Bob Dylan
Acting
Born 1941-05-24
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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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."
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Saturday Night Live
Great Performances
The Oscars
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Dharma & Greg
The Kennedy Center Honors
MTV Unplugged
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Disco
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
John Candy: I Like Me
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
The Top Ten Revealed
The Johnny Cash Show
The Greatest Night in Pop
The Magic Voices of Pop
Catchfire
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Live Aid
The Last Waltz
The Beach Boys
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Masked and Anonymous
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
One to One: John & Yoko
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
The People Speak
Band of the Hand
My Darling Vivian
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Dylan Speaks
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
The Concert for Bangladesh
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Folk Britannia
Mavis!
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Hearts of Fire
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
The Best Of Beat
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
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A Complete Unknown
Wonder Boys
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Masked and Anonymous
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
Imagine: John Lennon
My Own Love Song
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
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