| − | '''Bob Dylan''' (born '''Robert Allen Zimmerman''') (b. May 24, 1941) is an [[America]]n folk rock singer, singer-songwriter, poet, and painter, who is known for his nasally vocals and harmonica playing. He is one of the towering figures of 20th century popular music. He was also an influential figure in 1960's [[counter-culture]].<ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19789/m1/</ref> He is by far the most-cited songwriter in American judicial opinions, as in his lyric "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."<ref>from Subterranean Homesick Blues, on Bringing it All Back Home (Columbia 1965), this lyric is cited by courts as a guide when an expert is not required in litigation. ''See, e.g.'', ''Ball v. Posey'', 176 Cal. App. 3d 1209, 1215, 222 Cal. Rptr. 746, 749 (1986). At the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] level, Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] once copied a line of Bob Dylan's lyrics without attributing credit to him.</ref> | + | '''Bob Dylan''' (born '''Robert Allen Zimmerman''') (b. May 24, 1941) is considered the greatest songwriter ever,<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/lists-100-greatest-songwriters/#bob-dylan</ref> and as a singer is known for his nasally vocals and harmonica playing. He is one of the towering figures of 20th century popular music. He was also an influential figure in 1960's [[counter-culture]].<ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19789/m1/</ref> He is by far the most-cited songwriter in American judicial opinions, as in his lyric "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."<ref>from Subterranean Homesick Blues, on Bringing it All Back Home (Columbia 1965), this lyric is cited by courts as a guide when an expert is not required in litigation. ''See, e.g.'', ''Ball v. Posey'', 176 Cal. App. 3d 1209, 1215, 222 Cal. Rptr. 746, 749 (1986). At the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] level, Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] once copied a line of Bob Dylan's lyrics without attributing credit to him.</ref> |
| | Dylan, a convert to [[Christianity]], has affected music and culture for five decades. He won the [[Nobel Prize]] in literature in 2016. | | Dylan, a convert to [[Christianity]], has affected music and culture for five decades. He won the [[Nobel Prize]] in literature in 2016. |