Robert Allen Zimmerman was born 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil Co. Six years later the family moved to Hibbing, often the coldest place in the US, where he taught himself piano and guitar and formed several high school rock bands. In 1959 he entered the University of Minnesota and began performing as Bob Dylan at clubs in Minneapolis and St...See full bio »
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Eve of Destruction
(2012)
(writer: "The Times They Are a-Changin'" - uncredited / performer: "The Times They Are a-Changin'" - uncredited)
2012Schilf
(writer: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue")
2012Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
(documentary)
(music: "Meet Me In the Morning", "Mr Tambourine Man" / lyrics: "Meet Me In the Morning", "Mr Tambourine Man")
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Cançons per canviar el món
(2012)
(writer: "Blowin' in the Wind", "The Times They Are a-Changin'" / performer: "Blowin' in the Wind", "The Times They Are a-Changin'")
2011The Music Never Stopped
(writer: "I Threw It All Away", "Desolation Row", "Mr. Tambourine Man" / performer: "I Threw It All Away", "Desolation Row", "Mr. Tambourine Man")
2011Sing Your Song
(documentary)
(writer: "Blowin' in the Wind", "The Times They Sre A Changi'")
2011Bombay Beach
(documentary)
(writer: "Moonshiner outtake", "Tomorrow Is A Long Time", "Series Of Dreams" / performer: "Moonshiner outtake", "Tomorrow Is A Long Time", "Series Of Dreams")
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1965-1966
(2007)
(writer: "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Masters of War", "Girl from the North Country" / performer: "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Girl from the North Country")
2007I'm Not There.
(writer: "Goin' to Acapulco", "Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "I'm Not There", "Ballad of a Thin Man", "All Along the Watchtower", "Idiot Wind", "When the Ship Comes in", "The Times They Are A-Changin'", "Like a Rolling Stone", "Nashville Skyline Rag", "Positively 4th Street", "Tombstone Blues", "Trouble in Mind", "Pressing On", "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll", "Cold Irons Bound", "Moonshiner", "I Want You", "I'll Keep It with Mine", "Visions of Johanna", "Fourth Time Around", "Keep It with Mine Instrumental", "Corrina, Corrina", "Blind Willie McTell", "Maggie's Farm", "Temporary Like Achilles", "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "Simple Twist of Fate", "Billy 1", "Man in the Long Black Coat", "One More Cup of Coffee Valley Below", "High Water For Charley Patton", "Ballad of Hollis Brown", "Bunkhouse Theme", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" / performer: "Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "Idiot Wind", "Like a Rolling Stone", "Nashville Skyline Rag", "I'm Not There", "Positively 4th Street", "Trouble in Mind", "Moonshiner", "I Want You", "I'll Keep It with Mine", "Visions of Johanna", "Keep It with Mine Instrumental", "Corrina, Corrina", "Blind Willie McTell", "Temporary Like Achilles", "Simple Twist of Fate", "Man in the Long Black Coat", "One More Cup of Coffee Valley Below", "High Water For Charley Patton", "Cold Irons Bound", "Mr. Tambourine Man")
2006Lady in the Water
(writer: "Tangled Up in Blue", "Gates of Eden", "Every Grain of Sand", "Maggie's Farm", "Times They are a Changin'" / performer: "Tangled Up in Blue", "Gates of Eden")
2006Salvador (Puig Antich)
(writer: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" / performer: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door")
2006Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
(video)
(writer: "Every Grain of Sand", "When He Returns", "Gotta Serve Somebody", "I Believe in You", "Are You Ready", "Solid Rock", "Saving Grace", "What Can I Do For You?", "In the Garden", "Pressing On", "Saved", "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking Alternate Version" / performer: "When He Returns")
2005Les prisonniers de Beckett
(documentary)
(writer: "Not Dark Yet", "I Shall be Released", "Trust Yourself", "What Was It You Wanted", "Death Is Not The End" / performer: "Not Dark Yet", "I Shall be Released", "Trust Yourself", "What Was It You Wanted", "Death Is Not The End")
2005Embedded
(video)
(writer: "Master of War" / performer: "Master of War")
2005North Country
(writer: "Tell Ol' Bill", "Girl Of The North Country", "Lay, Lady, Lay", "Do Right To Me Baby Do Unto Others", "Sweetheart Like You", "Paths of Victory" / performer: "Tell Ol' Bill", "Lay, Lady, Lay", "Do Right To Me Baby Do Unto Others", "Sweetheart Like You")
2005Walk the Line
(writer: "It Ain't Me Babe", "Highway '61 Revisited" / performer: "Highway '61 Revisited")
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2005)
