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"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released as a single in November 1975. It was also included on Dylan's 1976 album Desire as its opening track. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (1937–2014).
"Joey" is an epic story-song from Bob Dylan's 1975 album Desire.It was written by Dylan and Jacques Levy, who collaborated with Dylan on most of the songs on the album.Like another long song on the album, "Hurricane", "Joey" is biographical.
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer–songwriter, author, poet, and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for more than five decades. Many major recording artists have covered Dylan's material, some even increasing a song's popularity as is the case with the Byrds ' cover version of " Mr ...
Song to Woody: Dylan: Bob Dylan: 1962: 2012: Soon After Midnight: Dylan: Tempest: 2012: 1964: Spanish Harlem Incident: Dylan: Another Side of Bob Dylan: 1964: N/A Spanish Mary Dylan, Giddens Unreleased N/A Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes: 1967: The Spanish ...
[8] Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin considers the song to be a "ditty dredged up from the bottom of the barrel," "ghastly" and "the weakest song on Desire." [2] [9] "Mozambique" was also released as a single as a follow-up to the Top 40 hit "Hurricane" and it reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100. [10]
In 1961, 19-year-old Robert Allen Zimmerman dropped out of college in his native Minnesota, made a pilgrimage to New York City to meet his folk music idol Woody Guthrie, and decided to become, in ...
Ever since its release, the song has been influential to people's views on society, with critics noting the universal lyrics as contributing to the song's lasting message of change. According to Dylan's official website, between 1963 and 2009 he performed the song 633 times, which makes it his 23rd most-performed song as of June 2023. [ 4 ]
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; [3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, [4] [5] [6] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career.