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TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 05/14/1955 ( www.youtube.com )

Bo Diddley's tune "Bo Diddley" debuts on the Billboard R&B chart, where it will stay for eighteen weeks, including two at #1. The song will become his most successful record and introduces what will be known as the Bo Diddley beat. In 1998 it received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and has been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of...

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