Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota, is an American singer-songwriter whose compositions transformed popular music and earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Dylan wrote hundreds of original songs across folk, rock, blues, and country idioms, beginning with his 1962 debut and continuing through late-career albums like Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft. His most iconic compositions include Blowin' in the Wind, The Times They Are a-Changin', Like a Rolling Stone, and Tangled Up in Blue. On AllSolos, Dylan is represented by Knockin' On Heaven's Door, originally written for the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, which became one of rock's most widely covered songs. Dylan's writing fused poetic ambition with folk and rock traditions, influencing generations of songwriters across virtually every popular genre.
