# Dearest Darling guitar solo > The guitar solo on Dearest Darling by Bo Diddley (1958) starts at about 1:20. From the album Single. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Bo Diddley, 1958, from *Single*. Solo by *Bo Diddley*. A tender doo-wop tinged side where Bo's tremolo guitar shimmers and wavers around the melody. Dearest Darling by Bo Diddley is #12 in our ranking of the best Bo Diddley guitar solos. The solo is played by Bo Diddley and the song was released in 1958. ## In our lists - [The Best Bo Diddley Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bo-diddley-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Dearest Darling? Bo Diddley played the solo on Bo Diddley's Dearest Darling (1958). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)