Bob Dylan

 Robert Allen Zimmerman was conceived in Duluth on May 24, 1941. His father, Abe, worked at Standard Oil Co. Sixteen years later, the family relocated to Hibbing. Hibbing is often described as the coldest place within the US. He learned piano and guitar, and also composed several high school groups. In 1959, he was accepted into the University of Minnesota and began singing in the role of Bob Dylan at clubs in Minneapolis and St. Paul. He went to New York the following year and performed at Greenwich Village folk clubs and spent a lot of time in the hospital along with Woody Guthrie. Late in 1961 Columbia signed him to a contract and in the year following, he released his debut album that contained two songs that were his own. Next year "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" appeared, with all original songs including the 1960s' anthem "Blowin In the Wind." After a string of other significant recordings of folk/acoustic and Joan Baez he launched into an electric/acoustic style in the year 1965's "Bringing It All Back Home". This as well as The Byrds cover of "Mr Tambourine Man" was the first step in the development of folk-rock. In the same year, the documentary Bob Dylan: Never Look Back (1967), was shot. He broke up with his love affair with Joan Baez and had already tied the knot with Sara Dylan (born Sara Lowndes) by the end. He almost died in a motorbike crash on the 29th July of 1966. He then retreated to reflect. Then he returned to the hard rock scene and played more.