21 Celebrities Who Were Adopted
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15. BO DIDDLEY
Bo Diddley was a ground-breaking blues and R&B singer and guitarist. Often called The Originator, he is credited for making the passage between blues and rock and roll music. He was a major influence to a number of acclaimed artists, from Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and he won a number of awards, including a Grammy.
Bo Diddley was born Ellas Otha Bates in 1928 in Mississippi. Not much is known about his early childhood except that he was at some point adopted by his mother’s cousin, Gussie McDaniel, and his name was legally changed to Ellas McDaniel. The family moved to Chicago when he was six years old and it was there that he became infatuated with music, mainly through church orchestras. For a long while, his instrument was violin and he was very good at it, until he discovered guitar when he was 18.
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