Top singles from the past…
24 July 2020
Band: The Byrds (Los Angeles)
Active: 1964-1973, 1989-1991, 2000
Single: Mr. Tambourine Man
Written by: Bob Dylan
B-side: I’d Knew I’d Want You
Released: 21 June 1965
Score: No 1 in the UK 24 July 1965 – 55 years ago
Album: Mr. Tambourine Man – debut LP
Sing it…
Master Bob…
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Knockouts from the past…
26 June 2019
Today 53 years ago, on 26 June 1966, the legendary harmonious Americana choir THE BYRDS scored their first USA number one hit with a cover of BOB DYLAN‘s topper MR. TAMBOURINE MAN (which appeared on his excellent Bringing It All Back Home LP).
The song also peaked on the UK Singles Chart a few weeks later. The Byrds turned the eternal troubadour’s acoustic version into an electrifying classic with jingle jangle guitars as suggested by Dylan’s lyric: “in the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you”.
Here’s the man…
THE BYRDS: Biography
