Country singer Tammy Wynette, rock and roll singer/songwriters Bo Diddley and Jerry Lee Lewis, poet and writer Margaret Walker Alexander and bluesman John Lee Hooker are the legendary Mississippians ...

DETROIT (Billboard) - Mention Bo Diddley's name and most everyone thinks one thing -- the beat. Bomp ba-bomp-ba-bomp, bomp bomp. Applied to such songs as "Bo Diddley," "Hey Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You ...

Sorry to report the death earlier this morning of the legendary Bo Diddley, one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll and one of its most important musical forces and architects. His influence is ...

Ronnie Hawkins, the rockabilly musician who would serve as a mentor to The Band, has died at the age of 87. Hawkins’ wife Wanda confirmed the news to The Canadian Press (via the CBC). “He went ...

With his stocky build and his thick glasses, Bo Diddley didn't look like a typical rock 'n' roll star. The rectangular-bodied electric guitar he played didn't look like the instruments other rock 'n' ...

Bo Diddley, who died yesterday at 79, was a swaggering blues belter whose crackly feedback guitar riffs and infectious rhythms helped give birth to rock ‘n’ roll. With homemade square guitars, replete ...

Ronnie Hawkins, the rockabilly singer who was instrumental in the development and evolution of rock ’n’ roll in Canada in the ‘60s, died Sunday morning, his wife Wanda told The Canadian Press. He was ...

Word is spreading across news outlets that Bo Diddley died today at home in Archer, Fla. He was 79. I'm sure glad that Bernie Clarke and David Katleski brought Diddley to Syracuse to headline the New ...

Editor's note: National recording artists and Gainesville rock band Sister Hazel will no longer be performing at the event. The Bo Diddley Foundation recently announced plans for a celebration of the ...

DETROIT (Billboard) - Bo is gone. But his beat goes on. It's been a year since Bo Diddley died of heart failure at age 79 in his home in Archer, Fla., after a prolonged illness. His June 2, 2008, ...