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[ "Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)", "instance of", "single" ]
"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released on the 1976 album Desire. It was also released as a single in November 1975. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leadi...
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[ "Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)", "instance of", "song" ]
"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released on the 1976 album Desire. It was also released as a single in November 1975. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leadi...
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[ "Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)", "main subject", "Rubin Carter" ]
"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released on the 1976 album Desire. It was also released as a single in November 1975. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leadi...
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[ "Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)", "genre", "protest song" ]
Background Carter and a man named John Artis had been charged with a triple murder at the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1966. The following year Carter and Artis were found guilty of the murders, which were widely reported as racially motivated. In the years that followed, a substantial amount of controve...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "country of origin", "United States of America" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "language of work or name", "English" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "instance of", "song" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "genre", "rock music" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)", "instance of", "single" ]
"Forever Young" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded in California in November 1973. The song first appeared, in two different versions, a slow-pace and a fast-pace, on Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves. A demo version of the song, recorded in New York City in June 1973, was included on Dylan's 1985 compilation ...
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[ "Girl from the North Country", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-record...
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[ "Girl from the North Country", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-record...
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[ "Girl from the North Country", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-record...
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[ "Girl from the North Country", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-record...
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[ "Girl from the North Country", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-record...
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[ "Lay Lady Lay", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Lay Lady Lay", sometimes rendered "Lay, Lady, Lay", is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. Like many of the tracks on the album, Dylan sings the song in a low croon, rather than in the high nasal singing style associated with his earlier (and eventually later) re...
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[ "Lay Lady Lay", "instance of", "single" ]
Charts Certifications Other recordings The song has become a standard and has been covered by numerous bands and artists over the years, including the Byrds, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Guy and Anthony Hamilton, Melanie, the Isley Brothers, Bob Andy, Duran Duran, The Flaming Lips, Magnet, Hoyt Axt...
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[ "Lay Lady Lay", "producer", "Bob Johnston" ]
The Byrds version The Byrds' recording of "Lay Lady Lay" was released as a single on May 2, 1969, and reached number 132 on the Billboard chart but failed to break into the UK Singles Chart. The song was recorded as a non-album single shortly after the release of the Byrds' seventh studio album, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde. T...
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[ "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan, first recorded by him in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. The song's first release was in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" in a version by the British band Manfred Mann, which became a great success. It has been recorded by a number o...
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[ "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan, first recorded by him in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. The song's first release was in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" in a version by the British band Manfred Mann, which became a great success. It has been recorded by a number o...
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[ "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan, first recorded by him in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. The song's first release was in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" in a version by the British band Manfred Mann, which became a great success. It has been recorded by a number o...
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[ "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan, first recorded by him in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. The song's first release was in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" in a version by the British band Manfred Mann, which became a great success. It has been recorded by a number o...
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[ "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)", "performer", "Manfred Mann" ]
"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan, first recorded by him in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. The song's first release was in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" in a version by the British band Manfred Mann, which became a great success. It has been recorded by a number o...
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[ "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)", "genre", "popular music" ]
"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan, first recorded by him in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. The song's first release was in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" in a version by the British band Manfred Mann, which became a great success. It has been recorded by a number o...
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[ "Mr. Tambourine Man", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Composition "Mr. Tambourine Man" was written and composed in early 1964, at the same approximate time as "Chimes of Freedom", which Dylan recorded later that spring for his album Another Side of Bob Dylan. Dylan began writing and composing "Mr. Tambourine Man" in February 1964, after attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans...
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[ "Mr. Tambourine Man", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Other Dylan releases The Bringing it All Back Home version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was included on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits in 1967 and several later Dylan compilation albums, including Biograph, Masterpieces, and The Essential Bob Dylan. The two June 1964 recordings, one with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and the other at Wi...
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[ "Mr. Tambourine Man", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
Composition "Mr. Tambourine Man" was written and composed in early 1964, at the same approximate time as "Chimes of Freedom", which Dylan recorded later that spring for his album Another Side of Bob Dylan. Dylan began writing and composing "Mr. Tambourine Man" in February 1964, after attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans...
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[ "Mr. Tambourine Man", "genre", "folk rock" ]
The Byrds' version Release "Mr. Tambourine Man" was the debut single by the American band the Byrds and was released on April 12, 1965, by Columbia Records. The song was also the title track of the band's debut album, which was released on June 21, 1965. The Byrds' version is abridged and in a different key from Dylan'...
