Performing in Greenwich Village as Bob Dylan and then signing to Columbia Records, he achieved his goal in short order, becoming the most famous folk singer in America by 1964. Dylan first ...

Bob Dylan performed at the famed Newport Folk Festival three years in a row, from 1963 to 1965. His final appearance ended in controversy when he performed an electric set of rock songs ...

Several of Bob Dylan's biggest albums and most famous singles hit the iTunes charts as his biopic A Complete Unknown arrives ...

Favorite Bob Dylan songs. It changes daily ... to name a Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen or Frank Sinatra song I like best. I just can’t do it. Absolutely. It was my dad’s Bob Dylan’s ...

But by 1964, Dylan was building a much larger fan base through performing and recording his own songs. Columbia Records was on hand to turn Dylan’s October 31, 1964, performance into a live album.

focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter. As a music historian, I’ve always respected one decision of ...