His Best is a 1997 greatest hits compilation album by American rock and roll icon Bo Diddley released by Chess and MCA Records on April 8, 1997 (see 1997 in music).

[1] The album was re-released by Geffen Records on April 17, 2007 as The Definitive Collection with a different album cover.

[2] The Definitive Collection reached #2 on Billboard magazine's Blues Albums chart on June 21, 2008, which was the week that the album debuted on the charts.

[6] As a greatest hits album, His Best features almost all of Bo Diddley's chart hits that appeared in The Billboard from 1955's "Bo Diddley" through 1967's "Ooh Baby" (except for "Say Man, Back Again"), although it excluded the UK hit "Hey Good Looking".

[3] All tracks are written by Ellas McDaniel, except where notedPer liner notes[3] and Allmusic[4]