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[ "Mr. Tambourine Man", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released as the first track of the acoustic side of his March 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The song's popularity led to Dylan recording it live many times, and it has been included in multiple compilation albums. It has been translated into other languages a...
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[ "Positively 4th Street", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
Inspiration and the significance of 4th Street There is uncertainty about which "4th Street" the title refers to, and many scholars and fans have speculated that it refers to more than one. New York City's 4th Street is at the heart of the Manhattan residential district Greenwich Village, where Dylan once lived. This a...
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[ "When the Ship Comes In", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"When the Ship Comes In" is a folk music song by Bob Dylan, released on his third album, The Times They Are a-Changin', in 1964.Background and composition Joan Baez states in the documentary film No Direction Home that the song was inspired by a hotel clerk who refused to allow Dylan a room due to his "unwashed" appear...
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[ "When the Ship Comes In", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
Background and composition Joan Baez states in the documentary film No Direction Home that the song was inspired by a hotel clerk who refused to allow Dylan a room due to his "unwashed" appearance (he was not famous outside of the folk movement at this time). The song then grew into a sprawling epic allegory about vanq...
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[ "When the Ship Comes In", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"When the Ship Comes In" is a folk music song by Bob Dylan, released on his third album, The Times They Are a-Changin', in 1964.Background and composition Joan Baez states in the documentary film No Direction Home that the song was inspired by a hotel clerk who refused to allow Dylan a room due to his "unwashed" appear...
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[ "When the Ship Comes In", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"When the Ship Comes In" is a folk music song by Bob Dylan, released on his third album, The Times They Are a-Changin', in 1964.Background and composition Joan Baez states in the documentary film No Direction Home that the song was inspired by a hotel clerk who refused to allow Dylan a room due to his "unwashed" appear...
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[ "When the Ship Comes In", "genre", "contemporary folk music" ]
"When the Ship Comes In" is a folk music song by Bob Dylan, released on his third album, The Times They Are a-Changin', in 1964.
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[ "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
History Dylan originally wrote "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" in the form of a poem. The first iteration of the lyrics was written on a typewriter in the shared apartment of Dylan's friends Wavy Gravy and singer Tom Paxton, within Greenwich Village, New York City. Significant edits occurred after this time, for instance,...
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[ "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
History Dylan originally wrote "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" in the form of a poem. The first iteration of the lyrics was written on a typewriter in the shared apartment of Dylan's friends Wavy Gravy and singer Tom Paxton, within Greenwich Village, New York City. Significant edits occurred after this time, for instance,...
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[ "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "form of creative work", "song" ]
History Dylan originally wrote "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" in the form of a poem. The first iteration of the lyrics was written on a typewriter in the shared apartment of Dylan's friends Wavy Gravy and singer Tom Paxton, within Greenwich Village, New York City. Significant edits occurred after this time, for instance,...
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[ "Pledging My Time", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Pledging My Time" is a blues song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan from his seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song, written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston, was recorded on March 8, 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee. Dylan is featured on lead vocals, harmonica, and guitar, backed by guitarist ...
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[ "Pledging My Time", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Pledging My Time" is a blues song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan from his seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song, written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston, was recorded on March 8, 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee. Dylan is featured on lead vocals, harmonica, and guitar, backed by guitarist ...
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[ "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Absolutely Sweet Marie" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released on the third side of the double album and Dylan's seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. It was recorded at around 1:00 am on March 8, 1966, at Columbia Stud...
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[ "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Absolutely Sweet Marie" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released on the third side of the double album and Dylan's seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. It was recorded at around 1:00 am on March 8, 1966, at Columbia Stud...
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[ "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Absolutely Sweet Marie" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released on the third side of the double album and Dylan's seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. It was recorded at around 1:00 am on March 8, 1966, at Columbia Stud...
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[ "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "genre", "folk rock" ]
Composition and lyrical interpretation "Absolutely Sweet Marie" was written by Dylan in the studio. The handwritten lyrics from the session largely reflect the recorded versions, apart from several changes in the first verse. The original lyrics omit the "railroad gate" that is in the first line of the released version...
