Bob Dylan, né Robert Zimmerman, hailed from the United States of America, born in Duluth, Minnesota and raised in Hibbing in Minnesota. He is a singer and songwriter of the folk rock genre. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame states that Robert taught himself the harmonica and the guitar at 10 years of age. In high-school he formed a band named the Golden Chords, his stage-name was Elston Gunn. At the University of Minnesota in 1959 he sang country songs, traditional folk songs and political folk style songs in coffeehouses, his pseudonym was Bob Dylan. He chose the name Dylan as a nod to Dylan Thomas a Welsh poet. He left university in 1960 and became a recognised musical artist in 1961. The Columbia Records label signed Dylan at the young age of
