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Fact #17546

When:

29091961

Short story:

New York Times music critic Robert Shelton raves over Bob Dylan's recent gig at Gerdes Folk City, in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, describing him as "a cross between a choirboy and a beatnik" who was "bursting at the seams with talent".

Full article:

Suze Rotolo : Robert Shelton's review, without a doubt, made Dylan's career, because that brought the establishment. He couldn't have gotten the Columbia thing, in a way, without that. That review was unprecedented. Shelton had not given a review like that for anybody.
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