Robert Allen Zimmerman Biography and Timeline

Birth of Bob Dylan

Birth of Bob Dylan at Duluth, Minnesota

Birth of Bob Dylan

Birth of Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman.

Role range: 1941-

Hibbing

Moves with his family to Hibbing, Minnesota.

Role range: 1947-1959

The Golden Chords

Forms teenage rock and roll bands while at Hibbing High School.

Role range: 1956-1959

Education

Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minnesota

University of Minnesota

Studies briefly at the University of Minnesota.

Role range: 1959-1960

Gerdes Folk City

Plays at Gerdes Folk City

Bob Dylan

Releases, "Bob Dylan", consists of familiar folk, blues and gospel material combined with two of his own songs

Civil Rights

Dylan and Baez are both prominent in the civil rights movement, singing together at rallies including the March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech

The Freewheelin Bob Dylan

Releases, "The Times They Are a-Changin", reflects a more sophisticated, politicized and cynical Dylan. Dylans second album is released, "The Freewheelin Bob Dylan"

The Times They Are a-Changin

Releases, "The Times They Are a-Changin", reflects a more sophisticated, politicized and cynical Dylan. Dylans second album is released, "The Freewheelin Bob Dylan"

Another Side of Bob Dylan

Releases the album, "Another Side of Bob Dylan". Releases Album, "Times They Are A-Changin"

Times They Are A-Changin

Releases the album, "Another Side of Bob Dylan". Releases Album, "Times They Are A-Changin"

Bringing It All Back Home

Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.

Bringing It All Back Home

Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.

Bringing It All Back Home

The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.

Like a Rolling Stone

Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.

Like a Rolling Stone

Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.

Like a Rolling Stone

The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.

Too Much Monkey Business

Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.

Too Much Monkey Business

Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.

Too Much Monkey Business

The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.

Blonde on Blonde

The Nashville sessions produce the album "Blonde on Blonde", featuring what Dylan later calls "that thin wild mercury sound". Releases Album, "Blonde on Blonde"

Death of Robert Allen Zimmerman

Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan makes his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968

John Wesley Harding

Releases the album, "John Wesley Harding"

Guthrie Memorial Concert

Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan makes his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968

Broadcast

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special

Guthrie Memorial Concert

Releases, "Nashville Skyline", a mainstream country record featuring instrumental backing by Nashville musicians

Blood on the Tracks

Releases Album, "Blood on the Tracks"

TIME Magazines Top 100

Included in TIME Magazines 100 most influential people of the Twentieth century

Like a Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone magazine lists the single "Like a Rolling Stone" at number one on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time

Rolling Stone

Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone magazines list of "Greatest Artists of All Time", second only to The Beatles