Bob Dylan: Looking back in time

In 1961, Dylan was signed to Columbia Records by legendary producer John Hammond and released his first album 'Bob Dylan' in 1962

Twitter

Bob Dylan during his senior year at Hibbing High School in Hibbing, Minn., 1959

Twitter

Dylan aka Robert Allen Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941, at Duluth, Minnesota, US

Twitter

Folk singers Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform during a civil rights rally, Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington

Twitter

Dylan grew up in mining town of Hibbing. His father co-owned Zimmerman Furniture and Appliance Co

Twitter

Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016

Twitter

Dylan performed in his first major New York City concert at Town Hall in 1963

Twitter

Dylan literally lived out of the suitcase in 1965 and 1966

Twitter

Dylan had met with a bike accident in Woodstock

Twitter

Bob Dylan was the first musician to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Twitter

President Barack Obama presents Bob Dylan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012

Twitter

To call him a legend would be an understatement - Bob Dylan's superlative prowess over music knows no bounds. On the maverick genius' 81st birthday, here's an encomium to the magician