# Bo Diddley discography

The discography of American rock and roll musician Bo Diddley, includes 37 singles, 24 studio albums, 24 compilation albums, six live albums, and several EPs. He has also appeared on five singles and eight albums.
Bo Diddley only had one Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and only one album charting on the Billboard 200, but he has achieved worldwide fame and respect as a member of the founding of rock and roll, and has had his songs covered by many diverse artists. He had 10 entries on the US Billboard R&B chart, and two more hits, in 1963 and 1965, on the UK Singles Chart.

## Studio albums

All studio albums released as LPs, except $^†$ which were released as cassettes and $^^$ which were CDs.
| Title | Release date | Notes | Label Catalog No. |
| Bo Diddley | 1958 | | Chess LP-1431 |
| Go Bo Diddley | July 1959 | | Checker LP-1436 |
| Have Guitar Will Travel | January 1960 | named after Have Gun–Will Travel | Checker LP-2974 |
| Bo Diddley in the Spotlight | 1960 | featuring "Road Runner" | Checker LP-2976 |
| Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger | December 1960 | #20 on the UK Albums Chart | Checker LP-2977 |
| Bo Diddley Is a Lover | September 1961 | | Checker LP-2980 |
| Bo Diddley's a Twister | March 1962 | based on the twist craze | Checker LP-2982 |
| Bo Diddley | August 1962 | #11 on the UK Albums Chart, #117 on the Billboard 200 | Checker LP-2984 |
| Bo Diddley & Company | January 1963 | first album with The Duchess | Checker LP-2985 |
| Surfin' with Bo Diddley | June 1963 | | Checker LP-2987 |
| Two Great Guitars | August 1964 | with Chuck Berry | Checker LP/S-2991 |
| Hey! Good Lookin' | 1965 | | Checker LP-2992 |
| 500% More Man | 1965 | | Checker LP/S-2996 |
| The Originator | December 1966 | | Checker LP/S-3001 |
| Super Blues | June 1967 | with Muddy Waters and Little Walter | Checker LP/S-3008 |
| The Super Super Blues Band | February 1968 | with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf | Checker LP/S-3010 |
| The Black Gladiator | July 1970 | | Checker LPS-3013 |
| Another Dimension | May 1971 | | Chess CH-50001 |
| Where It All Began | May 1972 | | Chess CH-50016 |
| The London Bo Diddley Sessions | 1973 | | Chess CH-50029 |
| Big Bad Bo | 1974 | | Chess CH-50047 |
| 20th Anniversary of Rock & Roll | 1976 | | RCA Victor APL 1-1229 |
| Ain't It Good To Be Free $^†$ | 1983 | Limited release recorded in Hawthorne, Florida and first home studio album since Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger | BoKay 069 |
| Breakin' Through the B.S. $^{†^}$ | 1989 | Home studio album recorded in Archer, Florida | Triple X 51017 |
| Living Legend | 1989 | Home studio album recorded in Archer, Florida | New Rose ROSE-118 |
| This Should Not Be $^^$ | 1992 | Home studio album recorded in Albuquerque, New Mexico | Triple X 51130 |
| A Man Amongst Men $^{†^}$ | May 21, 1996 | #8 on the Blues Albums chart | Atlantic 82896 |

