Annotation
Bob is a member of SESAC, with member #102201
ASCAP has two listings for Bob Dylan: 1 and 2.
The following works are not Bob Dylan works:
* Abraham's Altar - fake
* Apollo's Love - fake
* As It Is Before - by Earth Opera, not Dylan
* Babylon - actual title is "Belchezaar", by Johnny Cash
* Bacon Fat - written and performed by The Band, without Dylan
* Be Careful of Stones That You Throw - traditional, not by Dylan
* Butcher's Crew - fake
* Celebration for a Passage of Time - by Earth Opera, not Dylan
* Coast to Coast Blues - "Barry Goldberg" is *not* a pseudonym for Bob Dylan
* Cow Pie (or anything else related to The Masked Marauders) - the voice is a Bob Dylan impersonator, and Dylan did not write anything on that album
* Daddy’s Going on One More Ride - by Shel Silverstein
* Death by Fire - by Earth Opera, not Dylan
* Death Letter Blues - traditional, not by Dylan
* Forever My Darling - actual title is "Pledging My Love", by Ferdinand Washington & Don Robey
* Friday - hoax; actually by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson
* If You Think I've Lost You (You're As Wrong As Can Be) - by Jerry West, some liners had a misprint incorrectly crediting it to Dylan
* I’ll Be Around - actual title is "I'm Glad I Got to See You Once Again", by Don Gibson, not by Dylan (and not by Alex Wilder, as some sources claim)
* I'm Glad I Got to See You Once Again - by Don Gibson
* I Need Your Love - by Bobby Dee Waxman
* I Wish It Would Rain - by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Roger Penzabene
* Mad Lydia's Waltz - by Earth Opera, not Dylan
* Mr. Ragamuffin Man - actual title is "Ragamuffin Man", by Manfred Mann
* No Compassion - fake
* One More Time - actual title is "Daddy's Going On One More Ride", by Shel Silverstein
* One More Year - actual title is "(One More Year of) Daddy's Little Girl", by Hazel Smith
* Pneumonia Ceilings - hoax; this supposed 1966 Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney collaboration never actually happened.
* Police State - hoax, non-existant work
* Prisoner of Love - hoax; supposedly from the "The Masked Marauders" release, but this song never existed. Not to be confused with another song also titled "Prisoner of Love", which has not been confirmed, but was supposed to have been written and recorded in 1987 as a collaboration between Dylan and Bono.
* Ramblin' Woman Blues - aka "Ramblin' Woman"; by George Harrison, not Dylan
* Rio - hoax, Dylan had no involvement with this song; by Michael Nesmith
* Snow Over Interstate 80 - hoax, non-existant work
* Stormy Season - hoax, non-existant work
* Stuck Inside the Twilight Zone - hoax
* Talkin' Lobbyist - actual title is "Talkin' Inflation Blues", by Tom Glazer
* The Big Flood - actual title is "Tupelo", by John Lee Hooker
* The Fire Starter - fake
* The Iron Lady - by Phil Ochs
* Time and Again - by Earth Opera, not Dylan
* Titus Andronicus - hoax
* To Care At All - by Earth Opera, not Dylan
* Up On The Hill - fake
* When a Fellow's Out of a Job - by Grant Rogers & John Barnes
* When You Give Me Your Love - hoax, non-existant work
* When You Were Full of Wonder - by Earth Opera, not Dylan
* Woodstock Yule - hoax; non-existant song
* We Just Disagree - by J. Krueger
* Snakeskin Blues - hoax
* Still the Same - by Bob Seger, not Bob Dylan
* Fear, Hate, Envy, and Jealousy - by Art Neville & Cyril Neville
* The Fire Starter - hoax
* Freewheelin' - hoax
* Runnin' - by Floyd Tillman
* Hard Times Blues - hoax; not to be confused with Hard Times or Hard Times in New York Town
* (High on a) Mountain of Love - by Harold Dorman
Work info for works not yet listed for Bob Dylan:
Composers:
* 900 Miles - writer: traditional
* A-11 - writer: Hank Cochran
* Acne - writer: Eric Von Schmidt
* A Fool Such As I - writer: Bill Trader
* Alligator Man - writer: Jimmy ‘C’ Newman & Floyd Chance
* Annie’s Going To Sing Her Song - writer: Tom Paxton
* Annie’s Song - writer: John Denver
* Ballad Of Ira Hayes - writer: Peter LaFarge
* Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw - writer: Bonnie Dodd
* Belshazzar - writer: Johnny Cash
* Big Boss Man - writer: Luther Dixon & Al Smith
* Black Muddy River - writer: Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia
* Blue Bonnet Girl - writer: Glenn Spencer
* Blue Monday - writer: Dave Bartholomew
* Blue Moon Of Kentucky - writer: Bill Monroe
* Boom Boom Mancini - writer: Warren Zevon
* Boppin’ The Blues - writer: Griffin & Perkins
* Branded Man - writer: Merle Haggard
* Bright Lights, Big City - writer: Jimmy Reed
* Buffalo Skinners - writer: Traditional, arranger: Woody Guthrie
* But I Forgive You - writer: Tampa Red
* Buzz, Buzz, Buzz - writer: Byrd & Gray
* Can’t Lose What You Ain’t ever Had - writer: McKinley Morganfield
* Carrying a Torch - writer: Van Morrison
* Carry Me Carrie - writer: Shel Silverstein
* Casey Jones - writer: Wallace Saunders & Lawrence Seibert
* Chain Gang - writer: Sam Cooke
* Come a Little Bit Closer - writer: Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart & Wes Farrell
* Come Back Baby (One More Time) - writer: Billy Lee Riley
* Crazy Love - writer: Van Morrison
* Crossroads - writer: Robert Johnson
* Cupid - writer: Sam Cooke
* Daddy’s Going On One More Ride - writer: Shel Silverstein
* Dear Mrs Roosevelt - writer: Woody Guthrie
* Death Letter Blues - writer: Son House
* Deep Elem Blues - writer: Traditional
* Devilish Mary - writer: Traditional & Bess Lomax Hawes
* Dire Wolf - writer: Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia
* Dizzy Miss Lizzy - writer: Larry Williams
* Doney Gal - writer: Traditional
* Don’t Go Home With Your Hard-On - writer: Leonard Cohen
* Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down - writer: Traditional
* Don’t Start Me Talkin’ - writer: Sonny Boy Williamson II
* Easy Loving - writer: Freddie Hart
* El Paso - writer: Marty Robbins
* Everybody’s Crying Mercy - writer: Mose Allison
* Fare Thee Well - writer: Traditional
* Fishin’ Blues - writer: Henry Thomas
* Five Feet High And Rising - writer: Johnny Cash
* Four Strong Winds - writer: Ian Tyson
* Get Out Of Denver - writer: Bob Seger
* Go Bring Me Back My Blue-Eyed Boy - writer: Traditional, arranged by Carl Sandburg
* Go Down, Moses - writer: Traditional
* Go Tell It On The Mountain - writer: Traditional
* Gotta Do My Time - writer: Unknown
* Go Way From My Window - writer: John Jacob Niles
* Grand Coulee Dam - writer: Woody Guthrie
* Hangknot, Slipknot - writer: Woody Guthrie
* Hava Negeilah - writer: Traditional
* Hazy Shade Of Winter - writer: Paul Simon
* Hello Stranger - writer: A.P. Carter
* Hills Of Mexico - writer: Traditional
* I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom - writer: Traditional
* I Can’t Turn You Loose - writer: Otis Redding
* I Don’t Hurt Anymore - writer: Don Robertson & Jack Rollins
* I Don’t Want To Hang Up My Rock ‘n’ Roll Shoes - writer: Chuck Willis
* If You Need Me - writer: Bateman & Pickett & Sanders
* Iko Iko - writer: James “Sugar Boy” Crawford
* I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man - writer: Willie Dixon
* I Want My Milk (I Want It Now) - writer: Woody Guthrie
* The Boxer - writer: Paul Simon
* The End Of The Innocence - writer: Don Henley & Bruce Hornsby
* The French Girl - writer: Ian Tyson & Sylvia Fricker
* The Girl I Left Behind - writer: Traditional
* The Great Divide - writer: Sara Carter Bayes
* The Harder They Come - writer: Jimmy Cliff
* The Heart That You Own - writer: Dwight Yoakam
* They Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Aroun’ - writer: Traditional
* I’m In The Mood / I’m In The Mood For Love - if from the Basement Tapes, it's I'm in the Mood. If it's from a bootleg of a show in the 1980's, it's I’m In The Mood For Love
* In the Summertime - if the recording is from a 1985 (often mislabeled 1984) recording session/outtake, it is this work by Ray Dorset. (There were 4 different takes of that song at that session. All are in circulation.) Otherwise, it is this work by Bob Dylan.
