Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley ( s1.3 )

 Charts

The single release was one of Holly's highest-charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #4 on the week of July 10, 1963, spending a total of 12 weeks on the chart. In the U.S., the song reached #116 on Billboard magazine's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

Other versions

• The song was performed by a supergroup consisting of Diddley, Muddy Waters and Little Walter on Super Blues in 1967.
• The Grateful Dead backed Diddley himself on the song, at the Academy of Music in New York City, March 25, 1972 (see the official release Dick's Picks Volume 30). They then went on to perform another Diddley song, Hey! Bo Diddley, on May 23, 1972, at the Lyceum Theater in London, England, during their 1972 European tour (see the official release Europe '72: The Complete Recordings).
• The song was featured in Fritz the Cat during a scene in Harlem.

Single by Buddy Holly
from the album Reminiscing
B-side	"It's Not My Fault"
Released	1963
Recorded	1956 and 1962 (overdubs)
Studio	Norman Petty Recording Studios, Clovis, New Mexico
Genre	Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length	2:23
Label	Coral
Songwriter(s)	Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley
Producer(s)	Norman Petty
Buddy Holly singles chronology
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (1963) "Bo Diddley" (1963) "Wishing" (1963)