55 years ago today, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” album was first released. His second album, it showcased a quantum leap in Dylan’s songwriting talent that propelled him to international fame, with songs like Blowin’ in the Wind; Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right; and, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall. The LP established this Minnesota youth as the leader of the singer-songwriter tribe, and a musical muse for the 60s protest movement. The disk even went to No.1 on the UK charts. WATCH a cool video of Top 10 Bob Dylan Songs… (1963)
(Video contains references to drugs)
MORE Good News on this Day in History:
- Rachel Carson, ecologist and author of the best-selling 1962 book about the dangers of pesticides, Silent Spring, which became one of the most influential books in the modern environmental movement, was born in Pennsylvania. (1907)
- The Golden Gate Bridge opened to pedestrian traffic,…
