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Ethel Smith

also recorded as Ellas McDaniel, Bo Diddley

Ethel Smith is credited on 667 releases across 138 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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667

Credits

138

Albums

8

Decades active

153

In collections

Biography

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Pseudonym of Bo Diddley for the song "Love Is Strange".
Copyright: LOVE IS STRANGE; (Paradise), w & m Mickey Baker & Ethel Smith, pseud. of Ellis McDaniel. (C) Ben Ghazi Enterprises; 16Jan57; EP118941.
Ethel Mae Smith was the second wife of Diddley, but appears not to have been involved with writing the song.

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Credited work

667 releases · 138 albums · active 1956–2025

  • Performance · 670
  • Other credits · 11

Studios: Royal Albert Hall · Livingston Studios · Buck Owens Studio · Abbey Road Studios

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