## Compilation albums

All compilation albums released as LPs, except $^†$ which were released as cassettes and $^^$ which were CDs.
| Title | Release date | Notes | Label Catalog No. |
| Hey! Bo Diddley | April 16, 1963 | released in the UK only | Pye International NPL 28025 |
| Bo Diddley Rides Again | 1963 | UK release, #19 on UK Albums Chart | Pye International NPL 28029 |
| Bo Diddley In The Spotlight | 1964 | UK release | Pye International NPL 28034 |
| Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits | 1964 | | Checker LP-2989 |
| Got My Own Bag of Tricks | 1972 | | Chess 2CH-60005 |
| Chess Masters, Volume One | 1982 | | Chess 4003 |
| Chess Masters, Volume Two | 1982 | | Chess 4009 |
| His Greatest Sides, Volume One | 1984 | | Chess CH-9106 |
| His Greatest Sides, Volume Two | 1984 | | Chess CH-9107 |
| The Chess Box $^^$ | 1990 | | MCA/Chess CHD2-19502 |
| Rare & Well Done $^{†^}$ | September 10, 1991 | | MCA/Chess CHC/D-9331 |
| Bo Knows Bo $^{†^}$ | 1995 | | Universal Special 20872 |
| His Best $^^$ | April 8, 1997 | | MCA/Chess CHD-9373 |
| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bo Diddley $^{†^}$ | January 25, 2000 | | MCA MCAC/D-112163 |
| Eddy Mitchell Presente Les Rois Du Rock – Bo Diddley $^^$ | October 28, 2003 | | Universal International 980781 |
| Classic Bo Diddley: The Universal Masters Collection $^^$ | June 27, 2005 | | Universal Distribution 9954 |
| The Story of Bo Diddley: The Very Best of Bo Diddley $^^$ | 2006 | | Chess CHD-9832296 |
| The Definitive Collection $^^$ | April 17, 2007 | #2 on the Blues Albums chart | Geffen/Chess B0008786-02 |
| I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955-1958 $^^$ | September 2007 | | Hip-O/UMe B0009231-02 |
| Rock 'N' Roll Legends $^^$ | February 18, 2008 | | Chess 5305167 |
| Road Runner: The Chess Masters, 1959-1960 $^^$ | June 20, 2008 | | Hip-O/UMe B0011076-02 |
| Gold $^^$ | October 28, 2008 | | Geffen/Chess B0011781-02 |
| Ride On: The Chess Masters, 1960-1961 $^^$ | July 21, 2009 | | Hip-O/UMe B0012946-02 |

## Live albums

All live albums released as LPs, except $^^$ which were CDs.
| Title | Release date | Notes | Label/Catalog No. |
| Bo Diddley's Beach Party | December 1963 | #13 on UK Albums Chart | Checker LP 2988 |
| I'm a Man | 1977 | | MF Productions 2002 |
| Bo Diddley & Co. – Live | 1985 | | New Rose FC-009 |
| Hey... Bo Diddley: In Concert | 1986 | | MF Productions |
| Live at the Ritz $^^$ | 1988 | with Ronnie Wood | JVC |
| Live $^^$ | February 1, 1994 | | Triple X 51162 |

