Diddley

[did-lee]

noun

1. Bo Elias McDaniel, 1928–2008, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, guitarist, and composer.

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Then there’s the surprise of the first song heard in the film — a rumbling version of Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love?” that had Carlos Santana, hired as a soundtrack composer, playing with Los Lobos, and Bo himself offering a fresh vocal over everything.

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With Bo Diddley wailing on electric guitar in the background, John McEnroe asks, “Bo knows tennis?” followed by U.S.

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The commercial ends with Jackson doing his own wailing on guitar, only to have the real guitar legend tell him jokingly, “Bo, you don’t know Diddley.”

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They even went on to enjoy commercial success in West Germany, where their cover version of Bo Diddley’s “Diddley Daddy” scored a top-five hit.

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He’s penned several children’s books and a novella called “The Legend of Diddley Squatt,” loosely inspired by the life of the late comedian Richard Pryor, who grew up in a brothel.

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