The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 27, 1963 by Columbia Records. Whereas his self-titled debut album "Bob Dylan" had contained only two original songs, "Freewheelin" represented the beginning of Dylan's writing contemporary words to traditional melodies. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are Dylan's original compositions. The album opens with "Blowin' in the Wind", which became an anthem of the 1960s, and an international hit for folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary soon after the release of "Freewheelin". The album featured several other
Blowin' in the Wind or plagiarised by Dylan before he gained fame was reported in an article in "Newsweek" magazine in November 1963. The plagiarism claim was eventually shown to be untrue. The first line of the song ("How many roads must a man walk down?") is proposed as the "Ultimate Question" in the science fiction novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", by Douglas Adams. In the 1994 film "Forrest Gump", Jenny sings this song for a show in a strip club and is introduced as "Bobbi Dylan". The film's soundtrack album features Joan Baez's 1976 live recording of the song, from her