The Chess Years 1955–1974

Album by Bo Diddley

RockFunkSoulBluesBlues Rock

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    I’m a Man
    2:59
  2. 2.
    Little Girl
    2:34
  3. 3.
    Bo Diddley
    2:47
  4. 4.
    You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)
    2:55
  5. 5.
    Diddley Daddy
    2:28
  6. 6.
    She’s Fine She’s Mine
    2:43
  7. 7.
    Pretty Thing
    2:51
  8. 8.
    Heart-o-Matic Love
    2:48
  9. 9.
    Bring It to Jerome
    2:29
  10. 10.
    Spanish Guitar
    4:05
  11. 11.
    Dancing Girl
    2:23
  12. 12.
    Diddy Wah Diddy
    2:32
  13. 13.
    I’m Looking for a Woman
    2:34
  14. 14.
    I’m Bad
    3:17
  15. 15.
    Who Do You Love
    2:30
  16. 16.
    Cops and Robbers
    3:26
  17. 17.
    Down Home Special
    3:13
  18. 18.
    Hey Bo Diddley
    2:12
  19. 19.
    Mona (I Need You Baby)
    2:22
  20. 20.
    Say Boss Man
    2:33
  21. 21.
    Before You Accuse Me
    3:06
  22. 22.
    Say Man
    3:12
  23. 23.
    Hush Your Mouth
    2:51
  24. 24.
    Bo’s Guitar
    2:33
  25. 25.
    The Clock Strikes Twelve
    3:00
  26. 26.
    Dearest Darling
    2:50
  27. 27.
    Willie and Lillie
    2:16

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Bo Meets the Monster
    3:07
  2. 3.
    Crackin’ Up
    2:06
  3. 4.
    Don’t Let It Go (Hold Onto What You Got)
    2:45
  4. 5.
    I’m Sorry
    2:27
  5. 6.
    Oh Yeah
    3:07
  6. 7.
    Blues Blues
    2:56
  7. 8.
    The Great Grandfather
    2:28
  8. 9.
    Mama Mia
    3:01
  9. 10.
    Bucket
    2:51
  10. 11.
    What Do You Know About Love
    3:23
  11. 12.
    Lazy Woman
    2:54
  12. 13.
    Come On Baby
    1:56
  13. 14.
    Nuresy Rhyme (Puttentang)
    2:47
  14. 15.
    Mumblin’ Guitar
    2:50
  15. 16.
    I Love You So
    2:23
  16. 17.
    Story of Bo Diddley
    2:53
  17. 18.
    She’s Alright
    2:39
  18. 19.
    Limber
    2:28
  19. 20.
    Say Man Back Again
    2:58
  20. 21.
    Run Diddley Daddy
    2:40
  21. 22.
    Unknown Title Issued as Diddley Daddy
    1:55
  22. 23.
    Road Runner
    2:49
  23. 24.
    Spend My Life With You
    2:38
  24. 25.
    Love You Baby
    2:24
  25. 26.
    Diddling
    2:13
  26. 27.
    Cadillac
    2:47
  27. 28.
    Limbo
    2:38
  28. 29.
    Look at My Baby
    2:30
  29. 30.
    You Know I Love You
    2:55