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[ "I Want You (Bob Dylan song)", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"I Want You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released as a single in June 1966 and on his seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde, later that month. The song was written by Dylan, and produced by Bob Johnston. The song has been interpreted as a straightforward expression of lust, although cr...
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[ "I Want You (Bob Dylan song)", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"I Want You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released as a single in June 1966 and on his seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde, later that month. The song was written by Dylan, and produced by Bob Johnston. The song has been interpreted as a straightforward expression of lust, although cr...
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[ "Song to Woody", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Song to Woody" was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released on his debut album, Bob Dylan, in 1962. The song conveys Dylan's appreciation of American folk legend Woody Guthrie. The song is one of two original compositions featured on Dylan's debut album. Dylan also rehearsed the song in a country a...
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[ "Song to Woody", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Song to Woody" was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released on his debut album, Bob Dylan, in 1962. The song conveys Dylan's appreciation of American folk legend Woody Guthrie. The song is one of two original compositions featured on Dylan's debut album. Dylan also rehearsed the song in a country a...
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[ "Song to Woody", "dedicated to", "Woody Guthrie" ]
"Song to Woody" was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released on his debut album, Bob Dylan, in 1962. The song conveys Dylan's appreciation of American folk legend Woody Guthrie. The song is one of two original compositions featured on Dylan's debut album. Dylan also rehearsed the song in a country a...
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[ "Song to Woody", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"Song to Woody" was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released on his debut album, Bob Dylan, in 1962. The song conveys Dylan's appreciation of American folk legend Woody Guthrie. The song is one of two original compositions featured on Dylan's debut album. Dylan also rehearsed the song in a country a...
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[ "Song to Woody", "genre", "folk music" ]
"Song to Woody" was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released on his debut album, Bob Dylan, in 1962. The song conveys Dylan's appreciation of American folk legend Woody Guthrie. The song is one of two original compositions featured on Dylan's debut album. Dylan also rehearsed the song in a country a...
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[ "Song to Woody", "part of", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Song to Woody" was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released on his debut album, Bob Dylan, in 1962. The song conveys Dylan's appreciation of American folk legend Woody Guthrie. The song is one of two original compositions featured on Dylan's debut album. Dylan also rehearsed the song in a country a...
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[ "Song to Woody", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Song to Woody" was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released on his debut album, Bob Dylan, in 1962. The song conveys Dylan's appreciation of American folk legend Woody Guthrie. The song is one of two original compositions featured on Dylan's debut album. Dylan also rehearsed the song in a country a...
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[ "Oxford Town", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Oxford Town" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 1962. It was recorded in Columbia's Studio A on December 6, 1962, for his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The song was composed in response to an open invitation from Broadside magazine for songs about one of the top news events of 196...
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[ "Oxford Town", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Oxford Town" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 1962. It was recorded in Columbia's Studio A on December 6, 1962, for his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The song was composed in response to an open invitation from Broadside magazine for songs about one of the top news events of 196...
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[ "Oxford Town", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"Oxford Town" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 1962. It was recorded in Columbia's Studio A on December 6, 1962, for his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The song was composed in response to an open invitation from Broadside magazine for songs about one of the top news events of 196...
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[ "Oxford Town", "main subject", "Ole Miss riot of 1962" ]
"Oxford Town" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 1962. It was recorded in Columbia's Studio A on December 6, 1962, for his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The song was composed in response to an open invitation from Broadside magazine for songs about one of the top news events of 196...
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[ "Oxford Town", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Oxford Town" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 1962. It was recorded in Columbia's Studio A on December 6, 1962, for his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The song was composed in response to an open invitation from Broadside magazine for songs about one of the top news events of 196...
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[ "All I Really Want to Do", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"All I Really Want to Do" is a song written by Bob Dylan and featured on his Tom Wilson-produced 1964 album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. It is arguably one of the most popular songs that Dylan wrote in the period immediately after he abandoned topical songwriting. Within a year of its release on Another Side of Bob Dyla...
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[ "All I Really Want to Do", "form of creative work", "song" ]
Song information "All I Really Want to Do" was first released on Dylan's 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan. The song was also included on the Dylan compilations Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II in 1971 and the 3-disc edition of Dylan in 2007. In addition, two live versions of the song have been released: one, recor...
