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Ellas Mcdaniel

aka Bo Diddley · also recorded as Ethel Smith

real name Ellas Otha Bates McDaniel

McComb, United States

Ellas Mcdaniel is credited on 6,727 releases across 1,630 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,727

Credits

1,630

Albums

8

Decades active

1,736

In collections

Biography

Born Ellas Otha Bates in McComb, Mississippi, USA. Later took the name Ellas O. B. McDaniel, after his adoptive mother, Gussie McDaniel. He then adopted the stage name Bo Diddley but most songwriting credits are to this name.

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Credited work

6,727 releases · 1,630 albums · active 1955–2026

  • Performance · 9,049
  • Other credits · 44
  • Production · 1

Studios: Regent Sound Studios · Dimension Sound Studios, Boston · The Mixing Lab, Newton, Mass. · Fillmore West

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