour1:55
- 14Stay Sharp3:44
- 15Pills (Love’s Labours Lost)2:51
- 16Bo’s Bounce1:38
- 17I Want My Baby2:25
- 18Two Flies2:39
- 19Background to a Music3:43
- 20Please Mr. Engineer5:03
- 21Doin’ the Jaguar2:16
- 22I Know, I’m Alright2:22
- 23For the Love of Mike2:01
- 24Mr. Khruschev2:56
- 25You All Green3:05
- 26Bo’s Twist2:31
- 27I Can Tell4:26
- CD 5: The Greatest Lover in the World
- 1You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover3:15
- 2Sad Sack2:37
- 3Rock ’n’ Roll2:45
- 4Mama Don’t Allow No Twistin’2:11
- 5Give Me a Break (Man)2:05
- 6Babes in the Woods2:12
- 7Who May Your Lover Be2:54
- 8Here ’Tis2:26
- 9Diddling2:13
- 10Bo’s a Lumberjack2:41
- 11(Extra, Read All About) Ben2:14
- 12Help Out2:43
- 13Little Girl2:25
- 14Gimme Gimme1:59
- 15Same Old Thing2:43
- 16Diana2:36
- 17Met You on a Saturday2:35
- 18Put the Shoes on Willie2:33
- 19Pretty Girl3:05
- 20Old Man River2:25
- 21Surfer’s Love Call2:54
- 22Cookie Headed Diddley2:39
- 23The Greatest Lover in the World2:43
- 24Surf, Sink or Swim3:25
- 25Low Tide2:06
- 26Africa Speaks2:33
- 27Memphis2:29
- 28Gunslinger2:47
- CD 6: Bo Diddley’s Hoot’ Nanny
- 1Hey Bo Diddley (live)3:08
- 2Old Smokey (live)3:23
- 3Bo Diddley’s Dog (live)4:02
- 4I’m Alright (live)4:18
- 5Mr. Custer (live)3:18
- 6Bo’s Waltz (live)3:25
- 7What’s Buggin’ You (Crackin’ Up) (live)3:28
- 8Road Runner (live)3:52
- 9Monkey Diddle (live)2:30
- 10Hey Good Lookin’2:52
- 11Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut2:57
- 12Jo-Ann2:26
- 13When the Saints Go Marching In2:54
- 14Mush Mouth Millie2:14
- 15London Stomp2:27
- 16Rooster Stew2:23
- 17Mummy Walk2:18
- 18La, La, La2:46
- 19Yeah, Yeah, Yeah2:30
- 20Rain Man3:23
- 21I Wonder Why (People Don’t Like Me)2:39
- 22Brother Bear2:26
- 23Bo Diddley’s Hoot’ Nanny2:26
- 24Let’s Walk a While2:44
- 25You Ain’t Bad2:51
- 26Somebody Beat Me2:56
- 27Greasy Spoon2:35
- CD 7: Soul Food
- 1Let Me Pass2:34
- 2Tonight Is Ours2:57
- 3Soul Food2:41
- 4Let the Kids Dance2:22
- 5Hey, Red Riding Hood3:02
- 6He’s So Mad2:53
- 7Stop My Monkey2:45
- 8Root Hoot3:16
- 9Stinkey2:35
- 10Corn Bread2:54
- 11Fireball2:50
- 12500% More Man2:54
- 13We’re Gonna Get Married2:32
- 14Easy2:53
- 15Do the Frog3:02
- 16Yakky Doodle2:49
- 17Ooh Baby2:51
- 18Back to School2:29
- 19My BabeBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter3:55
- 20I’m a ManBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter5:41
- 21Who Do You LoveBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter4:14
- 22JukeBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter3:32
- 23Bo DiddleyBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter4:30
- CD 8: Diddley Daddy
- 1Long Distance CallBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter5:07
- 2I Just Want to Make Love to YouBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter6:09
- 3You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter4:12
- 4You Can’t Judge a Book by the CoverBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter3:29
- 5Sad HoursBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter5:09
- 6Wrecking My Love LifeBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter2:56
- 7Boo-ga-loo Before You GoBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter2:58
