Bob Dylan

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Performer

Inducted: 1988

Inducted by: Bruce Springsteen

Nominated: 1988

First Eligible: 1988 Ceremony


Kennedy Center Honors: 1997
Songwriters Hall of Fame: 1982

Induction Ceremony Songs:

SongPerformed By
Like a Rolling Stone  Bob Dylan & The Rock Hall Jam Band

Inducted into Rock Hall Revisited in 1988 (ranked #5) .

R.S. Top 500 Albums (?)RankVersion
Blood on the Tracks92020
Highway 61 Revisited182020
Blonde on Blonde382020
Bringing It All Back Home1812020
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan2552020
The Basement Tapes3352020
John Wesley Harding3372020
Love and Theft4112020
Highway 61 Revisited42012
Blonde on Blonde92012
Blood on the Tracks162012
Bringing It All Back Home312012
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan972012
Desire1742012
Modern Times2042012
The Basement Tapes2922012
John Wesley Harding3032012
Love and Theft3852012
Time Out of Mind4102012

R.S. Top 500 Songs (?)RankVersion
Like a Rolling Stone (1965)42021
Tangled Up in Blue (1975)672021
Desolation Row (1965)832021
Blowin' in the Wind (1963)1002021
Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)1642021
Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)1872021
Visions of Johanna (1966)3172021

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Bob Dylan (1962)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Blonde On Blonde (1966)
John Wesley Harding (1967)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Blood On The Tracks (1975)
The Basement Tapes (1975)
Desire (1976)
Time Out Of Mind (1997)
Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Love And Theft (2001)
Modern Times (2006)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (1963)
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall (1963)
Masters Of War (1963)
Blowin' In The Wind (1963)
The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964)
Desolation Row (1965)
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1965)
Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
Maggie's Farm (1965)
Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)
Positively 4th Street (1965)
Like A Rolling Stone (1965)
Just Like A Woman (1966)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (1966)
Visions of Johanna (1966)
All Along The Watchtower (1967)
Lay Lady Lay (1969)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1973)
Forever Young (1974)
Tangled Up In Blue (1975)
Hurricane (1976)
Things Have Changed (2000)

Bob Dylan @ Wikipedia



Comments

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Bruce Springsteen once said this about Bob Dylan's influence on him: "Bob freed your mind the way Elvis freed your body." He is the uncontested poet of the rock and roll era and the pre-eminent singer/songwriter for the past four decades.

Whether singing a political protest song, creating a new genre of rock or delivering one of his abstract compositions, Dylan had a rare ability reach and affect listeners with thoughtful lyrics.

As a songwriter, he pioneered several different forms of songwriting, from confessional singing to winding, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a singer, he shattered the notion that a performer had to have a good voice in order to perform, thus redefining the singer's role in rock and roll. As a musician, he created several new genres of rock music, particularly folk rock and country rock.

He redesigned the folk scene in the early 60s by turning away from traditional songs and writing his own songs, brought in the maturation of rock when he went electric in 1965, and brought together rock and country by the end of the decade. And that is just the tip of the musical iceberg. His force as a songwriter was evident at the peak of his popularity in the 60s as the Beatles' move toward introspective songwriting would not have happened without him.

While he has played the role of a renegade throughout much of his career, Bob has always reminded the rock community of the music's roots by returning to them. With songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Tangled Up in Blue", he has provided a soundtrack on our restlessness and with his biting, cryptic lyrics served to capture and define the feelings of a generation. For all this, he has been called a spokesman and yet, Bob won't admit to being a poet, rather seeing himself as a trapeze artist.

By the time of his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, Bob's massive influence on folk and rock had been completed as singers and bands from Crosby, Stills and Nash and Jefferson Airplane to Tom Petty and Jackson Browne have drawn from Dylan's singing and lyrics.

Keep it going, Bob!

Posted by Andrew on Sunday, 03/10/2013 @ 23:29pm


1: Highway 61 Revisited
2: Blood On The Tracks
3: Blonde On Blonde
4: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
5: Bringing It All Back Home
6: The Times They Are A-Changin'
7: Bob Dylan
8: Another Side Of Bob Dylan
9: Time Out Of Mind/Love And Theft

Notable: John Wesley Harding, Desire, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Posted by GFW on Monday, 05/6/2013 @ 04:18am


I think Hurricane must be listed under 1975 (for the single) and not under 1976 (for the apparition on the album Desire)

Posted by Florian on Friday, 10/25/2013 @ 09:14am


I think Hurricane must be listed under 1975 (for the single) and not under 1976 (for the apparition on the album Desire)

Posted by Florian on Friday, 10/25/2013 @ 09:15am


I never understood why Bob Dylan is considered such a great songwriter. Most of his lyrics are plane and simple. He sucks! I can't stand Bob Dylan! I don't like his voice! I don't like his music! I don't like the way he looks! He annoys the hell out of me! An annoying wart that won't go away. He always looks like he's on drugs and about to fall over! Leonard Cohen is a much better writer, a better performer, and he's much better looking. He stands up straight and sits up straight. He's a better dresser and knows how to present himself in public. Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld so I can sigh eternally. Leonard Cohen is a genius.

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 11/13/2013 @ 18:04pm


There is a new Leonard Cohen tribute album coming out and it's called...

...Because We Can't Stand Bob Dylan: A Tribute To The Music Of Leonard Cohen

No, not really!

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 11/14/2013 @ 08:07am


I prefer Leonard Cohen over Bob Dylan.

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 11/16/2013 @ 08:23am


Bob Johnston RIP

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 00:29am


Overrated!

Posted by Roy on Monday, 04/25/2016 @ 22:08pm


All you naysayers need to shut up! He was the first highly interesting musician in rock n' roll, and that's final!

Posted by Luke Madigan on Monday, 05/8/2017 @ 16:22pm


Eat sht, Bob Dylan! Fck you!

-Howard Stern

I agree!

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 15:42pm


Roy,
Agree to that why?
It’s just a silly comment.

Posted by Mark on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 16:42pm


I hate Bob Dylan! The most annoying person who ever walked the face of the earth!

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 16:56pm


Overrated dribble. Affirmative-action for past pogrom-sufferers

Posted by Bill DeBlasio on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 18:08pm


Bob Dylan is overrated! Bob Dylan sucks! I hate Bob Dylan!

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 20:45pm


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