Legendary singer-songwriter who revolutionized folk music in the 1960's with albums such as The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde and songs such as "The Times They Are a-Changin'," "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Positively 4th Street."His 1975 protest song "Hurricane," telling the story of the wrongfully imprisoned African-American boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, is one of the most well known examples of activism through music.He sang a duet with the great Johnny Cash titled "Lay Lady Lay" in 1969.

BEFORE FAME

Born Robert Zimmerman, he changed his name to Dylan after the poet Dylan Thomas. He was born a Jew, but converted to Christianity. While studying at the University of Minnesota, he became more enthused with folk music than rock and roll.

PERSONAL LIFE

He married Sara Dylan on November 22, 1965; after their divorce on June 29, 1977, he married Carolyn Dennis on June 4, 1986. He has three daughters and three sons. One of his sons, Jakob, also became a singer and guitar player.

HISTORICAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF BOB DYLAN

1961-4-11 Bob Dylan makes his 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village

1961-7-29 Bob Dylan injured in car accident

1961-9-29 Bob Dylan's 1st recording session-backup harmonica for Caroline Hester

1962-9-22 Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall

1963-5-12 Bob Dylan walks out of the "Ed Sullivan Show"

1964-6-19 Bob Dylan completes UK tour

1965-6-15 Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone"

1965-7-24 Bob Dylan release "Like a Rolling Stone"

1965-8-28 Bob Dylan booed for playing electric guiter at a concert in New York's Forest Hills

1969-2-17 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album; it was never released.

1969-6-7 Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special

1969-8-2 Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minn 10th reunion

1970-6-9 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University

1974-9-16 Bob Dylan records Blood on the Tracks

1978-7-25 Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar

1979-10-20 Bob Dylan appears on "Saturday Night Live"

1997-5-28 Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis

The meaning of the name Dylan: Son Of The Sea

FUN FACTS

Folk Singer Bob Dylan were born on Saturday, birthstone is Emerald, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Snake, it is 140 days until Bob Dylan next birthday.