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[ "All I Really Want to Do", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
Song information "All I Really Want to Do" was first released on Dylan's 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan. The song was also included on the Dylan compilations Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II in 1971 and the 3-disc edition of Dylan in 2007. In addition, two live versions of the song have been released: one, recor...
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[ "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (sometimes referred to erroneously as "Everybody Must Get Stoned") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Columbia Records first released an edited version as a single in March 1966, which reached numbers two and seven in the US and UK charts respectively. A l...
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[ "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (sometimes referred to erroneously as "Everybody Must Get Stoned") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Columbia Records first released an edited version as a single in March 1966, which reached numbers two and seven in the US and UK charts respectively. A l...
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[ "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (sometimes referred to erroneously as "Everybody Must Get Stoned") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Columbia Records first released an edited version as a single in March 1966, which reached numbers two and seven in the US and UK charts respectively. A l...
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[ "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (sometimes referred to erroneously as "Everybody Must Get Stoned") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Columbia Records first released an edited version as a single in March 1966, which reached numbers two and seven in the US and UK charts respectively. A l...
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[ "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35", "genre", "popular music" ]
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (sometimes referred to erroneously as "Everybody Must Get Stoned") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Columbia Records first released an edited version as a single in March 1966, which reached numbers two and seven in the US and UK charts respectively. A l...
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[ "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (sometimes referred to erroneously as "Everybody Must Get Stoned") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Columbia Records first released an edited version as a single in March 1966, which reached numbers two and seven in the US and UK charts respectively. A l...
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[ "Bob Dylan's Dream", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
Background Various accounts have been proposed regarding the song's inspiration, none of them being conclusive. In one, "Bob Dylan's Dream" recalls the times Dylan had spent in Greenwich Village with comedian Hugh Romney and their friends during the early 1960s. Romney, later to become Wavy Gravy of Woodstock and Merr...
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[ "Maggie's Farm", "form of creative work", "song" ]
Popular culture The Beastie Boys' song "Johnny Ryall" contains the lyrics: "Washing windows on the Bowery at a quarter to four, 'Cause he ain't gonna' work on Maggie's farm no more." The OK Go song "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard" contains in the lyrics: "Now I saw Bob Dylan gone electric, feeling Pete Seeger with his ...
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[ "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Lyrics Dylan's lyrics affectionately ridicule a female "fashion victim" who wears a leopard-skin pillbox hat. The pillbox hat was a fashionable ladies' hat in the United States in the early to mid-1960s, most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy. Dylan satirically crosses this accessory's high-fashion image with leopard...
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[ "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Lyrics Dylan's lyrics affectionately ridicule a female "fashion victim" who wears a leopard-skin pillbox hat. The pillbox hat was a fashionable ladies' hat in the United States in the early to mid-1960s, most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy. Dylan satirically crosses this accessory's high-fashion image with leopard...
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[ "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
Lyrics Dylan's lyrics affectionately ridicule a female "fashion victim" who wears a leopard-skin pillbox hat. The pillbox hat was a fashionable ladies' hat in the United States in the early to mid-1960s, most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy. Dylan satirically crosses this accessory's high-fashion image with leopard...
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[ "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat", "form of creative work", "song" ]
Lyrics Dylan's lyrics affectionately ridicule a female "fashion victim" who wears a leopard-skin pillbox hat. The pillbox hat was a fashionable ladies' hat in the United States in the early to mid-1960s, most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy. Dylan satirically crosses this accessory's high-fashion image with leopard...
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[ "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
Recording sessions The song was one of the first compositions attempted by Dylan and the Hawks when in January 1966 they went into Columbia recording studios in New York City to record material for the Blonde on Blonde album. The song was attempted on January 25 (2 takes) and January 27 (4 takes), but no recording was ...
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[ "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", or "Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)", is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released as the first track on side three of his seventh studio album Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dylan ...
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[ "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", or "Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)", is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released as the first track on side three of his seventh studio album Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dylan ...
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[ "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", or "Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)", is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released as the first track on side three of his seventh studio album Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dylan ...
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[ "My Back Pages", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"My Back Pages" is a song written by Bob Dylan and included on his 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan. It is stylistically similar to his earlier folk protest songs and features Dylan's voice with an acoustic guitar accompaniment. However, its lyrics—in particular the refrain "Ah, but I was so much older then/I'm yo...
