Bob Dylan

 Robert Allen Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil Co. Six years later, the family relocated to Hibbing typically the coldest place in the US, where he taught himself guitar and piano, and formed various high school rock bands. He entered the University of Minnesota in 1959 and began playing in venues in Minneapolis, St. Paul as Bob Dylan. The following year , he travelled to New York, performed in Greenwich Village folk clubs, and spent much time in the hospital room of his idol Woody Guthrie. Columbia signed him late in 1961, and released his debut album, which included two of his own songs. The following year, "The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan" was released with all original songs, including the 1960s hit "Blowinin the Wind". Following a number of other notable recordings of folk/acoustic and Joan Baez he launched into an electric-acoustic style with 1965's "Bringing It All Back Home". This together with The Byrds cover of "Mr Tambourine Man", launched folk-rock. In the same year, the documentary Bob Dylan: Never Look Back (1967), was shot. The singer ended his relationship with Joan Baez and had already tied the knot with Sara Dylan (born Sara Lowndes) at the time of his death. He nearly died in a motorbike accident on 29 July 1966. Then he retreated to contemplate. Following more performances of hard rock, his next albums were mostly country. The career of the singer was in decline and critics were condemning it, Sam Peckinpah requested him to compose the music for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), which is more notable as a soundtrack than was a movie. The duo of The Band released their first top-selling album "Planet Waves" in 1