Bobby Zimmerman, right, who would become Bob Dylan, stands with two Hibbing children in a photograph taken about 1945.
Bobby Zimmerman, right, who would become Bob Dylan, stands with two Hibbing children in a photograph taken about 1945.
Bob Dylan was born as Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. His parents were Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice "Beatty" Stone Zimmerman. Bob Dylan's family played a significant role in shaping his early years, influencing his love for music and literature.
Bob Dylan performing with his college band in the late 1950s.
He moved to New York in 1961 — heavily influenced by Woody Guthrie and other American folk artists — and began to play at various clubs in the burgeoning folk music scene of Greenwich Village. Signed to Columbia Records by renowned A&R executive John Hammond in 1961, he released his self-titled debut album in 1962.