Who wrote the song Mr Tambourine Man which reached Number One for The Byrds in 1965?
Mr. Tambourine Man Mr. Tambourine Man "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song by Bob Dylan, released as the first track of the acoustic side of his March 1965 album "Bringing It All Back Home." The Byrds released a jangle pop version in April of the same year as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart, as well as being the title track of their debut album, "Mr. Tambourine Man." The Byrds' recording of the song was influential in popularizing the musical subgenres of folk rock and jangle pop, leading
Mr. Tambourine Man his funeral and dedicated his novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" to Dylan and the song. The 2013 John Craigie song, "I Wrote Mr. Tambourine Man", is about a person that Craigie met in New Orleans who claimed to have written the original lyrics to "Mr. Tambourine Man". The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the number 79 song on "Rolling Stone"s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and Dylan's version was ranked number 106. It is one of three songs to place twice, along with "Walk This Way" by both Aerosmith and