(writer: "Like a Rolling Stone", "Little Richard", "When I Got Troubles", "Teen Love Serenade", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat", "Rambler, Gambler", "Desolation Row", "Song to Woody", "Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues", "Sally Gal", "Hard Times in New York Town", "Let Me Die In My Footsteps", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", "Ballad of a Thin Man", "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", "Masters of War", "Oxford Town", "Only a Pawn in Their Game", "With God on Our Side", "When the Ship Comes In", "Talkin' World War III Blues", "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall", "Chimes of Freedom", "All I Really Want to Do", "It's Alright, Ma I'm Only Bleeding", "Gates of Eden", "It Ain't Me, Babe", "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Maggie's Farm", "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream", "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", "Percy's Song", "Love Is Just a Four Letter Word", "Like a Rolling Stone Session Outtakes", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Desolation Row Session Outtakes", "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry", "Tell Me, Momma", "Visions of Johanna", "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" / performer: "Like a Rolling Stone", "Little Richard", "When I Got Troubles", "Teen Love Serenade", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Muleskinner Blues", "Streets of Glory", "Johnny I Hardly Knew You", "KC Moan", "Jesus Christ", "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat", "Ramblin' Round", "Rambler, Gambler", "Baby Please Don't Go", "Dink's Song", "Desolation Row", "This Land Is Your Land", "Man of Constant Sorrow", "Song to Woody", "Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues", "Sally Gal", "House Of The Risin' Sun", "Fixin' to Die Blues", "Baby Let Me Follow You Down", "Hard Times in New York Town", "Let Me Die In My Footsteps", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", "Ballad of a Thin Man", "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", "Masters of War", "Oxford Town", "Only a Pawn in Their Game", "With God on Our Side", "When the Ship Comes In", "Talkin' World War III Blues", "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall", "Chimes of Freedom", "All I Really Want to Do", "It's Alright, Ma I'm Only Bleeding", "Gates of Eden", "It Ain't Me, Babe", "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Maggie's Farm", "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream", "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", "Like a Rolling Stone Session Outtakes", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Desolation Row Session Outtakes", "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry", "Tell Me, Momma", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Visions of Johanna", "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" / arranger: "Streets of Glory", "KC Moan", "Dink's Song", "Man of Constant Sorrow", "House Of The Risin' Sun", "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" / courtesy: "Muleskinner Blues", "Johnny I Hardly Knew You", "Jesus Christ")
2005Aurora Borealis
(writer: "Everything Is Broken" / performer: "Everything Is Broken")
2005The Wendell Baker Story
(writer: "When I Paint My Masterpiece", "Wanted Man", "I'll Keep It with Mine", "Every Grain of Sand" / performer: "I'll Keep It with Mine", "Every Grain of Sand")
2005Be Cool
(writer: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" / performer: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door")
2005The Ballad of Jack and Rose
(writer: "Boots of Spanish Leather" 1963, "Shooting Star" 1989, "One More Cup of Coffee" 1975 / performer: "Boots of Spanish Leather" 1963, "Shooting Star" 1989, "One More Cup of Coffee" 1975)
2005Why We Fight
(documentary)
(performer: "Not Dark Yet" - uncredited)
2003Masked and Anonymous
(writer: "My Back Pages", "Blowin' in the Wind", "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall", "It Ain't Me Babe", "Come Una Pietra Scalciata" "Like a Rolling Stone", "Blind Willie McTell", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "He Was a Friend of Mine", "Most of the Time", "Non Dirle Che Non è Così" "If You See Her, Say Hello", "On a Night Like This", "The Times They Are A-Changin'", "Not Dark Yet", "One More Cup of Coffee", "Señor" Tales of Yankee Power, "Tangled Up in Blue", "Down in the Flood", "Diamond Joe", "Dixie", "I'll Remember You", "Drifter's Escape", "Dirt Road Blues", "Watching the River Flow", "Cold Irons Bound" / performer: "Blind Willie McTell", "He Was a Friend of Mine", "Not Dark Yet", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Down in the Flood", "Diamond Joe", "Dixie", "I'll Remember You", "Drifter's Escape", "Dirt Road Blues", "Watching the River Flow", "Cold Irons Bound")
2003The Boys of 2nd Street Park
(TV documentary)
(writer: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" / performer: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue")
2001Monster's Ball
(writer: "License to Kill" 1983 / performer: "License to Kill" 1983)
2001Last Party 2000
(documentary)
(writer: "The Times They Are A'Changin'" - uncredited)
2001Bandits
(writer: "All the Tired Horses" 1970, "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" 2001 / performer: "All the Tired Horses" 1970, "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" 2001)
