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Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Otha Ellas Bates began his career as a boxer, where he received the sobriquet “Bo Diddley.” The singer worked the blues clubs of Chicago with a repertoire influenced by Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. Today (March 2 1955), he teamed up with Billy Boy Arnold and recorded demos of “I’m A Man” and “Bo Diddley”. (continue reading RareSoul.com)...

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On this day in 1956 Fats Domino
released his classic album “Rock & Rollin’ With the Fat Man. The album contained one of the Fat’s greatest known singles, “Aint That A Shame.” (continue reading RareSoul.com)...

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Jo-Ann and Jesse Belvin

Jo-Ann and Jesse Belvin

Police have launched an investigation into the death of R&B singer Jesse Belvin, who died today (February 6, 1960) in a car crash in New Hope, Arkansas.

According to original reports, Belvin, Jackie Wilson and Arthur Prysock left a Little Rock, Arkansas segregated dance, when a “white group appeared late” at the hall for their “dance session.”

The “hall” was The Robinson Auditorium.  The singers were there to perform two sets – one for a black crowd and one for a white audience.

Wilson allegedly refused to do the white only set in protest to segregation. After arguing with promoters, he was allegedly “ordered out of town at gunpoint,” the Los Angeles Sentinel reported. (continue reading RareSoul.com)...

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