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Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; [3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career.
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has released 40 studio albums, 21 live albums, 17 volumes of The Bootleg Series, 44 compilation albums, seven soundtracks as main contributor, 24 notable extended plays, 104 singles, 61 music videos, 17 music home videos and two non-music home videos.
In 1961, Bob Dylan moves to New York City, seeking to meet his recently hospitalized idol Woody Guthrie. Dylan meets Guthrie in the hospital along with his close friend Pete Seeger. Dylan performs a song he wrote for Guthrie, impressing the two folk musicians. Seeger invites Dylan to stay with his family, slowly introducing the newcomer into ...
In 1961, 19-year-old Robert Allen Zimmerman dropped out of college in his native Minnesota, made a pilgrimage to New York City to meet his folk music idol Woody Guthrie, and decided to become, in ...
Blood on the Tracks is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on January 20, 1975, [3] [4] by Columbia Records.The album marked Dylan's return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records.
Wald adds, “The best example I have of that is a friend of mine who was there, who has absolutely clear memories of how much he loved Dylan’s electric set — and also absolutely clear ...
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th-century American popular music and culture. The film focuses on the period between Dylan's arrival in New York in January 1961 and his "retirement" from touring following his motorcycle accident in July 1966.
Fifty-five years later, in 2016, Dylan continued to release new recordings and was the first musician to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. [2] Bob Dylan has also won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, given to him by the 44th president of the United States Barack Obama.