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Bo Diddley & Muddy Waters
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McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915 - April 30, 1983) known best as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered the Father of Chicago Blues. His influence has been enormous across many music genres, blues, rhythm and blues, rock, folk, jazz, and country. Waters helped Chuck Berry get his first record contract. His tours of England in the early 60s marked possibly the first time an amplified, hard-rocking band was ever heard there. The Rolling Stones named themselves after Muddy Waters 1950 song "Rollin Stone" aka "Catfish Blues". Led Zeppelin's biggest hit, "Whole Lotta Love", was based upon the Muddy Waters song "You need Love". Morganfield was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi and died at the age of 68 on in Westmont, Illinois near Chicago. (2010 Kids.Net.Au - kids safe portal for children, parents, schools and teachers) Singer, songwriter, musician and rock pioneer. Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates (some reports say Otha Ellas Bates) on December 30, 1928, in McComb, Mississippi. Bo Diddley, with his infectious rhythms and strong guitar work, was one of the early pioneers of rock and roll music. At a young age, he was sent to live with one of her cousins, Gussie McDaniel, in Chicago. McDaniel adopted him and he took her last name. For years, he studied violin. Then after hearing the music of blues legend John Lee Hooker, he switched to the guitar. After working odd jobs and playing on street corners, Diddley started getting gigs at neighbor