| 词条 | Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger | type = Studio | artist = Bo Diddley | cover = Diddley gun slinger.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1960|12}}[1] | recorded = October 1959 – February 1960[2] | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock and roll, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, country and western | length = {{Duration|m=30|s=15}} | label = Checker LP-2977 | producer = Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Bo Diddley | prev_title = Bo Diddley In the Spotlight | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = Bo Diddley Is a Lover | next_year = 1961 }} Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger is the fifth studio album by American rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley released in December 1960 by Checker Records.[1] The album title comes from the album's first track called "Gunslinger" and the cover art has Bo Diddley dressed in Western-style clothing. The songs for Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger were recorded from October 1959 to February 1960.[2] Several tracks of interest {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} are "Sixteen Tons" which Bo was supposed to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} the title track, and "Diddling" (an instrumental between guitar and saxophone). SongsGunslingerThis song was originally released as the a-side of Checker single 965 in November 1960.[3] The singles b-side "Signifying Blues" was never released on the album. The song features a Bo Diddley beat. Warren Zevon performed the song as "Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger" on his 1981 live album, Stand in the Fire. Ride on Josephine"Ride on Josephine" was a rock and roll song with backing vocals and piano work by either Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake, or Billy Stewart.[4] The song has been covered by George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Sleepy LaBeef, and Eric Sardinas. Sixteen TonsBo Diddley was asked to perform "Sixteen Tons" on The Ed Sullivan Show but performed "Bo Diddley" instead {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}. CadillacThe song "Cadillac" features Gene Barge on tenor saxophone,[4] and has been covered by The Kinks, The Downliners Sect, New Colony Six, and sung as a duet by Van Morrison and Linda Gail Lewis. Cadillac was also the name of the guitar that is featured on the album's front cover.[5] Other songs/stylesThe song "Googlia Moo", as well as "No More Lovin'" and others, gives the album a doo-wop feel.[6] Track listing{{Track listing| headline = Side one | total_length = 12:52[7] | all_writing = Ellas McDaniel, except where noted | title1 = Gunslinger | length1 = 1:50 | title2 = Ride on Josephine | length2 = 3:00 | title3 = Doing the Craw-Daddy | length3 = 2:58 | title4 = Cadillac | length4 = 2:39 | title5 = Somewhere | length5 = 2:25 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | total_length = 11:48[7] | title6 = Cheyenne | length6 = 2:05 | title7 = Sixteen Tons | writer7 = Merle Travis, arranged by McDaniel | length7 = 2:30 | title8 = Whoa Mule (Shine) | length8 = 2:28 | title9 = No More Lovin' | length9 = 2:25 | title10 = Diddling | length10 = 2:20 }}{{Track listing | headline = 1988 bonus tracks | title11 = Working Man | length11 = 3:00 | title12 = Do What I Say | length12 = 2:46 }}{{Track listing | headline = 2004 reissue bonus tracks | title13 = Prisoner of Love | writer13 = Russ Columbo, Leo Robin, Clarence Gaskill | length13 = 2:31 | title14 = Googlia Moo | length14 = 3:02 | title15 = Better Watch Yourself | length15 = 2:54 }} Personnel[4]Per allmusic[4]
ChartsThe album spent only one week on the UK Album Charts on November 9, 1963 at #20.[8] Release history
References1. ^1 {{cite journal| date = December 19, 1960| title = Reviews and Ratings of New Albums| journal = Billboard| page = 24| accessdate = December 19, 2010| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lx0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=%22Bo+Diddley%22+2977&hl=en&ei=UFsOTer0EIntnQfMiez6DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Bo%20Diddley%22%202977&f=false}} {{Bo Diddley}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=bo-diddley-is-a-gunslinger-r5733|pure_url=yes}} |title=Overview: Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger by Bo Diddley |first=Bill |last=Dahl |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |location=United States |accessdate=November 29, 2010 }} 3. ^{{cite book| last = Strong| first = Charles| title = The Great Rock Discography| edition = Sixth| origyear = Originally published in 1994| year = 2002| publisher = Canongate Books| location = United Kingdom| isbn = 1-84195-312-1| page = 371}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r690136|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger|author= |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=January 4, 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|author=Ed Roman |url=http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/diddley_bo.htm |title=Bo Diddley |publisher=Celebrityrockstarguitars.com |date=December 30, 1928 |accessdate=2012-01-04}} 6. ^{{cite web |first=Bruce|last=Eder |title=Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger [Bonus Tracks] > Review |url= {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r690136|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 23, 2010}} 7. ^1 {{cite AV media notes |title=Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger |others=Bo Diddley |at=back cover |type=Vinyl sleeve |publisher=Checker Records |id=LP 2977 |location=United States }} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=1843 |title=Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley Is A Gun Slinger |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=2012-01-04}} 6 : Bo Diddley albums|1962 albums|Checker Records albums|Albums produced by Leonard Chess|Albums produced by Phil Chess|Albums produced by Bo Diddley |
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