Dylan biography 25

Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his year career. With an estimated figure of more than million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all-time.

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Dylan was born and raised in St. Following his self-titled debut album of traditional folk songs , he released his breakthrough album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan which featured " Girl from the North Country " and " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall ", adapting the tunes and phrasing of older folk songs. His songs " Blowin' in the Wind " and " The Times They Are a-Changin' " became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements.

In and , Dylan drew controversy among folk purists when he adopted electrically amplified rock instrumentation, recording the rock albums Bringing It All Back Home , Highway 61 Revisited both and Blonde on Blonde His six-minute single " Like a Rolling Stone " expanded commercial and creative boundaries in popular music. In July , a motorcycle crash led Dylan to cease touring for seven years.

During this period, he recorded a large body of songs with members of the Band which produced the album The Basement Tapes Dylan still releases music and has toured continuously since the late s on what has become known as the Never Ending Tour. His life has been profiled in several documentaries and the biopic A Complete Unknown He has also been awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation in , and the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".