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Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) was born May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. Robert’s family owned a hardware store and house in the beautiful town of Hibbing, Minnesota. All of Robert’s life he wanted to be in the band of Little Richard who was a great black rock singer. When Robert was a freshman in high school, he made a garage band called the “Golden Chords”. He played with the “Golden Chords” until he moved to New York in 1961. This was when he changed his name to Bob Dylan. He lived in Greenwich Village where people loved to here his folk music in coffee houses. Before getting money from record deals, he played at Washington Square for fun and to get some money from people who loved his music. Now known as Bob Dylan, he met a man named John Hamnond. John worked with Columbia Records. He made Bob Dylan popular with his debut in 1962 and made his 1963 hit “Free Wheelin’” possible. Bob Dylan wrote many kinds of songs. He wrote folk music and always based the songs on things that were going on around the country. Then he would make them into poetic language. Bob Dylan always loved folk music, especially folk music by Woodie Guthrie. In the 1965 Newport Festivals, the public booed Bob Dylan when he first played his folk rock music with electric guitars instead of the usual acoustic guitar and harmonica. Bob Dylan has written many very popular songs such as “Mr. Tambourine man” “ Like a Rolling Stone” “ The Times They are a Changin’” and “ Just like a Woman”. Many people look up to Bob Dylan - even the famous singer and artist Bruce Springsteen. Now about four decades later Bob Dylan is still inspiring people all over the country. He also continues to put on concerts and be a great musician. By Timmy

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