"Bo Diddley" hailed by BBC as one of the best tracks from 1950s
BO DIDDLEY's 1955 recording of his song "Bo Diddley" is one of the tracks making "The Critics Top 50" tracks from the 1950s for a new British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) music TV series "Pop On Trial".
The 50 tracks making the list were picked by BBC music presenters Stuart Maconie and Mark Radcliffe plus contributors to the program and include some of the all-time great singles from the 1950s.
"Bo Diddley" is frequently cited as being one of the most important and influential debut singles of all-time and as one of the cornerstones of rock music.
Broadcast on the BBC Four digital TV channel, the "Pop On Trial" series delivers the verdict on which is pop music's most important, influential and entertaining decade: the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s.
From Thursday January 10th 2008, visitors to the BBC's "Pop On Trial" webpage, located at http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/popontrial/ can begin voting on the best tracks of the 1950s and compile the ultimate 1950s Top Ten.
From Thursday January 17th 2008, visitors to the webpage can begin voting on the best tracks of the 1960s.
BBC "Pop On Trial" webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/popontrial/
Re: "Bo Diddley" hailed by BBC as one of the best tracks from 1950s
A reminder from us that from 10.00pm GMT/UTC today (Thursday January 10th 2008), visitors to the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) "Pop On Trial" webpage, located at http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/popontrial/ can begin voting on the best tracks of the 1950s and compile the ultimate 1950s Top Ten.
BO DIDDLEY's March 1955 debut recording of his song "Bo Diddley" is one of the tracks making "The Critics Top 50" tracks from the 1950s, selected by BBC music presenters Stuart Maconie and Mark Radcliffe plus contributors to the program, from which visitors to the webpage can vote.
Please note that visitors can only vote once for one track from the 1950s and voting will only be possible via the webpage located at http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/popontrial/
Voting will run from 10.00pm GMT/UTC today to 10.00am GMT/UTC on Friday January 25th 2008 and is open to anyone around the world.
"Bo Diddley" is frequently cited as being one of the most important and influential debut singles of all-time and one of the cornerstones of rock music.
Broadcast on the BBC Four digital TV channel, the "Pop On Trial" series delivers the verdict on which is pop music's most important, influential and entertaining decade: the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s.
BBC "Pop On Trial" webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/popontrial/
