Have Guitar, Will Travel
by Bo Diddley

Have Guitar, Will Travel by Bo Diddley
Year: 1960
Overall rank: 10,076th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1960 (36th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (725th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,076th)

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Bo Diddley bestography

Have Guitar, Will Travel is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by Bo Diddley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bo Diddley is Bo Diddley which is ranked number 1077 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,613.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,076th | 1960s rank: 725th | 1960 rank: 36th
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2026 neilgeeTop 60 Music Albums of 196045/601
2026panapsalTop 99 Music Albums of 196038/993
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 196090/1001
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 196056/902
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s33/10014
2025 PurplepashTop 16 Music Albums of 19601/165
2025HyggevinylTop 40 Music Albums of 19607/404
2025OlliTop 50 Music Albums of 196016/504
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 196028/1004
2025JohnnyoThe albums that changed Jack Casady's life by goldminemag6/10 -
2025arnellarsenTop 100 Music Albums of 196037/1003
2025WayneMCTop 30 Music Albums of 196022/302
2024 meccaleccaTop 38 Music Albums of 196020/383
2024TheKingTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s20/10016
2024TheKingTop 7 Music Albums of 19602/74
2024DigitalDreamDoorGreatest Albums of 196013/924
2023JohnnyoAlbums that changed Jack Cassidy's life - Goldmine mag6/9 -
2023 DecursoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s65/1007
2023 DecursoTop 10 Music Albums of 19604/104
2023 travelfulTop 43 Music Albums of 196038/431
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 33
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 119
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 30 votes)
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65/100
 
11/09/2025 08:58 Sandrof1969  Ratings distribution  2,70268/100
 
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11/04/2025 00:32 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,17679/100
 
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01/29/2025 03:20 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,33781/100
 
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12/01/2024 07:50 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,29172/100
 
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02/02/2024 21:04 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,72870/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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