HEY BO DIDDLEY^©

Bruce's version

Hey Bo Diddley
Hey Bo Diddley
Hey Bo Diddley
Ooh Bo Diddley

[SHE'S THE ONE]

Hey Bo Diddley
Ooh Bo Diddley
Hey Bo Diddley
Ooh Bo Diddley

Written by Ellas McDaniel, and originally by Bo Diddley from his 1957 single HEY BO DIDDLEY / MONA. He later included it on his 1964 LP Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits.

Bruce Springsteen used a snippet of the song as intro to SHE'S THE ONE on 02 Sep 1995 at the concert for the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH (read below).

According to Brucebase, BO DIDDLEY, another song by Bo Diddley, was used in 1976 (read below). However, it might be HEY BO DIDDLEY since it was probably used as intro to SHE'S THE ONE, same as on 02 Sep 1995, or a custom hybrid of both BO DIDDLEY and HEY BO DIDDLEY (read below).

The above lyrics refer to the 02 Sep 1995 performance. The first part was used as the intro and the second part was used before the song ends. Check also the original lyrics.

Thanks Timmy Petersson (Terry at Greasy Lake) for the lyrics.

jbirenz from BTX wrote:

I was at the Cleveland Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame concert in Sep 1995. If I recall right, Bruce did HEY BO DIDDLEY - NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE. The point was to show how modern rock borrows from pre-existing songs, the continuity and unity of rock music, etc.

From Brucebase, about the 06 Nov 1976 radio interview on WNEW-FM radio station, New York City, NY:

Bruce went up to WNEW-FM studios in New York the Saturday following his Palladium shows to sit in with DJ Richard Neer. It was an interview with Bruce picking out some records to play. The interview was very topical; reference was made to Bruce shaving his beard, wearing a suit at some performances, Clarence appearing in "New York, New York" etc. Neer also asked Bruce if he would ever play larger venues and Bruce mentions the shows at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. They also talked a bit about Jon Landau which segues into the fact that Landau produced Jackson Browne's The Pretender which was released that week and Neer plays a cut from that. Studio cuts were sequed into Bruce songs; BO DIDDLEY into SHE'S THE ONE; HEY MONA into IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY. Thanks to Riccardo for the info.

Earthslayer from BTX wrote:

As far as which one of the two songs [BO DIDDLEY or HEY BO DIDDLEY] was used during live appearances when it was merged into SHE'S THE ONE or NOT FADE AWAY / SHE'S THE ONE - well, it seems to me to have been a custom hybrid of both BO DIDDLEY and HEY BO DIDDLEY - as the core melody riff for these two songs is so damn close it's hard to distinguish a difference between the basic riffs.