Age, Biography and Wiki

Ellas Otha Bates (The Black Gladiator, The Originator, Ellas B. McDaniel) was born on 30 December, 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, USA, is a Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department. Discover Bo Diddley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Bo Diddley networth?

Popular As Ellas Otha Bates (The Black Gladiator, The Originator, Ellas B. McDaniel)
Occupation soundtrack,actor,music_department
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 30 December 1928
Birthday 30 December
Birthplace McComb, Mississippi, USA
Date of death 2 June, 2008
Died Place Archer, Florida, USA
Nationality United States

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 30 December. He is a member of famous Soundtrack with the age 80 years old group.

Bo Diddley Height, Weight & Measurements

At 80 years old, Bo Diddley height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) .

Physical Status
Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Who Is Bo Diddley's Wife?

His wife is Sylvia Paiz (26 September 1992 - 2005) ( divorced), Kay Reynolds (1960 - 1980) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Ethel Mae Smith (1949 - 1956) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Louise Woolingham (1946 - 1947) ( divorced)

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Sylvia Paiz (26 September 1992 - 2005) ( divorced), Kay Reynolds (1960 - 1980) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Ethel Mae Smith (1949 - 1956) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Louise Woolingham (1946 - 1947) ( divorced)
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Bo Diddley Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bo Diddley worth at the age of 80 years old? Bo Diddley’s income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. He is from United States. We have estimated Bo Diddley's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2023 Under Review
Net Worth in 2022 Pending
Salary in 2022 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income Soundtrack

Bo Diddley Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

2017

Was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, in 2017.

1996

In 1996 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm 'n' Blues Foundation and in 1998 received another Lifetime Achievement Award, this time from The Recording Academy at that year's annual Grammy Awards Ceremony.

1990

Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley (1990), a repackaging of his first two records, is ranked number 216 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

1987

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987.

1986

Was inducted into the Washington Area Music Association's Hall of Fame, in 1986.

1985

He performed a rousing version of his classic song "Who Do You Love" with George Thorogood & The Destroyers in front of a TV audience of millions at the Live Aid Concert in Philadelphia in 1985. A couple of years later he was deservedly an early inductee into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

1978

1978: He moved from Los Lunas, New Mexico, to Hawthorne, Florida.

1971

1971: He moved from Granada Hills, California, to Los Lunas, New Mexico.

1968

1968: He moved from Washington, DC, to Granada Hills, California.

1960

1960: He moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Washington, DC.

1957

Wrote the hit song "Love Is Strange", but published it under the name of his wife, Ethel Smith due to a dispute with Leonard Chess, owner of Chess-Checker-Argo Records. The song was a #5 R&B hit for Mickey & Sylvia in 1957.

1955

After various rejections from local record labels (most notably VeeJay), in the spring of 1955 he took the recordings to brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, owners of Chess Records, with studios located at 4750-2 South Cottage Grove Ave. in Chicago. They suggested that he changed the title and the lyrics of "Uncle John" to more reflect his own unique personality. The twp songs were re-recorded at Bill Putnam's Universal Recording Studio at 111 E.

Ontario in Chicago on Wednesday, March 2, 1955, and released as a double A-side disc "Bo Diddley"/"I'm A Man" on the Chess Records subsidiary label Checker Records. It went straight to the top of the R&B charts, establishing him as one of the most exciting and original new talents in American music. With musical influences of his own ranging from Louis Jordan to John Lee Hooker, and from 'Nat 'King' Cole' to Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley was now set to help shape and define the sound and presentation of rock music for all time. From Elvis Presley to George Thorogood, from The Rolling Stones to ZZ Top, from The Doors to The Clash, from Buddy Holly to Prince, and from The Everly Brothers to Run DMC, all acknowledged the unique influences of Bo Diddley upon their styles of music. Now in his early 70s, he is still very much active in the recording studio and in the clubs and the concert halls around the world.

1950

In 1950 maracas player Jerome Green joined the group, followed a year later by harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold. After more than a decade of playing on street corners and in clubs around Chicago, Bo Diddley finally got the chance to cut a demo of 2 songs that he had written; "Uncle John" and "I'm A Man".

1940

For Christmas in 1940, his sister Lucille bought him his first guitar, a cheap Harmony acoustic. It was at this time that he acquired the nickname "Bo Diddley" (". . . Bo Diddley is me; to tell ya the truth, I don't know what it [the name] really is. . . ") from his fellow pupils at the Foster Vocational High School in Chicago. The newly named Bo Diddley had long been fascinated by the rhythms that he heard coming from the sanctified churches. A frustrated drummer, he tried to translate the sounds that he heard into his own style. Gradually he began to duplicate what he did with his violin bow by rapidly flicking his pick across his guitar strings: "I play the guitar as if I'm playing the drums. . . I play drum licks on the guitar. " He continued to practice the guitar through his early teens. Shortly before leaving school he formed his first group, a trio named The Hipsters, later known as The Langley Avenue Jive Cats, after the Chicago street where he lived. Upon graduation he pursued a variety of low-paid occupations including truck driving, building site work and boxing, playing locally with his group to supplement his income. Around this time he married his first wife, Louise Woolingham, but the marriage did not survive. A year later he married Ethel "Tootsie" Smith, a marriage that lasted just over a decade.

1934

1934: He moved from McComb, Mississippi, to Chicago, Illinois.

1928

Ever heard "I Want Candy" or "Not Fade Away" or "Willie & The Hand Jive", Shirley & Company's "Shame, Shame, Shame" or U2's "Desire" or George Michael's "Faith"? If you have, then you've heard the "Bo Diddley beat", the most famous beat in the world! One of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll, Bo Diddley's innovative pounding and hypnotic, Latin-tinged beat, his vast array of electric custom-built guitars, his use of reverb, tremelo and distortion to make his guitars talk, mumble and roar, his use of female musicians, his wild stage shows, and his on-record and on-stage rapping, pre-date all others. Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates on Sunday December 30, 1928, on a small farm near the town of McComb, Mississippi, in rural Pike County, close to the Louisiana border, the only child of Ethel Wilson and Eugene Bates, he had three half-brothers and a half-sister. He was adopted by his mother's cousin, Mrs. Gussie McDaniel, along with his cousins Willis, Lucille and Freddie, and adopted the name Ellas McDaniel. In the mid-1'30s the family moved to the south side of Chicago. Soon after, he began to take violin lessons from Professor O. W. Frederick at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. He studied the violin for 12 years, composing two concertos for the instrument.