Bo Derek John Derek twice re-edited the film in an effort to sell it to major studios. The film remained unreleased until 1981, at which time it received negative notices. Collins and John Derek married on June 10, 1976; she was 19 and he 49. By that time Derek had given his young wife a so-called Hollywood makeover: she had bleached her hair blonde and adopted the name Bo Derek. In 1977 director Michael Anderson cast Derek in a small role in his horror film "Orca - The Killer Whale" (1977), in which Derek has her leg bitten off by the title
Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger originally released as the a-side of Checker single 965 in November 1960. The singles b-side "Signifying Blues" was never released on the album. The song features a Bo Diddley beat. "Ride on Josephine" was a rock and roll song with backing vocals and piano work by either Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake, or Billy Stewart. The song has been covered by George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Sleepy LaBeef, and Eric Sardinas. Bo Diddley was asked to perform "Sixteen Tons" on The Ed Sullivan Show but performed "Bo Diddley" instead . Being as "Sixteen Tons" is a country and western song it