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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is a Grammy, Golden Globe
and Academy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet
who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most
notable work dates 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 most
recent studio album, Modern Times, released on August 29, 2006, entered the U.S.
album charts at #1, making him, at age 65, the oldest living person to top those
charts.
Dylan's early lyrics incorporated politics, social commentary, philosophy and
literary influences, defying existing pop music conventions and appealing widely to
the counterculture of the time. While expanding and personalizing musical styles,
he has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of American song, from folk and
country/blues to rock and roll and rockabilly, to English, Scottish and Irish folk
music, even jazz, swing, Broadway, hard rock and gospel.
Dylan performs with the guitar, keyboard and harmonica. Backed by a changing lineup
of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed
the "Never Ending Tour". He has also performed alongside other major artists, such
as Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, The Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Bruce
Springsteen, U2, The Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, Jack White, Merle Haggard, Neil
Young, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton.
Although his accomplishments as a performer and recording artist have been central
to his career, his songwriting is generally regarded to be his greatest
contribution.
His career accomplishments include the Polar Music Prize, the Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame, Nashville Songwriters and Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Dylan was listed as one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the
20th century. In 2004, Bob Dylan was ranked #2 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 100
Greatest Artists of All Time, second to The Beatles. He has also been nominated
several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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