Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and artist, whose place in American and European culture in the 1960s through to the present is unique.

Much of Dylan's best known work is from the 1960s, when he became an informal documentarian and reluctant figurehead of American unrest. Some of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'", became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements. His song "Like a Rolling Stone", released in July of 1965, was named by "Rolling Stone" magazine, in 2004, as the "The Greatest Song of All Time" placing #1 in a list of 500 titles. He still remains an influential and popular artist; his most recent album of new songs, 2006's Modern Times, reached #1 on the charts in the US and #3 in Britain.

Dylan's early lyrics incorporated politics, social commentary, philosophy and liter...