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Let Me In
    1:55
  2. 4.
    Signifying Blues
    2:38
  3. 5.
    Live My Life
    2:39
  4. 6.
    Scuttle Bug
    2:23
  5. 7.
    Love Me
    2:23
  6. 8.
    Deed and Deed I Do
    2:22
  7. 9.
    Walkin’ and Talkin’
    2:42
  8. 10.
    Travelin’ West
    1:47
  9. 11.
    Craw-dad
    2:30
  10. 12.
    Ride On Josephine
    3:04
  11. 13.
    No More Lovin’
    2:24
  12. 14.
    Do What I Say
    2:49
  13. 15.
    Doing the Crawdaddy
    3:04
  14. 16.
    Whoa, Mule (Shine)
    2:29
  15. 17.
    Cheyenne
    2:02
  16. 18.
    Sixteen Tons
    2:29
  17. 19.
    Working Man
    2:33
  18. 20.
    (Bo Diddley’s a) Gunslinger
    1:54
  19. 21.
    Somewhere
    2:30
  20. 22.
    Sick and Tired
    2:54
  21. 23.
    Huckleberry Bush
    2:34
  22. 24.
    All Together
    2:26
  23. 25.
    Mess Around
    2:29
  24. 26.
    Shank
    1:54
  25. 27.
    The Twister
    2:04
  26. 28.
    Bo Diddley Is a Lover
    2:32
  27. 29.
    Love Is a Secret
    3:03
  28. 30.
    Bo Diddley Is Loose
    3:00

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Congo
    2:36
  2. 5.
    Aztec
    2:28
  3. 6.
    Call Me (Bo’s Blues)
    2:35
  4. 7.
    Bo’s Vacation
    2:48
  5. 8.
    Hong Kong, Mississippi
    2:59
  6. 9.
    Quick Draw
    1:53
  7. 10.
    You’re Looking Good
    2:23
  8. 11.
    Back Home
    2:29
  9. 12.
    Not Guilty
    2:10
  10. 13.
    Moon Baby
    2:25
  11. 14.
    Untitled Instrumental
    2:21
  12. 15.
    My Babe
    1:46
  13. 16.
    Detour
    1:55
  14. 17.
    Stay Sharp
    3:44
  15. 18.
    Pills (Love’s Labours Lost)
    2:51
  16. 19.
    Bo’s Bounce
    1:38
  17. 20.
    I Want My Baby
    2:25
  18. 21.
    Two Flies
    2:39
  19. 22.
    Background to a Music
    3:43
  20. 23.
    Please Mr. Engineer
    5:03
  21. 24.
    Doin’ the Jaguar
    2:16
  22. 25.
    I Know, I’m Alright
    2:22
  23. 26.
    For the Love of Mike
    2:01
  24. 27.
    Mr. Khruschev
    2:56
  25. 28.
    You All Green
    3:05
  26. 29.
    Bo’s Twist
    2:31
  27. 30.
    I Can Tell
    4:26

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
    3:15
  2. 6.
    Sad Sack
    2:37
  3. 7.
    Rock ’n’ Roll
    2:45
  4. 8.
    Mama Don’t Allow No Twistin’
    2:11
  5. 9.
    Give Me a Break (Man)
    2:05
  6. 10.
    Babes in the Woods
    2:12
  7. 11.
    Who May Your Lover Be
    2:54
  8. 12.
    Here ’Tis
    2:26
  9. 13.
    Diddling
    2:13
  10. 14.
    Bo’s a Lumberjack
    2:41
  11. 15.
    (Extra, Read All About) Ben
    2:14
  12. 16.
    Help Out
    2:43
  13. 17.
    Little Girl
    2:25
  14. 18.
    Gimme Gimme
    1:59
  15. 19.
    Same Old Thing
    2:43
  16. 20.
    Diana
    2:36
  17. 21.
    Met You on a Saturday
    2:35
  18. 22.
    Put the Shoes on Willie
    2:33
  19. 23.
    Pretty Girl
    3:05
  20. 24.
    Old Man River
    2:25
  21. 25.
    Surfer’s Love Call
    2:54
  22. 26.
    Cookie Headed Diddley
    2:39
  23. 27.
    The Greatest Lover in the World
    2:43
  24. 28.
    Surf, Sink or Swim
    3:25
  25. 29.
    Low Tide
    2:06
  26. 30.
    Africa Speaks
    2:33
  27. 31.
    Memphis
    2:29
  28. 32.
    Gunslinger
    2:47

