Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan original name was Robert Allen Zimmerman. Robert was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. Son of Abraham Zimmerman and Beatrice Stone (Beatty Zimmerman). Six years after Robert was born his family moved to Hibbing. Hibbing, Minnesota was were Robert grew up. He lived on 2425 7th Avenue East, a street renamed named "Dylan Drive". Dylan graduated from the historic Hibbing High School in 1959.

Early Career
 Bob Dylan was a central architect of the 60s folk-rock movement. In his youth he absorbed the influences of country and folk traditionalists; as a teenager, he was swept up in the excitement of early rock & roll music and began performing on piano and guitar in bands with his schoolmates. Late in 1959 Dylan enrolled in the University of Minnesota, but his love of music soon overpowered any academic ambitions and the following year, after spending a summer in Denver honing his stage persona, he dropped out and moved to New York to immerse himself in its incipient folk-revival scene. While in New York he also sought out his hero Woody Guthrie, spending as much time as he could at the ailing musicians bedside.

Family
Son of Abraham Zimmerman and Beatrice Stone (Beatty Zimmerman).
Has a brother named David Zimmerman.
1985: Daughter Desiree Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan born. Mother is gospel-rock vocalist Carol Dennis, a backup singer who formerly worked with him and who he secretly married.
Spouse
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Carolyn Dennis	(4 June 1986 - October 1992) (divorced) 1 child
Sara Dylan	(22 November 1965 - 29 June 1977) (divorced) 4 children

Awards

• 1982: Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
• Awarded a 2008 Pulitzer Prize (Special Citation "for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power"). He is the first rock or folk musical artist to win this prestigious honor.
• Voted the seventh greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008.
• His Album "Modern Times" (2006) was voted the 8th Best Album of the Decade by Rolling Stone Magazine.
• His Album "Love and Theft" (2001) was voted the 11th Best Album of the Decade by Rolling Stone Magazine.
• He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts on February 25, 2010 in Washington D.C. for his services and contributions to the arts.
• 1991: Awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammies.

When he inducted Bob Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, Bruce Springsteen recalled riding in the car with his mom and hearing "Like a Rolling Stone" for the first time.