Rhythm and blues "Hearts of Stone" by the Charms made the top 20. At Chess Records in the spring of 1955, Bo Diddley's debut record "Bo Diddley"/"I'm a Man" climbed to number two on the R&B charts and popularized Bo Diddley's own original rhythm and blues clave-based vamp that would become a mainstay in rock and roll. At the urging of Leonard Chess at Chess Records, Chuck Berry had reworked a country fiddle tune with a long history, entitled "Ida Red". The resulting "Maybellene" was not only a number three hit on the R&B charts in 1955, but also reached into the top
Blues & Rhythm and Soul music. Blues & Rhythm is run by an editorial board, since its inception it has carried on the long tradition of research into Blues, R&B and Gospel music including artists, musicians, record companies and associated subjects. "Blues & Rhythm"′s roots go back to magazines such as the pioneering "Blues Unlimited", first published in England in the early 1960s as well as other specialist magazines including "Pickin' The Blues", "Sailors Delight" and "Old Time Music". "Blues & Rhythm" has published major and ground-breaking research on some of the giants of the blues including Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Big Bill