{"id":2398,"date":"2015-03-03T17:22:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2020-09-22T18:50:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:50:28","slug":"the-bob-dylan-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/history\/arts\/2398\/the-bob-dylan-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bob Dylan Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>1961:<\/strong>
\nBob Dylan starts his career by relocating to New York City after dropping out of the University of Minnesota after his freshman year. He begins performing at various folk clubs around Greenwich Village, befriending other folk singers and gathering material. Dylan records his first, self-titled album at Columbia Records, which consists of mostly covers of familiar folk, gospel and blues songs with two original compositions. \u201cBob Dylan\u201d sells just 5,000 copies during its first year of release, prompting many at Columbia to consider dropping him.<\/p>\n
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1963:<\/strong>
\nDylan\u2019s second album, \u201cThe Freewheelin\u2019 Bob Dylan,\u201d gets released. The album contains eleven original compositions including some of his most famous songs, such as \u201cBlowin\u2019 in the Wind,\u201d which becomes a sixties anthem, \u201cDon\u2019t Think Twice, It\u2019s Alright,\u201d and \u201cA Hard Rain\u2019s a-Gonna Fall\u201d. It reaches #22 on the US album charts, eventually goes platinum and was one of the first recordings added to the National Recording Registry.<\/p>\n
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1964:<\/strong>
\n\u201cTimes They Are a-Changin\u2019\u201d, Dylan\u2019s third album, is released. The title track is one of Dylan\u2019s most famous compositions, which many critics felt perfectly captured the social and political upheaval of the period. It entered the US album chart at #20 and eventually went gold. \u201cAnother Side of Bob Dylan\u201d is released in the same year, and featured a lighter tone, with romantic songs such as \u201cTo Ramona\u201d and \u201cSpanish Harlem Incident\u201d as well as the popular \u201cIt Ain\u2019t Me Babe,\u201d which was covered by artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Joan Baez and Nancy Sinatra.<\/p>\n
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1965:<\/strong>
\n\u201cBringing It All Back Home,\u201d Dylan\u2019s fifth album, incites a fierce controversy among his fans because it featured his first use of electric instrumentation in his recordings. Included in the album are songs like \u201cMr. Tambourine Man,\u201d one of Dylan\u2019s most popular compositions which became a hit for the Hollies, \u201cSubterranean Homesick Blues\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s Alright Ma (I\u2019m Only Bleeding)\u201d. Later that year, Dylan headlines the Newport Folk Festival, performing a set backed up by an electric band and being met with a mixture of cheers and boos, which prompts him to walk offstage after just three songs. He releases the single \u201cLike a Rolling Stone,\u201d a six minute recording that has been seen as influential in changing people\u2019s attitudes about what a pop song could convey. The song headlines the album \u201cHighway 61 Revisited\u201d which features other Dylan classics such as the title track, \u201cJust Like Tom Thumb\u2019s Blues\u201d and \u201cBallad of a Thin Man\u201d.