Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier 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. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as 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, Hank Williams, and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring 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. In 2008, a road called the Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Dylan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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ActingBirthday
May 24, 1941Gender
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130Place of birth
Duluth, Minnesota, USAAlso known as
Robert Allen Zimmerman, Blind Boy Grunt, The Bard, The Voice of a Generation, The Voice of Protest, Zimbo, Zimmy, Sergei Petrov, Lucky Wilbury, Robert Zimmerman, Traveling Wilburys, Boo Wilbury![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/ubCLNwXh9Nv3EHkOkdeVbXMZa5P.jpg)
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Don't Look Back
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tv27qO3jB5FsCiPeUkrKlnF5QCS.jpg)
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mxtAdcInCBZq9CPQwV5KVeR1o7C.jpg)
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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Masked and Anonymous
Jack Fate![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h1eLXaZaLPSc50icX5qYVL7Fu3u.jpg)
Bob Dylan - MTV Unplugged
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gKNrVFFnYDGNYXNwoJOJ79GauEm.jpg)
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
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The Last Waltz
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6HikEkZP0MJXohF7irM9jHjFWQl.jpg)
Bob Dylan at Woodstock '94
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bK0KMcbe3LMIoCIBiIAlIRONJKL.jpg)
Live Aid
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sCe69177yZx0WtFBkz99Wwii6FZ.jpg)
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lqOo4nyRS56Goi8InZqLFKGEJR5.jpg)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zHT6x2tk2aLbXKS83m1plszjvjh.jpg)
John Mellencamp: It's About You
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yaccyb1tt0cGOHlEG4MxZGe5KE0.jpg)
The Concert for Bangladesh
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pNdQUmohdwki1qW2Ha1ryMn0itz.jpg)
Eat the Document
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dhHAENGZFOMz5m9os0QQRLMb4Ha.jpg)
Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hVDfrk5XP4KrJvXF6CBTsJpUrIm.jpg)
Hearts of Fire
Billy Parker![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dyMs3Iz5u1sBHeRxQY6tW4N2u2S.jpg)
Bob Dylan Revealed
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Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night
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Renaldo and Clara
RenaldoCrew credits
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Don't Look Back
Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tv27qO3jB5FsCiPeUkrKlnF5QCS.jpg)
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wiXsTZh2eUkOWcco1ldCmhhevuk.jpg)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zKxB2Ivm1717Hbnuvvy2lONC4R1.jpg)
Masked and Anonymous
Writer, Music![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pNdQUmohdwki1qW2Ha1ryMn0itz.jpg)
Eat the Document
Director, Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jBcvbRRJl2rALV7XmtR08KrqKg9.jpg)
Renaldo and Clara
Writer, Director, Editor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/18ESz1cn1JWWW0MjrXbcAvzPQiS.jpg)
Prisoners of Beckett
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Daniel Lanois "Rocky World"
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A Complete Unknown
Executive Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1CpIGO2pBYylRDqUWbckirj9pHE.jpg)
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
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My Own Love Song
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Diary Films I - V
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Lyricist![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/g4lAoQycoJvGoInsT1jsQkqe9Dq.jpg)
The Partners
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