On August 4, 2005, James Milton Campbell Jr. aka Little Milton died aged 70. He was a singer and musician (guitar), co-founder of Bobbin Records. He started his recording career in 1853 at “Sun Records”, and also recorded for “Checker Records”, “Meteor, “Stax”, “Glades”, “Golden Ear”, “MCA”, and Malaco. Milton recorded 33 albums, and in 1988 was inducted into the “Blues Hall of Fame”.
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Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger
In December 1960, “Checker Records” label released “Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger”, the fifth Bo Diddley studio album. It was recorded October 1959 – February 1960, and was produced by Leonard Chess, Phil Chess and Bo Diddley.
Personnel:
- Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel) – lead vocals, lead guitar
- Peggy Jones – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Lafayette Leake, Otis Spann, Billy Stewart– piano
- Jerome Green – maracas, backing vocals
- Willie Dixon, Bobby Baskerville – bass
- Jesse James Johnson – electric bass
- Billy Downing, Clifton James – drums
- Gene Barge– tenor saxophone
- Johnny Carter, Harvey Fuqua, Lily “Bee Bee” Jamieson, Gloria Morgan, Nate Nelson – backing vocals
- Vartan – art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Ellas McDaniel, except where noted.
- Gunslinger
- Ride on Josephine
- Doing the Craw-Daddy
- Cadillac
- Somewhere
- Cheyenne
- Sixteen Tons – Merle Travis, arranged byEllas McDaniel
- Whoa Mule (Shine)
- No More Lovin’
- Diddling
Bo Diddley: Go Bo Diddley
In July 1959, “Checker Records” label released “Go Bo Diddley”, the second Bo Diddley album. It was recorded on March 2, 1955, and in September 1958, and was produced by Leonard Chess, Phil Chess and Bo Diddley. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked it at number 214 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel) – vocals, guitar, violin
- Peggy Jones– guitar, backing vocals
- Billy Boy Arnold– harmonica
- Lafayette Leake– piano
- Otis Spann– piano
- Jerome Green – co-lead vocals, maracas
- Willie Dixon– bass
- Clifton James – drums
- Frank Kirkland – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley), except where noted.
- Crackin’ Up
- I’m Sorry – Ellas McDaniel, Alan Freed, Harvey Fuqua
- Bo’s Guitar
- Willie and Lillie
- You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)
- Say Man
- The Great Grandfather
- Oh Yea
- Don’t Let It Go
- Little Girl
- Dearest Darling
- The Clock Strikes Twelve
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