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Released on Chess, also Almost Grown (Chuck Berry), Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry) and Anthony Boy (Chuck Berry)
Written by Bo Diddley, also Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley), Crackin’ Up (Bo Diddley) and Hey! Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley)
Part of The Real Folk Blues, also Gypsy Woman
Written by Mel London, also Sugar Sweet, The 12 Year Old Boy (Elmore James) and It Hurts Me Too (Eric Clapton)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Muddy Waters wrote 105 songs on fono
Bo Diddley wrote 42 songs on fono
Bo Diddley’s most frequent co-writer is Mickey Baker (3 songs together)
Muddy Waters first appears on fono in 1954, 12 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Bo Diddley, Mel London and Muddy Waters
- Part of
- The Real Folk Blues
- Released on
- Chess
- Written by
- Bo Diddley, Mel London and Muddy Waters
- Part of
- The Real Folk Blues
- Released on
- Chess
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Bo Diddley
Same writer: Mel London
Same label: Chess
Same release: The Real Folk Blues
Same writer: Bo Diddley
Same writer: Mel London
Same label: Chess
Same writer: Bo Diddley
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Mannish Boy was written by Bo Diddley
2MusicBrainz Mannish Boy was written by Mel London
3MusicBrainz Mannish Boy was written by Muddy Waters
4MusicBrainz Mannish Boy is part of the release The Real Folk Blues
Mannish Boy is part of the release The Real Folk Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Chess is the label of the song Mannish Boy
Chess is the label of the song Mannish Boy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Mannish Boy was released on 1966