While Bob Dylan was known in the national folk scene, mostly for his protest songs, The Byrds were the ones who soared to the top of the charts with their cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man".
7. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Another Seeger song, "Turn! Turn! Turn!," also became part of the anti-Vietnam soundtrack when The Byrds recorded their version, which hit No. 1 in 1965. Here's Seeger ...
The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan's early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter, ...
The Long Island Museum, WUSB 90.1 FM and The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council present the last Sunday Street concert of 2024, “Byrds Fly South,” at the Long Island Museum’s Gillespie Room, 1200 ...
Followed then by old-time Byrds-gospel, “Oil in My Lamp.” Jaunty guitar interplay, but a paltry song. McGuinn’s feeling vocal and Clarence White’s hick picking bring it all back home with ...
"I was always into the Byrds and they had a song called 'Mr. Tambourine Man' back in the '60s that was a giant hit – and it was a hit with me," Hamilton added. "It really embedded in my mind ...
The best cover versions can truly reinvent a song – sometimes so much so that they become the definitive recordings. For our list of the best cover songs, we’re not just looking at non ...