Bo Diddley beat with Heather

Drum instructor Heather tells us about the Bo Diddley beat:

This is a straightforward RLRL 8th note sticking pattern. It's a 2-bar pattern with 3:2 clave accents, which are counted:

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L

It can also be counted as 16th notes
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

It sounds best played on toms but can be played on any surface really, or taken all the way around the kit as a fill. It's called a Bo Diddley beat because Bo Diddley popularized it in his song Bo Diddley in 1955, and other songs subsequently though he certainly didn't invent it.

Some examples of songs that use this beat:
Bo Diddley -    • Видео  
Not Fade Away -    • Видео  
I Want Candy -    • Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy  
Magic Bus (though the clave feel is on the bass, Keith Moon is doing whatever he wants with actual claves) -    • Видео  
1969 -    • Видео  
Who Do You Love -    • Who Do You Love?  
She's The One -    • Видео  
Panic in Detroit -    • Panic in Detroit-David Bowie  
Hateful -    • The Clash - Hateful (Official Audio)  
Faith -    • George Michael - Faith (Official Video)  
Mr. Brownstone -    • Mr. Brownstone  
Willy And The Hand Jive -    • Willy And The Hand Jive,  Levon Helm, and ...