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Hey Bo Diddley (live)
    3:08
  2. 7.
    Old Smokey (live)
    3:23
  3. 8.
    Bo Diddley’s Dog (live)
    4:02
  4. 9.
    I’m Alright (live)
    4:18
  5. 10.
    Mr. Custer (live)
    3:18
  6. 11.
    Bo’s Waltz (live)
    3:25
  7. 12.
    What’s Buggin’ You (Crackin’ Up) (live)
    3:28
  8. 13.
    Road Runner (live)
    3:52
  9. 14.
    Monkey Diddle (live)
    2:30
  10. 15.
    Hey Good Lookin’
    2:52
  11. 16.
    Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
    2:57
  12. 17.
    Jo-Ann
    2:26
  13. 18.
    When the Saints Go Marching In
    2:54
  14. 19.
    Mush Mouth Millie
    2:14
  15. 20.
    London Stomp
    2:27
  16. 21.
    Rooster Stew
    2:23
  17. 22.
    Mummy Walk
    2:18
  18. 23.
    La, La, La
    2:46
  19. 24.
    Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
    2:30
  20. 25.
    Rain Man
    3:23
  21. 26.
    I Wonder Why (People Don’t Like Me)
    2:39
  22. 27.
    Brother Bear
    2:26
  23. 28.
    Bo Diddley’s Hoot’ Nanny
    2:26
  24. 29.
    Let’s Walk a While
    2:44
  25. 30.
    You Ain’t Bad
    2:51
  26. 31.
    Somebody Beat Me
    2:56
  27. 32.
    Greasy Spoon
    2:35

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Let Me Pass
    2:34
  2. 8.
    Tonight Is Ours
    2:57
  3. 9.
    Soul Food
    2:41
  4. 10.
    Let the Kids Dance
    2:22
  5. 11.
    Hey, Red Riding Hood
    3:02
  6. 12.
    He’s So Mad
    2:53
  7. 13.
    Stop My Monkey
    2:45
  8. 14.
    Root Hoot
    3:16
  9. 15.
    Stinkey
    2:35
  10. 16.
    Corn Bread
    2:54
  11. 17.
    Fireball
    2:50
  12. 18.
    500% More Man
    2:54
  13. 19.
    We’re Gonna Get Married
    2:32
  14. 20.
    Easy
    2:53
  15. 21.
    Do the Frog
    3:02
  16. 22.
    Yakky Doodle
    2:49
  17. 23.
    Ooh Baby
    2:51
  18. 24.
    Back to School
    2:29
  19. 25.
    My Babe
    3:55
  20. 26.
    I’m a Man
    5:41
  21. 27.
    Who Do You Love
    4:14
  22. 28.
    Juke
    3:32
  23. 29.
    Bo Diddley
    4:30

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Long Distance Call
    5:07
  2. 9.
    I Just Want to Make Love to You
    6:09
  3. 10.
    You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)
    4:12
  4. 11.
    You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
    3:29
  5. 12.
    Sad Hours
    5:09
  6. 13.
    Wrecking My Love Life
    2:56
  7. 14.
    Boo-ga-loo Before You Go
    2:58
  8. 15.
    Little Red Rooster
    7:28
  9. 16.
    Diddley Daddy
    5:13
  10. 17.
    Ooh Baby/Wrecking My Love Life
    6:34
  11. 18.
    Spoonful
    4:14
  12. 19.
    Goin’ Down Slow
    4:51
  13. 20.
    Sweet Little Angel
    6:40
  14. 21.
    Long Distance Call
    9:16

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    I’m High Again
    2:40
  2. 10.
    Another Sugar Daddy
    2:51
  3. 11.
    Bo Diddley 1969
    2:37
  4. 12.
    Soul Train
    2:49
  5. 13.
    Elephant Man
    4:27
  6. 14.
    I’ve Got a Feeling
    2:41
  7. 15.
    If the Bible’s Right
    3:05
  8. 16.
    Power House
    2:47
  9. 17.
    Funky Fly
    3:09
  10. 18.
    Shut Up Woman
    3:47
  11. 19.
    Black Soul
    2:48
  12. 20.
    You Bo Diddley
    3:17
  13. 21.
    I Don’t Like You
    3:09
  14. 22.
    Hot Buttered Blues
    3:55
  15. 23.
    Bo’s Beat
    14:09
  16. 24.
    Chuck’s Beat
    10:39

