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'''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>
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'''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.
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