Talk:Bo Diddley (1958 album)

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"Pretty Thing" was written by Willie Dixon, not Elias McDaniel

Yes, "Pretty Thing" is credited to Elias McDaniel on certain early Bo Diddley releases. These are mis-attributions. This should be corrected. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Thing

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Willie_Dixon

See also contents of:

https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Box-CD-Set/dp/B000002P8I

In addition, "Bring It To Jerome" is now credited to Jerome Green, and "Diddy Wah Diddy" is a co-write. See these labels from the 1980's:

https://www.discogs.com/Bo-Diddley-Bo-Diddley/release/11033572

The writing credits should be corrected. Sojambi Pinola (talk) 04:43, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

There's a bit more discussion in this book. This article needs to say that Bo was credited on some (original?) releases, but Dixon was credited on others (later?). But, any changes should be done on the basis of reliable sources - not Wikipedia itself, not Amazon, and not Discogs unless that simply shows a verifiable liner note with the credits. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:18, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Would a copy of the album itself, with intact labels and covers, be considered a reliable source? I linked to the Discog graphic for the sake of this discussion, but it contains a photo of the actual 1980's label and cover. Sojambi Pinola (talk) 02:04, 9 September 2020 (UTC)