![]() ![]() So we may forgive you for thinking Manfred Mann (later Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) wrote it, as their version reached # 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1968. “ Come on without / Come on within / You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn.” you probably sang along to British band Manfred Mann covering this number. But the number was from Dylan’s “ New Morning” album and released as a single in 1970. charting version of the song, in 1971.īeatle George put the song on his triple album “ All Things Must Pass” in 1970. Most people of a certain age think of George Harrison when they hear this.īut Olivia Newton-John’s tender recording is exceptional. It appeared as a single in 1979 and is on the Bob Dylan album titled: Bob Dylan at Budokan. The lyrics reflect the Book of Numbers in the Holy Bible. In fact, even though the Hendrix version was released six months after Dylan’s original, it was his rendition that became one of Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time.īob wrote this as a lullaby for his eldest son, Jesse, born in 1966. Taken from the 1967 album John Wesley Harding, Dylan’s number is so markedly identified with the Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland experience that it is difficult to separate them. This is the best Jimi Hendrix number he didn’t write. But it’s a Dylan number.Īll Along the Watchtower All Along the Watchtower The Byrds even used the title for their debut album, released in 1965, that is often cited as the first folk rock record. The recording of this song by The Byrds influenced the popularisation of the jangle pop subgenre. It is derived from a traditional American song first published by “blind” Dick Burnett, a folk musician and songwriter from Kentucky.īut although the Bluegrass duo The Stanley Brothers made the song popular in the 1950s, the Tyminski’s version encompasses arrangements established by Dylan in 1961. Man of Constant Sorrow Man of Constant SorrowĪfter the success of the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? starring the Soggy Bottom Boys, everyone was playing Dan Tyminski’s version of this old number. ![]() Legendary singer-songwriter BOB DYLAN released 39 studio albums since his first self-titled album was released in 1962, with over ninety singles, over two dozen extended works, fifty music videos, twelve live albums, fifteen volumes comprising The Bootleg Series, nineteen album compilations, fourteen box sets, seven soundtracks as top contributor, five music home videos, and two non-music home videos. So here are eight more songs you didn’t know were Bob Dylan’s… ![]() But what about Desolation Row by My Chemical Romance? The theme from the 2009 movie, Watchmen? That’s his too.” “ Did you know that Wagon Wheel from the Old Crow Medicine Show is one of Bob Dylan’s?” yelled my wife at the weekend. ![]()
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