Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Often considered to be one of the greatest songwriters in history, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. He rose to prominence in the 1960s, when songs such as "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. Initially modeling his style on Woody Guthrie's folk songs, Robert Johnson's blues and what he called the "architectural forms" of Hank Williams's country songs, Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.
Some of the key events about Bob Dylan
- 1961Released debut album "Bob Dylan" on Columbia Records
- 1963Performed at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- 1965Released the influential album "Highway 61 Revisited" featuring "Like a Rolling Stone"
- 1965Faced backlash from folk purists for using an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival
- 1966Released the double album "Blonde on Blonde", considered one of the greatest albums of all time
- 1966Was booed and called "Judas" by audience members during a concert in Manchester, England
- 1966Involved in a motorcycle accident that led to a prolonged period of seclusion
- 1970Received an honorary doctorate from Princeton University
- 1970Released the poorly received album "Self Portrait," which was widely criticized
- 1978Announced conversion to Christianity, alienating some fans and critics
- 1979Released the controversial gospel album "Slow Train Coming," dividing his fanbase
- 1985Made controversial comments about Ethiopian famine relief efforts in an interview
- 1988Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 1997Performed for Pope John Paul II at the World Eucharistic Congress in Bologna
- 1997Hospitalized with a life-threatening heart infection, causing tour cancellations
- 2000Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Things Have Changed"
- 2006Accused of plagiarism in his memoir "Chronicles: Volume One"
- 2008Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his profound impact on popular music and American culture
- 2012Faced allegations of plagiarism in his paintings exhibited at the Gagosian Gallery
- 2016Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
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