ISWCs
Translated works and other variations:
BALADA DE UN TIPO FLACO T-042.672.774-3
COMO UNA MUJER T-042.669.149-7
HERBALZ IN YOUR MOUTH T-072.285.489-8
LEVEN NA DE DOOD T-900.485.700-5
MORKE SKYGGER OVER VANDET T-903.593.709-8
POLLETEEK EN LEIVE T-900.485.703-8
Other works not yet in the list:
BOVENAAN T-900.485.702-7
CRIMES OF FREEDOM T-070.249.969-1
I KNOW ALLA YA T-071.276.397-7
IN A STATION T-070.250.279-1
LETS ROLL EM T-060.723.795-5
RASTLOS T-903.593.090-6
SHES MY BABY T-070.250.118-5
SHOUTIN GROUND T-071.215.696-1
SUNDAY MORNING T-904.309.198-1
TELL ME IT ISNT TIME T-070.250.247-3
TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN T-070.250.142-5
U T-906.352.609-0
WE CAN TALK T-070.250.343-2
WIND OF CHANGE T-070.250.358-9
Legal name: Robert Allen Zimmerman
Also performs as: Jack Frost (pseudonym for Bob Dylan), Robert Milkwood Thomas, Tedham Porterhouse
Wikipedia
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often considered to be one of the greatest songwriters in history, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. He rose to prominence in the 1960s, when his songs "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. Initially modeling his style on Woody Guthrie's folk songs, Robert Johnson's blues, and what he called the "architectural forms" of Hank Williams's country songs, Dylan incorporated increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.
Dylan was born and raised in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Following his self-titled debut album of traditional folk songs in 1962, he made his breakthrough with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan the next year. The album features "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" which, like many of his early songs, adapted the tunes and phrasing of older folk songs. He released the politically charged The Times They Are a-Changin' and the more lyrically abstract and introspective Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964. In 1965 and 1966, Dylan drew controversy among folk purists when he adopted electrically amplified rock instrumentation, and in the space of 15 months recorded three of the most influential rock albums of the 1960s: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited (both 1965) and Blonde on Blonde (1966). When Dylan made his move from acoustic folk and blues music to rock, the mix became more complex. His six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965) expanded commercial and creative boundaries in popular music.
In July 1966, a motorcycle accident led to Dylan's withdrawal from touring. During this period, he recorded a large body of songs with members of the Band, who had previously backed him on tour. These recordings were later released as The Basement Tapes in 1975. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dylan explored country music and rural themes on John Wesley Harding (1967), Nashville Skyline (1969) and New Morning (1970). In 1975, he released Blood on the Tracks, which many saw as a return to form. In the late 1970s, he became a born-again Christian and released three albums of contemporary gospel music before returning to his more familiar rock-based idiom in the early 1980s. Dylan's Time Out of Mind (1997) marked the beginning of a career renaissance. He has released five critically acclaimed albums of original material since, most recently Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). He also recorded a trilogy of albums covering the Great American Songbook, especially songs sung by Frank Sinatra, and an album smoothing his early rock material into a mellower Americana sensibility, Shadow Kingdom (2023). Dylan has toured continuously since the late 1980s on what has become known as the Never Ending Tour.
Since 1994, Dylan has published nine books of paintings and drawings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. He has sold more than 145 million records, making him one of the best-selling musicians ever. He has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ten Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Dylan has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." In 2016, Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
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