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BOB DYLAN One of the most legendary names in the American music industry is no one else but the singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The influence he made in popular music last for more than five decades and still echoed through generations till this very day. Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota and raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. Dylan’s parents Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice “Beatty” Stone were part of a tight local Jewish community. As a child, he learned how to play the guitar and harmonica, forming a rock & roll band named the Golden Chords when he was in high school. The band covered songs by Little Richard and Elvis Presley. After graduation in 1959, Zimmerman moved to Minneapolis and …show more content…
One thing still in mystery is that Dylan never revealed his injuries, no ambulance came to the scene at that time and he was not under any hospital treatment. He got out of showbiz for a length of time and stopped touring for almost eight years. Dylan’s activities mostly came to a halt in the early 70’s since there was no notable production or performance.
Only until January 1974, Dylan returned to touring after seven years with a North American tour of 40 concerts. In 1985, Dylan took part in the song “We are the world” written by Michael Jackson. In modern times, Bob Dylan releases the album “Together Through Life” on April 28, 2009. Just in the first week, the album reached number 1 in Billboard 200 chart in the U.S. On October, his Christmas album “Christmas in the Heart” was released and profit from the album was donated to charities in the U.S. and the U.K. In brief, all the achievements of this talented artist are nearly endless and have vastly contributed to the American music history. The legend Bob Dylan will stay with America and the world with much

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