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[ "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Song Zantzinger was convicted of manslaughter on August 28, 1963, and was not tried by a jury of peers but by a panel of three judges. The sentence was handed down on the same day that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Bob Dylan, aged 22 at tha...
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[ "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
Song Zantzinger was convicted of manslaughter on August 28, 1963, and was not tried by a jury of peers but by a panel of three judges. The sentence was handed down on the same day that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Bob Dylan, aged 22 at tha...
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[ "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a topical song written by the American musician Bob Dylan. Recorded on October 23, 1963, the song was released on Dylan's 1964 album The Times They Are a-Changin' and gives a generally factual account of the killing of a 51-year-old African-American barmaid, Hattie Carroll (Mar...
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[ "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "has quality", "protest song" ]
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a topical song written by the American musician Bob Dylan. Recorded on October 23, 1963, the song was released on Dylan's 1964 album The Times They Are a-Changin' and gives a generally factual account of the killing of a 51-year-old African-American barmaid, Hattie Carroll (Mar...
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[ "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a topical song written by the American musician Bob Dylan. Recorded on October 23, 1963, the song was released on Dylan's 1964 album The Times They Are a-Changin' and gives a generally factual account of the killing of a 51-year-old African-American barmaid, Hattie Carroll (Mar...
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[ "It Ain't Me Babe", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Influences Dylan's biographers generally agree that the song owes its inspiration to his former girlfriend Suze Rotolo. He reportedly began writing the song during his visit to Italy in 1963 while searching for Rotolo, who was studying there.Clinton Heylin reports that a Times reporter at a May 1964 Royal Festival Hall...
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[ "Blind Willie McTell (song)", "country of origin", "United States of America" ]
"Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Named for the blues singer of the same name, the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release u...
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[ "Blind Willie McTell (song)", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Named for the blues singer of the same name, the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release u...
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[ "Blind Willie McTell (song)", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Named for the blues singer of the same name, the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release u...
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[ "Blind Willie McTell (song)", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Named for the blues singer of the same name, the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release u...
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[ "Blind Willie McTell (song)", "genre", "blues" ]
"Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Named for the blues singer of the same name, the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release u...
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[ "Blind Willie McTell (song)", "part of", "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991" ]
"Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Named for the blues singer of the same name, the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release u...
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[ "Chimes of Freedom (song)", "has quality", "protest song" ]
"Chimes of Freedom" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Tom Wilson produced 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan. The song depicts the thoughts and feelings of the singer and his companion as they shelter from a lightning storm under a doorway after sunset. The singer expresses his solidari...
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[ "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "composer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a song by American singer-singwriter Bob Dylan. First released as the final track on Dylan's 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, the song lasts 11 minutes and 23 seconds, and occupies the entire fourth side of the double album. The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dyla...
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[ "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a song by American singer-singwriter Bob Dylan. First released as the final track on Dylan's 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, the song lasts 11 minutes and 23 seconds, and occupies the entire fourth side of the double album. The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dyla...
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[ "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "lyrics by", "Bob Dylan" ]
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a song by American singer-singwriter Bob Dylan. First released as the final track on Dylan's 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, the song lasts 11 minutes and 23 seconds, and occupies the entire fourth side of the double album. The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dyla...
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[ "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "form of creative work", "song" ]
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a song by American singer-singwriter Bob Dylan. First released as the final track on Dylan's 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, the song lasts 11 minutes and 23 seconds, and occupies the entire fourth side of the double album. The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dyla...
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[ "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "instance of", "musical work/composition" ]
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a song by American singer-singwriter Bob Dylan. First released as the final track on Dylan's 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, the song lasts 11 minutes and 23 seconds, and occupies the entire fourth side of the double album. The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dyla...
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[ "Ballad of Hollis Brown", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Live performances Dylan played "Hollis Brown" live from 1962 to 1964, including on a Westinghouse television special in 1963 and at Brandeis University in May 1963 (released in 2011 on Bob Dylan in Concert – Brandeis University 1963). He also performed it in 1965, during the "comeback" Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour...
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[ "Boots of Spanish Leather", "performer", "Bob Dylan" ]
Live performances Though occasionally performed live in Dylan's early career—for example at a New York City concert during the spring preceding the song's studio recording, as heard on Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances from the Copyright Collections—Dylan did not start performing "Boots of Spanish Leather" regularly un...
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