Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan is an influential American singer-songwriter and cultural icon whose poetic lyrics and groundbreaking work in popular music earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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instanceOf actor
cultural icon
human
musician
poet
record producer
singer-songwriter
activeYearsStart 1961
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Award
Grammy Award
National Medal of Arts
Nobel Prize in Literature
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
birthName Bob Dylan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Robert Allen Zimmerman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1941-05-24
educatedAt University of Minnesota
surface form: University of Minnesota (attended, did not graduate)
familyName Zimmerman
fieldOfWork literature
popular music
songwriting
genre blues
country music
folk music
folk rock
rock music
roots rock
givenName Robert
influenced Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Baez
Johnny Cash
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young
The Beatles
Tom Petty
instrument guitar
harmonica
piano
vocals
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Bob Dylan and The Band
Traveling Wilburys
movement 1960s counterculture
American folk music revival
name Bob Dylan self-link
nominatedFor Nobel Prize in Literature
notableAchievement redefined the boundaries of popular songwriting with poetic lyrics
notableEvent electrified performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival
notablePublication Tarantula
notableSong All Along the Watchtower
Hurricane
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Mr. Tambourine Man
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Tangled Up in Blue
notableTour Never Ending Tour
notableWork Blonde on Blonde
Blood on the Tracks
Blowin' in the Wind
Bringing It All Back Home
Chronicles: Volume One
Highway 61 Revisited
Like a Rolling Stone
Modern Times
Nashville Skyline
The Times They Are a-Changin'
Time Out of Mind
occupation author
composer
musician
poet
singer-songwriter
visual artist
placeOfBirth Duluth
surface form: Duluth, Minnesota, United States
recordLabel Asylum Records
Columbia Records
religion Christianity
Judaism
residence New York City
spouse Carolyn Dennis
Sara Dylan
stageName Bob Dylan self-link
subjectOf documentary 'Dont Look Back'
documentary 'No Direction Home'
film 'I'm Not There'

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Blonde on Blonde artist Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks artist Bob Dylan
Desire artist Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited artist Bob Dylan
Hurricane artist Bob Dylan
subject surface form: Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)
Like a Rolling Stone artist Bob Dylan
Modern Times artist Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline artist Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue artist Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind artist Bob Dylan
George Harrison associatedAct Bob Dylan
Levon Helm associatedAct Bob Dylan
Mavis Staples associatedAct Bob Dylan
Roy Orbison associatedAct Bob Dylan
Tom Petty associatedAct Bob Dylan
Joan Baez associatedWith Bob Dylan
Phil Ochs associatedWith Bob Dylan
Chronicles: Volume One author Bob Dylan
Tarantula author Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan birthName Bob Dylan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Robert Allen Zimmerman
Zimmerman birthName Bob Dylan
subject surface form: Bob Dylan
this entity surface form: Robert Allen Zimmerman
Jeff Lynne collaboratedWith Bob Dylan
Pete Seeger collaboratedWith Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks composer Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind composer Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited composer Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone composer Bob Dylan
Mr. Tambourine Man composer Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue composer Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind composer Bob Dylan
Hammond discovered Bob Dylan
subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.
Hotel Chelsea famousResident Bob Dylan
subject surface form: Dont Look Back
Rattle and Hum featuresArtist Bob Dylan