Chess matrix 7786. I'm a man / Bo Diddley

TitleSource
I'm a man (Primary title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Bo Diddley (songwriter)Label: as "E. McDaniels" [sic].
Unverified composer information: E. McDaniels [sic]
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Bo Diddley (vocalist)
Bo Diddley (instrumentalist : guitar)
Jerome Green (instrumentalist : maracas)
Frank Kirkland (instrumentalist : drums)
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Information on this recording derives from Holzer, Steven; Black, Jack Jr.; and Settlemier, Tyrone. "Checker Records 78rpm numerical listing discography." The Online Discographical Project. The Online Discographical Project, 12 February. 2017. Web. {accessed Aug. 2024} and from the disc label; and from "The Chess labels : A discography" / Michel Ruppli (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983), as well as disc labels examined by DAHR editors..
Label has "Arc... BMI" printed by the matrix number. Ruppli notes "Lester Davenport or Billy Boy Arnold (hca) ... Otis Spann or Henry Gray (p)." Ruppli dates the session February 1955, Holzer et al have March 2, 1955.
Source(s): disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
03/02/1955 Chicago, Illinois unknown Master Checker 814 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chess matrix 7786. I'm a man / Bo Diddley," accessed November 12, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645921/7786-Im_a_man.

Chess matrix 7786. I'm a man / Bo Diddley. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645921/7786-Im_a_man.

"Chess matrix 7786. I'm a man / Bo Diddley." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 November 2024.

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