Bob Dylan | American singer-songwriter | Biography In English |

 

Bob Dylan his birth name was Robert Alan Zimmerman he is a famous singer and songwriter he is born in Duluth Minnesota United States on May 24th, 1941 his father's name was Abram Zimmerman and his mother's name was Beatrice 

he loved music from a young age and spent hours listening to the radio he attended Hibbing high school and as a student played with many bands he enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 1959 while in university he started performing at coffee houses and became active in the Dinkytown folk

music circuit he changed his name to Bob Dylan when he started performing after quitting College in 1960 he went to New York City in 1961 in order to pursue a career in music he started playing at clubs and explored the music scenario his eponymous debut album Bob Dylan was released in 1962 the next album he

released the freewheelin Bob Dylan 1963 became a big hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom over the 1960s he became immensely popular both as a songwriter and a singer one of his biggest hits the single like a rolling stone was released in 1965 which peaked at number 1 in the

United Kingdom charts he married Sarah Lowndes on November 1965 and had four children with her he also adopted Sarah's daughter from a previous relationship Maria in the 1970s he ventured into films and starred in the 1973 Western drama Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid his 1975 album blood on

the tracks is considered to be one of his greatest albums the couple divorced on June 29 1977 he embarked on a year-long world tour in 1978 in which he was accompanied by an eight-piece band and three backing singers he performed concerts in Japan Europe in the United States giving a total of 114 

shows this tour earned him more than 20 million dollars the album slow train coming out in 1979 peaked at number one in Australia over the 1980s he took to tutoring more and often collaborated with other musicians and bands he toured extensively with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during 1986 87 

he formed a relationship with the singer Carolyn Dennis which resulted in the birth of a daughter he married Carolyn on June 4th 1986 some of his biggest albums of the period include infidels 1983 knocked out loaded 1986 and no mercy 1989 he continued performing throughout the

1990s though he was no longer one of the top musicians but he surprised his dissenters by producing the album time out of mind in 1997 which went on to win three Grammy Awards including album of the Year award their marriage to ended in divorce on October 1992 ever the music lover he still keeps active and released the album tempest in 2012 his album blonde on blonde was one of his

first major hits it peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and number three in the United Kingdom he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom the highest civilian award of the United States in May 2012 Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition take care of all your memories for you cannot relive them said Bob Dylan you.