- 8Little Red RoosterBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter7:28
- 9Diddley DaddyBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter5:13
- 10Ooh Baby/Wrecking My Love LifeBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter6:34
- 11SpoonfulBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter4:14
- 12Goin’ Down SlowBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter4:51
- 13Sweet Little AngelBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter6:40
- 14Long Distance CallBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter9:16
- CD 9: Bo’s Beat
- 1I’m High Again2:40
- 2Another Sugar Daddy2:51
- 3Bo Diddley 19692:37
- 4Soul Train2:49
- 5Elephant Man4:275.0 ★
- 6I’ve Got a Feeling2:41
- 7If the Bible’s Right3:05
- 8Power House2:47
- 9Funky Fly3:09
- 10Shut Up Woman3:47
- 11Black Soul2:48
- 12You Bo Diddley3:17
- 13I Don’t Like You3:09
- 14Hot Buttered Blues3:55
- 15Bo’s BeatBo Diddley with Chuck Berry14:094.0 ★
- 16Chuck’s BeatBo Diddley with Chuck Berry10:394.0 ★
- CD 10: Bo Diddley-itis
- 1I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know7:31
- 2Shape I’m In3:21
- 3Pollution4:42
- 4Bad Moon Rising2:40
- 5Down on the Corner3:16
- 6I Said Shut Up Woman3:27
- 7Bad Side of the Moon2:53
- 8Lodi3:10
- 9Go for Broke3:04
- 10Look at Grandma3:30
- 11Woman3:07
- 12Hey, Jerome3:06
- 13Take It All Off3:17
- 14I’ve Had It Hard3:20
- 15Bad Trip5:52
- 16A Good Thing2:36
- 17Infatuation3:37
- 18Bo Diddley-itis5:39
- 19Diddley Daddy (1969 version)2:27
- 20I Hear You Knockin’3:54
- 21You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (1969 version)3:03
- CD 11: Bo-Jam
- 1Make a Hit Record4:58
- 2Do the Robot5:41
- 3Get Out of My Life5:07
- 4Don’t Want No Lyin’ Woman3:58
- 5Bo Diddley (1969 version)2:54
- 6Bo-Jam3:32
- 7Husband-in-Law3:31
- 8Sneakers on a Rooster2:40
- 9Going Down2:50
- 10I’ve Been Workin’3:49
- 11Hit or Miss3:39
- 12He’s Got All the Whiskey4:40
- 13Bite You4:16
- 14Evelee6:22
- 15Stop the Pusher5:07
- 16You’ve Got a Lot of Nerve3:21
- CD 12: Bo’s Bonus Beat
- 1I’m a Man (alt)3:08
- 2Little Girl (alt)2:37
- 3I’m Sweet on You Baby2:35
- 4You Got to Love Me Baby2:26
- 5Roller Coaster2:54
- 6I Got to Go2:42
- 7Billy’s Blues, Pt. 12:24
- 8Billy’s Blues, Pt. 22:19
- 9Bring It to Jerome (alt)2:42
- 10Hush Your Mouth (alt)3:08
- 11Dearest Darling (alt)3:18
- 12Bucket3:26
- 13She’s Alright (unedited)4:23
- 14She’s Alright (alt)4:05
- 15Say Man Back Again (alt)3:04
- 16Signifying Blues (extended version)4:29
- 17Pretty Baby (alt)1:38
- 18Can You Shimmy?2:44
- 19I’m Hungry2:56
- 20Oh Yes3:21
- 21Watusi Bounce2:57
- 22The Soup Maker2:41
- 23No More Lovin’3:04
- 24Bo’s a Lumberjack (alt)3:31
- 25I’m High Again2:38
- 26Hey, Go Go4:23
More by Bo Diddley
Release credits
- harmonica [1.1, 1.5, 1.7-9, 2.7]
- 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]
- guitar [15-16]
- drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.3, 1.15, 3.10, 2.2], membranophone [3.11-12, 3.14-17, 2.3]
- 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]
- 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]
- guitar [15, 18, 20-21]
- piano [1.23, 1.27, 9.15-16]
- piano [2-3]
- engineer [16]
- background vocals [2]
- background vocals [5, 15]
- double bass [1, 18, 20-21]
- instrument [12]
Issues
T1993





