Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter, author, musician, poet, and, of late, disc jockey Bob Dylan is without a doubt the most influential and covered solo musician in pop music history. No other artist except for The Beatles (who were also influenced by Dylan) has made more impact on the direction and evolution of pop music. Dylan has been composing and performing songs for six decades and continues to release both commercially successful and critically acclaimed material to this day. Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, MN on May 24, 1941, and spent much of his childhood listening to the ra…