Birth Name / Real Name: Robert Allen Zimmerman     Born: 24 May 1941    
Birth Place: Duluth, Minnesota     Profession : Musician     Height : 5' 7½''   
Profession : Musician     Styles: Blues, Country & Western, Folk Music, Protest Music
Best Known As: Singer of Like a Rolling Stone, Blowin' in the Wind, The Times They Are A-Changin'.
Nicknames : Bobby, Zimmy, Zimbo (childhood).     Sometimes Called : Sergei Petrov, Robert Zimmerman.
Bob Dylan's Life / Early Years:
Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) was born 24 May 1941 in Duluth MN; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil Company. He is widely regarded as one of America's greatest popular songwriters. Bob Dylan learned guitar at the age of 10 and autoharp and harmonica at 15. Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams are among the few songwriters similarly revered for their enduring contributions to the American oeuvre.   Home

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Bob Dylan - songs (alphabetical by title) www.bobdylan.com/songs/
Music Videos
Blood in My Eyes
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Label: Columbia/CBS Records
“Girl From The North Country” 

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With Joan Baez during Civil Rights March on Washington D.C., 1963	At Lida Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996		Performing in Bologna, November 2005
Performing at St. Lawrence University, November 1963

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