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John Henry Hammond II is born in New York City, USA. He will find success as Columbia Records A and R chief John Hammond Sr, who will significantly further the careers of Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Big Joe Turner, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen and others.
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The Bently Boys record Down On Penny's Farm, in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA, for Columbia Records. Bob Dylan will adapt this song, using it as the basis of Maggie's Farm.
Paul Clayton Worthington is born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He will become prominent as folksinger and folklorist Paul Clayton during the 1950s and 1960s. It is said that Clayton inspired both the Bob Dylan song It's All Over Now Baby Blue and the Joni Mitchell song Blue.
Bob Dylan plays the seventh of fifteen nights as support to John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Brian Hyland records Don't Think Twice It's Alright (composed by Bob Dylan), Folsom Prison Blues, Act Naturally, If I Had A Hammer and other tracks for ABC Records in New York City, USA.
Cher records her version of Bob Dylan's song All I Really Want To Do at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Byrds record the Bob Dylan song Spanish Harlem Incident for their debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, at Columbia Records Studios, Hollywood, California, USA. They also record I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better and The Bells Of Rhymney. George Harrison of The Beatles will be inspired to write his song If I Needed Someone by Jim McGuinn's guitar lines in The Bells Of Rhymney
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez visit fashion bootmakers Anello And Davide in the West End of London, England, UK, where Dylan orders two pairs of boots. Dylan spends much of the afternoon at London Zoo, before meeting with The Beatles in the evening.
Bob Dylan enters the Billboard album chart in the USA with Highway 61 Revisited. It will peak at No3 during a 24-week run.
Gordon Lightfoot's cover version of the Bob Dylan composition Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues peaks at No8 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
During a gig at the ABC Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe, Bob Dylan encounters so many tuning problems that he throws away his mouth organ.
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Bob Dylan is recording I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Down Along The Cove and other tracks in Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Byrds' cover version of the Bob Dylan song You Ain't Going Nowhere enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No45 during a three-week run.
Bob Dylan releases the single Lay Lady Lay in the USA on Columbia Records. It will peak at No7 during an 11-week run.
After eight years of working together, Bob Dylan and The Band play the second of two nights at the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The album Planet Waves, Bob Dylan's first under his new contract with Asylum Records, is awarded an R.I.A.A. gold disc for sales in the USA.
During the Shot Of Love tour Bob Dylan is interviewed at the White House Hotel, London by Dave Herman on behalf of WNEW-FM Radio, New York City, USA.UK music weekly Melody Maker reports that Elvis Costello might be the producer of Bob Dylan's next album. He won't be. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits will.
The Bob Dylan/Carlos Santana tour of Europe arrives at Wembley Stadium in London, where guests onstage include Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Chrissie Hynde.
An interview with 
A video for the Traveling Wilburys '
single, Wilbury Twist, is filmed at a Los Angeles mansion. The Wilburys
are Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.
The Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Tribute concert is held at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Performers include The Band, Stevie Wonder, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and Sinead O'Connor.
Music publisher Lou Levy, founder of Leeds Music, dies aged 84 at home in Manhattan, New York City, USA. The Leeds Music catalogue included Strangers In The Night, Downtown, I Want To Hold Your Hand, C'est Si Bon and The Girl From Ipanema. The company published songs by Sammy Cahn, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Henry Mancini ,Ames Brothers, The Andrews Sisters, Les Paul, Connie Francis and Bobby Darin.
On his Never-Ending Tour schedule, Bob Dylan plays concert No750, the second of two nights at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Bob Dylan And Merle Haggard play the first of five non-consecutive nights at The Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA.Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour is broadcast for the first time in the UK on BBC Radio 2.
Between gigs in Baltimore and New York City Bob Dylan has a day off from his hectic 2008 US tour schedule.
Twenty-five limited edition boxed sets of seven Bob Dylan Signature Hohner Marine Band Harmonicas plus 100 single Dylan Signature Harmonicas go up for sale online.
Warner/Chappell announces a new co-publishing agreement with singer/songwriter Jakob Dylan, which will see Warner/Chappell co-publishing albums from Dylan's career spanning his time as a founding member of The Wallflowers. The agreement also includes Dylan's solo album and future compositions. Jakob Dylan is the son of Bob Dylan.
Antony And The Johnsons release a new five track EP, Thank You For Your Love, in the USA. It includes a cover of the Bob Dylan song Pressing On.
The original hand-written four-page lyric for the Bob Dylan song Like A Rolling Stone goes on sale at Sotheby's auction house in New York City, USA, where it sells for $2m, said to be a world record for a popular music manuscript.
Bruce Langhorne, the gifted guitarist who partly-inspired the Bob Dylan song Mr. Tambourine Man, dies aged 78, in hospice care in Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA, as a result of kidney failure. In a long and acclaimed career, Lanhorne also worked with Joan Baez, Odetta, Tom Rush, Richie Havens, Richard and Mimi Farina.1915 |
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