Bob Dylan

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actor cultural icon human musician poet record producer singer-songwriter

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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Robert Allen Zimmerman	3
Dylan	2
Bob Dylan discography	1
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica	1
Robert Zimmerman	1
Samuel Dylan	1
references Bob Dylan	1

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Predicate	Object
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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End of the Line → featuresMember → Bob Dylan ⓘ

documentary 'No Direction Home' → featuresPerson → Bob Dylan ⓘ

subject surface form: No Direction Home

Hibbing High School → hasAlumni → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Grammy Award for Song of the Year → hasAwardedTo → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Sara Dylan → hasChild → Bob Dylan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Dylan

Blake Mills → hasCollaboratedWith → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Big Yellow Taxi → hasCoverVersionBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Knockin' on Heaven's Door → hasLiveVersionBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Bob Dylan and The Band → hasMember → Bob Dylan ⓘ

University of Minnesota → hasNotableAlumnus → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Zimmerman → hasNotableBearer → Bob Dylan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Allen Zimmerman

American folk music revival → hasNotableFigure → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableInductee → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Songwriters Hall of Fame → hasNotableInductee → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Polar Music Prize → hasNotableLaureate → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Garden Party → hasNotableLyric → Bob Dylan ⓘ

this entity surface form: references Bob Dylan

Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Hibbing, Minnesota, United States → hasNotableResident → Bob Dylan ⓘ

subject surface form: Hibbing, Minnesota

Rollin' and Tumblin' → hasNotableVersionBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Never Ending Tour → hasPerformer → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Isle of Wight Festival → headliner → Bob Dylan ⓘ

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan → includesMusicBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Allen Ginsberg → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Buddy Holly → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Chuck Berry → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Elvis Presley → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Jack Kerouac → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Johnny Cash → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Liam Clancy → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Lisp programming language → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

subject surface form: Lisp

this entity surface form: Dylan

Scheme → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dylan

Woody Guthrie → influenced → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Blue → influencedArtist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Bruce Springsteen → influencedBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Conor Oberst → influencedBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Laura Marling → influencedBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Patti Smith → influencedBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Post Malone → influencedBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

film 'I'm Not There' → inspiredBy → Bob Dylan ⓘ

subject surface form: I'm Not There

All Along the Watchtower → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Blood on the Tracks → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Blowin' in the Wind → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Desire → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Highway 61 Revisited → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Hurricane → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

subject surface form: Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)

Like a Rolling Stone → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Mr. Tambourine Man → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ

Tangled Up in Blue → lyricist → Bob Dylan ⓘ