Monday, July 9, 1962: 'Blowin' in the Wind'

Bob Dylan records "Blowin' in the Wind" for Columbia Records in New York. The song would appear on his album "The Freewheeling Bob Dylan," released in May 1963. It borrows part of its melody from "No More Auction Block" (also known as "Many Thousand Gone"), a Negro spiritual dating back 100 years.

* Song entry from www.bobdylan.com: @

* Excerpt from "Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973" (Clinton Heylin, 2009): @

* Song as published in Broadside magazine #6, late May 1962 (PDF): @

* Dylan live performance (Montreal, July 2, 1962): @

* Listen to Paul Robeson sing "No More Auction Block": @

* Entry from BBC Radio's "Sold on Song": @

* More about the song's origins (from www.folkarchive.de): @

Earlier posts

* First album (March 19, 1962): @

* At Gerde's Folk City (September 26, 1961): @

* Arriving in New York (January 24, 1961): @

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