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
    7:31
  2. 11.
    Shape I’m In
    3:21
  3. 12.
    Pollution
    4:42
  4. 13.
    Bad Moon Rising
    2:40
  5. 14.
    Down on the Corner
    3:16
  6. 15.
    I Said Shut Up Woman
    3:27
  7. 16.
    Bad Side of the Moon
    2:53
  8. 17.
    Lodi
    3:10
  9. 18.
    Go for Broke
    3:04
  10. 19.
    Look at Grandma
    3:30
  11. 20.
    Woman
    3:07
  12. 21.
    Hey, Jerome
    3:06
  13. 22.
    Take It All Off
    3:17
  14. 23.
    I’ve Had It Hard
    3:20
  15. 24.
    Bad Trip
    5:52
  16. 25.
    A Good Thing
    2:36
  17. 26.
    Infatuation
    3:37
  18. 27.
    Bo Diddley-itis
    5:39
  19. 28.
    Diddley Daddy (1969 version)
    2:27
  20. 29.
    I Hear You Knockin’
    3:54
  21. 30.
    You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (1969 version)
    3:03

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    Make a Hit Record
    4:58
  2. 12.
    Do the Robot
    5:41
  3. 13.
    Get Out of My Life
    5:07
  4. 14.
    Don’t Want No Lyin’ Woman
    3:58
  5. 15.
    Bo Diddley (1969 version)
    2:54
  6. 16.
    Bo-Jam
    3:32
  7. 17.
    Husband-in-Law
    3:31
  8. 18.
    Sneakers on a Rooster
    2:40
  9. 19.
    Going Down
    2:50
  10. 20.
    I’ve Been Workin’
    3:49
  11. 21.
    Hit or Miss
    3:39
  12. 22.
    He’s Got All the Whiskey
    4:40
  13. 23.
    Bite You
    4:16
  14. 24.
    Evelee
    6:22
  15. 25.
    Stop the Pusher
    5:07
  16. 26.
    You’ve Got a Lot of Nerve
    3:21

Disc 12

  1. 12.
    I’m a Man (alt)
    3:08
  2. 13.
    Little Girl (alt)
    2:37
  3. 14.
    I’m Sweet on You Baby
    2:35
  4. 15.
    You Got to Love Me Baby
    2:26
  5. 16.
    Roller Coaster
    2:54
  6. 17.
    I Got to Go
    2:42
  7. 18.
    Billy’s Blues, Pt. 1
    2:24
  8. 19.
    Billy’s Blues, Pt. 2
    2:19
  9. 20.
    Bring It to Jerome (alt)
    2:42
  10. 21.
    Hush Your Mouth (alt)
    3:08
  11. 22.
    Dearest Darling (alt)
    3:18
  12. 23.
    Bucket
    3:26
  13. 24.
    She’s Alright (unedited)
    4:23
  14. 25.
    She’s Alright (alt)
    4:05
  15. 26.
    Say Man Back Again (alt)
    3:04
  16. 27.
    Signifying Blues (extended version)
    4:29
  17. 28.
    Pretty Baby (alt)
    1:38
  18. 29.
    Can You Shimmy?
    2:44
  19. 30.
    I’m Hungry
    2:56
  20. 31.
    Oh Yes
    3:21
  21. 32.
    Watusi Bounce
    2:57
  22. 33.
    The Soup Maker
    2:41
  23. 34.
    No More Lovin’
    3:04
  24. 35.
    Bo’s a Lumberjack (alt)
    3:31
  25. 36.
    I’m High Again
    2:38
  26. 37.
    Hey, Go Go
    4:23

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