by Little Roman

Created on: July 20, 2007

I remember playing one of my very first forty-five records on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" on my small record player box. My father even turn me on to his music, he loved it too. I played that record so much that eventually there was a hissing and cracking sounds to his singing words of " so how does it feel". Its forty-seven year later and he still singing today. Now with laser technology, I can listen to his music on CD if it's "Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" or his latest CD "Modern Times".

Bob Dylan's birth name is "Robert Allen Zimmerman, he was born on May 24, 1941, in Dututh, Minnesota. How did this young Jewish boy become one of America's greatest songwriter, singer, musician and poet. As a young teenager, who loved rock n'roll and his favorite singers was "Little Richard". In the early sixties, his heart was not into rock n'roll but more into folk music. He wrote and sang songs like "Blowing In The Wind" and The Times Are Of Changin" these song became a theme for the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement. In 1963, Bob Dylan also sang in Washington DC, at the Civil Right March, were Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech.

There were famous groups that also sang Dylan's songs, like; Peter, Paul and Mary, The Byrds, and the Turtles. The songs were more pop music with these groups, compared to his heartfelt voice. In the seventies, Bob Dylan performed at George Harrison's 1971 "Concert For Bangladesh" and The Band's film " The Last Waltz". Bob made the song "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" for Sam Peckinpah's film "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid" He has continued to make more albums in the seventies to this present date. In 2006, Bob Dylan's album " Modern Times" made number one in the U.S. album chart. At 65 years of age, he is the oldest artist to have a number one album.

Mr. Dylan has keep up with the times with his music and there is still an audience for his style of music. How does anyone tell his career without writing a book on a man with five decades of music, playing folk, blues, country, rock music and has many countless recording awards. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Songwriter Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame. Also nominated many times for the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature. You either love his music or hate it, it doesn't matter, he still a legend and icon in American music.

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