Bob Dylan's Life - Timeline

Robert Zimmerman is born on May 24 in Minnesota.

Robert arrives in New York and starts performing under the name Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan.

Dylan gets into motorcycle accident and retreats from the public for almost 8 years.

Dylan performs at Newport with his band and has a new electric sound.

Dylan collaborates with Allen Ginsberg and Joan Baez.

Bob Dylan releases Slow Train Coming.

Dylan feels disconnected from music and the audience and stops producing.

Dylan releases World Gone Wrong.

Bob Dylan wins a Nobel Prize for Literature.