2001The Royal Tenenbaums
(writer: "Wigwam", "Billy - Main Title" / performer: "Wigwam", "Billy - Main Title")
2000Honest
(performer: "Rainy Day Women", "Love Minus Zero", "4th Time Around", "One of Us Must Know")
2000High Fidelity
(writer: "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You", "Most of the Time" / performer: "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You", "Most of the Time")
2000Steal This Movie
(writer: "My Back Pages", "It's All Over Now Baby Blue")
2000Wonder Boys
(writer: "Buckets of Rain", "Not Dark Yet", "Shooting Star", "Things Have Changed" / performer: "Buckets of Rain", "Not Dark Yet", "Shooting Star", "Things Have Changed")
1999The '60s
(TV movie)
(writer: "Like A Rolling Stone", "The Times They Are A-Changing" / performer: "Like A Rolling Stone", "Mr. Tamborine Man", "Love Minus Zero", "Chimes of Freedom")
1999A Walk on the Moon
(writer: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" 1965 / performer: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" 1965)
1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(writer: "Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again" / performer: "Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again")
1998Another Day in Paradise
(writer: "One More Cup of Coffee", "Every Grain of Sand" / performer: "Every Grain of Sand")
1996Hollow Reed
(writer: "I Shall Be Released", "The Mighty Quinn Quinn the Eskimo" / performer: "I Shall Be Released", "The Mighty Quinn Quinn the Eskimo")
1994L'eau froide
(writer: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" / performer: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door")
1994Forrest Gump
(writer: "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" 1966 / performer: "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" 1966 / "Blowin' In The Wind" 1962, "All Along The Watchtower" 1967)
1987Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(TV documentary)
(writer: "I SHALL BE RELEASED", "A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL" / performer: "A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL")
1987Five Corners
(music: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" / lyrics: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" / performer: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" / courtesy: "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
1987Hamburger Hill
(writer: "Subterranean Homesick Blues")
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Hard Travelling
(1986)
(arranger: "Song to Woody" - uncredited)
1986Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
(video documentary)
(writer: "Into The Garden", "Just Like A Woman", "Like A Rolling Stone", "It's All Right Ma I'm Only Bleeding", "Girl From The North Country", "Lenny Bruce Is Dead", "Ballad Of A Thin Man", "I'll Remember You", "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" / performer: "Into The Garden", "Just Like A Woman", "Like A Rolling Stone", "It's All Right Ma I'm Only Bleeding", "Girl From The North Country", "Lenny Bruce Is Dead", "Ballad Of A Thin Man", "I'll Remember You", "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door")
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Second Stanza
(1978)
(writer: "Just Like a Woman")
1978The Last Waltz
(documentary)
(performer: "Forever Young", "Baby Let Me Follow You Down")
1978A Death in Canaan
(TV movie)
(writer: "Blowin' in the Wind" - uncredited)
1978Coming Home
(writer: "Just Like a Woman" 1966 / performer: "Just Like a Woman" 1966)
1978Renaldo and Clara
(writer: "I Want You", "It Ain't Me, Babe", "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", "Ballad in Plain D", "What Will You Do When Jesus Comes", "She Belongs to Me", "If You See Her, Say Hello", "One Too Many Mornings", "Patty's Gone to Laredo", "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "Blowin' in the Wind", "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry", "Tangled Up In Blue", "Romance in Durango", "One More Cup Of Coffee Valley Below", "Sara", "I Shall Be Released" / performer: "When I Paint My Masterpiece", "Isis", "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall", "Kaw-Liga", "Hurricane", "I Want You", "Little Moses", "It Ain't Me, Babe", "People Get Ready", "What Will You Do When Jesus Comes", "She Belongs to Me", "If You See Her, Say Hello", "One Too Many Mornings", "Patty's Gone to Laredo", "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "The Water is Wide", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry", "Tangled Up In Blue", "Mississippi Blues", "House of the Rising Sun", "Romance in Durango", "Never Let Me Go", "One More Cup Of Coffee Valley Below", "Sara", "I Shall Be Released")
Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
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Trivia:
Said that when he performs "All Along the Watchtower," he thinks of it as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Although Dylan was the song's original writer, Hendrix's cover is the best known version of the song.
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