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The film showed footage of the Thanksgiving Day farewell concert for Dylan’s backing band.
1978 (during)
The single ‘Is Your Love in Vain?’ was released. It reached number 13 in the UK charts and number 38 in the US charts.
1990 (29th October)
The album ‘The Travelling Wilburys Vol 3’ was released by The Travelling Wilburys.
1955 (during)
Zimmerman and his friends Le Roy Hoiikkala and Monte Edwardson formed the group Golden Chords.
1956 (during)
Zimmerman began to drift away from the Golden Chords as he became fascinated by R&B music.
1957 (during)
Zimmerman began a relationship with Echo Helstrom, daughter of mechanic Matt Helstrom and his wife Martha.
It reached number 22 in the UK charts.
2001 (28th February)
The live album ‘Live 1961 – 2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert’ was released. It reached number 90 in the UK charts.
1983 (27th October)
The album ‘Infidels’ was released. It reached number 9 in the UK and number 39 in the US charts.
1965 (22nd March)
The album ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ was released.
It reached number 4 in the UK and number 3 in the US charts.
1965 (September)
The quarterly folk magazine ‘Sing Out!’ denounced Dylan’s use of electric instruments and his move away from a strict folk style.
1965 (7th September)
The single ‘Positively 4th Street’ was released. Some of the songs that appeared on the album include “Just Like a Woman,” “I Want You,” “Rainy Day Women #12 & #35” and “Visions of Johanna”.
Could that be you? “Bob Dylan” sells just 5,000 copies during its first year of release, prompting many at Columbia to consider dropping him.
Dylan’s second album, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” gets released. It reached number 21 in the UK and number 16 in the US charts.
2005 (15th November)
The live album ‘Live at Carnegie Hall 1963’ was released.
2006 (3rd May)
Bob Dylan began a weekly radio show entitled ‘Theme Time Radio Hour’ on XM Satellite Radio.
2006 (2nd June)
The compilation album ‘Blues’ was released.
2006 (29th August)
The Box Set ‘Bob Dylan: The Collection’ was released for iTunes download.
2006 (29th August)
The album ‘Modern Times’ was released.
It reached number 7 in the UK and number 1 in the US charts.
1974 (March)
The single ‘On a Night Like This’ was released. It reached number 8 in the UK and number 7 in the US charts.
1975 (November)
The single ‘Hurricane’, supporting boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter who had been wrongly imprisoned for murder, was released.
It reached number 41 in the UK charts.
2010 (19th October)
The compilation album ‘The Best of the Original Mono Recordings’ was released. Although it initially received critical reviews, the album has since been recognized as one of Dylan’s finest recordings. It reached number 1 in the UK and number 7 in the US charts.
2015 (6th November)
The album ‘The Bootleg Series Volume 12: The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965 – 1966’ was released.
It reached number 5 in the UK and number 7 in the US charts.
1969 (15th – 18th August)
Dylan turned down the opportunity to play at Woodstock.
1969 (29th – 31st August)
Dylan appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival.
1969 (October)
The single ‘Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You’ was released.
However, he regularly skipped classes preferring to spend his time in the coffeshops of Mineapolis.
1959 (Autumn)
Zimmerman began using the name Bob Dylan.
1960 (May)
Having attended hardly any classes, Dylan dropped out of University.
1961 (January)
Bob moved to New York City. However, ABC decided not to screen it considering it ‘too weird’.
1965 (24th September)
Dylan began a six month tour of America and Canada.
1965 (30th August)
The album ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ was released.
It reached number 1 in the UK and number 6 in the US charts.
1965 (June)
The single ‘Maggie’s Farm’ was released. It reached number 6 in the UK and number 27 in the US charts.
2019 (6th December)
The Box Set ‘The 50th Anniversary Collection 1969’ was released.
2020 (12th March)
It was announced that Dylan’s scheduled concerts were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2020 (27th March)
The single ‘Murder Most Foul’ was released.
It reached number 14 in the UK charts and number 11 in the US charts.
1991 (during)
Bob Dylan’s relationship with Ruth Tyrangiel ended after 17 years.
1991 (February)
Bob Dylan was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
1991 (Spring)
The single ‘Series of Dreams’ was released.
1991 (26th March)
The album ‘The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 – 3 (Rare and Unreleased) 1961 – 1991’ was released.
It reached number 56 in the UK charts.
1978 (20th February)
Bob Dylan began a 12 month world tour.
1978 (12th March)
The compilation album ‘Masterpieces’ was released in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
1978 (15th June)
The album ‘Street-Legal’ was released.