Buddy Holly recorded a version that posthumously became his 2nd highest-charting single in the UK after "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".

Diddley's electric guitar along with his backup musicians on maracas and drums contributed to the patted juba rhythm.

This combination of rock and roll, African rhythms and guitar was an innovation and came to be known as the Bo Diddley Beat.

[3] Diddley, on guitar and vocals, was accompanied by Frank Kirkland on drums, Jerome Green on maracas, and Billy Boy Arnold on harmonica.

[5] Music critic Richie Unterberger described the song as: soaked with futuristic waves of tremolo guitar, set to an ageless nursery rhyme ...