## Singles

| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Album |
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | US Hot | US R&B | UK | Album |
| 1955 | "Bo Diddley" b/w "I'm a Man" | — | 1 | — | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1955 | "Diddley Daddy" b/w "She's Fine, She's Mine" (non-album track) | — | 11 | — | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1955 | "Pretty Thing" b/w "Bring It to Jerome" | — | 4 | 34 | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1956 | "Diddy Wah Diddy" b/w "I Am Looking for a Woman" (from Bo Diddley's a Twister) | — | — | — | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1956 | "Who Do You Love?" b/w "I'm Bad" (non-album track) | — | — | — | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1956 | "Cops and Robbers" b/w "Down Home Special" (non-album track) | — | — | — | Have Guitar, Will Travel |
| 1957 | "Hey! Bo Diddley" b/w "Mona" (from Have Guitar, Will Travel, as "I Need You Baby") | — | — | — | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1957 | "Say! Boss Man" b/w "Before You Accuse Me" | — | — | — | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1958 | "Hush Your Mouth" b/w "Dearest Darling" | — | — | — | Bo Diddley (1958) |
| 1958 | "Willie and Lillie" b/w "Bo Meets the Monster" (non-album track) | — | — | — | Go Bo Diddley |
| 1959 | "I'm Sorry" b/w "Oh Yeah" | — | 17 | — | Go Bo Diddley |
| 1959 | "Crackin' Up" b/w "The Great Grandfather" | 62 | 14 | — | Go Bo Diddley |
| 1959 | "Say Man" b/w "The Clock Strikes Twelve" | 20 | 3 | — | Go Bo Diddley |
| 1959 | "Say Man, Back Again" b/w "She's Alright" [single version lacks album vocal overdub] | 106 | 23 | — | Have Guitar, Will Travel |
| 1960 | "Road Runner" b/w "My Story" (on album as "Story of Bo Diddley" | 75 | 20 | — | In the Spotlight |
| 1960 | "Walkin' and Talkin'"/ | — | — | — | In the Spotlight |
| 1960 | "Crawdad" | 111 | — | — | In the Spotlight |
| 1960 | "Gunslinger" b/w "Signifying Blues" (from In the Spotlight) | — | — | — | Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger |
| 1961 | "Not Guilty" b/w "Aztec" | — | — | — | Bo Diddley Is a...Lover |
| 1961 | "Pills" b/w "Call Me" (non-album track) | — | — | — | The Originator |
| 1962 | "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" b/w "I Can Tell" | 48 | 21 | — | Bo Diddley (1962) |
| 1963 | "The Greatest Lover in the World" b/w "Surfer's Love Call" (from Surfin' with Bo Diddley) | — | — | — | Non-album track |
| 1964 | "Memphis" b/w "Monkey Diddle" (non-album track) | — | — | — | Bo Diddley's Beach Party |
| 1964 | "Jo-Ann" b/w "Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" (non-album track) | — | — | — | The Originator |
| 1964 | "Chuck's Beat" (with Chuck Berry) b/w"Bo's Beat" | — | — | — | Two Great Guitars |
| 1965 | "Hey, Good Lookin'" b/w "You Ain't Bad" (from The Originator) | — | — | 39 | Hey! Good Lookin' |
| 1965 | "500% More Man" b/w "Let the Kids Dance" | — | — | — | 500% More Man |
| 1966 | "We're Gonna Get Married" b/w "Do the Frog" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1966 | "Ooh Baby" b/w "Back to School" | 88 | 17 | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1967 | "Wrecking My Love Life" b/w "Boo-Ga-Loo Before You Go" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "I'm High Again" b/w "Another Sugar Daddy" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1969 | "Bo Diddley 1969" b/w "Soul Train" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1971 | "The Shape I'm In" b/w "Pollution" | — | — | — | Another Dimension |
| 1971 | "I Said Shut Up Woman" b/w "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" | — | — | — | Another Dimension |
| 1972 | "Infatuation" b/w "Bo Diddley-Itis" | — | — | — | Where It All Began |
| 1972 | "Bo-Jam" b/w "Husband-in-Law" | — | — | — | The London Bo Diddley Sessions |
| 1973 | "Don't Want No Lyin' Woman" b/w "Make a Hit Record" | — | — | — | The London Bo Diddley Sessions |
| 1976 | "Drag On" b/w "Not Fade Away" | — | — | — | The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'N' Roll |
| 1996 | "Bo Diddley Is Crazy" Also: "Can I Walk You Home" "A Man Amongst Men" CD Maxi-Single | — | — | — | A Man Amongst Men |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

## Appearances on albums

| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Record label (Catalog No.) | Details |
| 1972 | Blues Rock Cookbook: Montreux Festival | various | Chess 2CH-60015 | Performer on "Diddley Daddy", "I Hear You Knockin'", "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover", "Baby What You Want Me Tt Do", and "Early in the Morning". |
| 1983 | På Tur | Vazelina Bilopphøggers | Slagerfabrikken SLP 99002 | Appears as guitarist on "Hallingsprætten" |
| 1987 | La Bamba | various | Slash 1-25605 | Performer on the re-recording of "Who Do You Love?" |
| 1992 | Chess Blues 1947-1967 | various | MCA/Chess CHD4-9340 | Appears as guitarist on "You Got to Love Me" by Billy Boy Arnold. |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | various | Uptown/Universal 53116 | Appears as a member of The Louisiana Gator Boys on "Turn on Your Love Light" |
| 2003 | Dick's Picks Volume 30 | Grateful Dead | Grateful Dead | Appears with the Grateful Dead on "Hey! Bo Diddley", "I'm a Man", "I've Seen Them All", "Jam", and "Mona". |
| 2005 | BananAtomic Mass | Munkeez Strikin Matchiz | Munkadelic/ximentmix | Appears as featured vocalist/guitarist on "Wreck It" with Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell and Chuck D, of Public Enemy |
| 2009 | The Complete Chess Masters: 1950–1967 | Little Walter | Hip-O Select B0012636-02 | Appears as a guitarist on the previously unreleased songs "Feel So Bad" and "Make It Alright". |

## Appearances on singles

| Year | Artist | Title | Details |
| 1955 | Little Walter and His Jukes | "Roller Coaster" | Composer/guitarist |
| 1955 | Little Walter and His Jukes | "Hate to See You Go" | Guitarist |
| 1956 | Billy Stewart | "Billy's Blues" | Guitarist |
| 1957 | Billy Stewart | "Baby, You're My Only Love" | Guitarist |
| 1959 | The Marquees | "Hey Little School Girl" | Co-writer/orchestra director |