Fact #39329
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Short story:
The Byrds enter the UK Top 30 pop singles chart at No24 with their jangling folk-rock version of Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man. It will peak at No1.
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Bob Dylan : They (The Byrds, The Turtles, Cher etc) made some of my songs top-10 hits. But I wasn’t a pop songwriter. I never even wanted to be that. But it was good that it happened. Their versions of songs were like commercials. I didn’t really mind that. Because fifty years later my songs would be used for commercials. So that was good, too. I was glad it happened
(Source : speech at Musicares Person Of The Year event, Feb 2015)
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(Source : speech at Musicares Person Of The Year event, Feb 2015)