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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24 May 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, USA) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Zimmerman changed his surname to Dylan in homage to the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, who had frequented the streets and bars of New York's Greenwich Village a generation earlier. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when ... he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in 1965. His recordings employing electric instruments attracted denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement. Dylan's lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, and the music and performance styles of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty years, has explored numerous distinct traditions in American song-from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting. Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." In May 2012, Dylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. See more [+]

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door |||||

Mama take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore It's g...

Dont Think Twice Its All Right |||||

Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe If'n you ...

Blowin' In The Wind |||||

How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a m...

Like a Rolling Stone |||||

Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a di...

The Times They Are a - Changin |||||

Come gather 'round people wherever you roam And admit that ...

Mr. Tambourine Man |||||

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy ...

It Aint Me Babe |||||

Go 'way from my window leave at your own chosen speed I'm no...

Hurricane |||||

Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valen...

Girl From The North Country |||||

If you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the win...

Its All Over Now Baby Blue |||||

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last ...

Lay Lady Lay |||||

Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed Lay lady lay, lay...

Forever Young |||||

May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come t...

Blowin' in The Wind |||||

How many roads Must a man walk down Before you call him a ma...

I Shall Be Released |||||

They say everything can be replaced Yet every distance is n...

I Want You |||||

The guilty undertaker sighs, The lonesome organ grinder crie...

Tangled Up in Blue |||||

Early one mornin' the sun was shinin', I was layin' in bed W...

Boots Of Spanish Leather |||||

Oh I'm sailin' away my own true love I'm sailin' away in the...

Shelter From The Storm |||||

'Twas in another lifetime One of toil and blood When blackne...

Make You Feel My Love |||||

When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is...

Simple Twist Of Fate |||||

They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark ...

One More Cup of Coffee |||||

Your breath is sweet, your eyes are like Two jewels in the s...

Knockin' On Heaven s Door |||||

Mama, take this badge off of me Cause I can't use it anymor...

All Along The Watchtower |||||

There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the th...

My Back Pages |||||

Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin' high and mighty ...

A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall |||||

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? Oh, where have yo...

Positively 4th Street |||||

You got a lotta nerve To say you are my friend When I was do...

Ballad Of a Thin Man |||||

You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You se...

The Man In Me |||||

The man in me will do nearly any task And as for compensatio...

Knockin On Heaven's Door |||||

Oooooooooh Oooooooooh Mama, take this badge off of me I can?...

Just Like A Woman |||||

Nobody feels any pain, tonight as I stand inside the rain Ev...

The Times They Are A-Changin' |||||

Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that t...

Mama You Been On My Mind |||||

Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat An' cov'rin' the ...

Subterranean Homesick Blues |||||

Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine I'm on the p...

Autumn Leaves |||||

The falling leaves drift by my window The autumn leaves of r...

Don't think twice |||||

Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe, If you do...

Youre Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go |||||

I've seen love go by my door It's never been this close befo...

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