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Before Buddy Holly, before the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and a million unknown garage bands, there was Bo Diddley -- and the beat that bears his name.

A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one of the genre's undisputed icons, Diddley helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ago with a signature syncopated rhythm -- chunk-a-chunk-chuck, a-chunk-chunk -- that became recognized as "the Bo Diddley beat."

Diddley, who often referred to himself as "the Originator" to emphasize his contribution to rock music, died Monday. He was 79.
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He walked 47 miles of barbed wire,
Used a cobra snake for a neck tie.
Got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
He got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of human skulls.
Now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me,
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.

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