Bob Dylan · 1979

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1. Bob DylanAugust 20, 1979

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   Bob Dylan released his 19th studio album, “Slow Train Coming”, through Columbia Records, his first album following his conversion to Christianity. The religiously focused songs expressed his personal faith and emphasized the importance of Christian teaching and philosophy. The album reached No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand and Norway, No. 2 in the UK and No. 3 in the U.S. It included “Gotta Serve Somebody”, which reached No. 24 on the U.S. chart and became Dylan's last single to reach the U.S. Top 40. In 1980, it won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male. According to one of the sources, the album alienated some of his longtime fans.
2. Bob DylanOctober 5, 1979

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   “Gotta Serve Somebody” entered the U.S. chart and became Bob Dylan's twelfth U.S. Top 40 hit. The song was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, in 1980.
3. Bob DylanOctober 6, 1979

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   The song “Gotta Serve Somebody” gave Bob Dylan his twelfth U.S. Top 40 hit. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama and won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male.
4. Bob DylanOctober 9, 1978

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   Bob Dylan appeared at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
5. Bob DylanOctober 13, 1978

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   Bob Dylan performed at The Olympia in Detroit, Michigan.
6. Bob DylanAugust 12, 1981

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   Columbia Records released his 21st studio album, “Shot of Love,” which reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 33 in the US; its religious themes drew mixed critical reactions.
7. Bob DylanSeptember 3, 1970

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   It was reported that Bob Dylan’s bootleg album Great White Wonder had sold more than 350,000 copies worldwide.
8. Bob DylanAugust 2, 1969

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   On August 2, 1969, Bob Dylan returned to his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, for his ten-year high school reunion, marking the class of 1959. He and his wife Sara met classmates beforehand at the local Moose Lodge, but after a confrontation with a drunken former classmate, Dylan left and ultimately did not attend the reunion itself.
9. Bob DylanAugust 15, 1969

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   On the day Woodstock began, he sailed on the Queen Elizabeth 2 to the Isle of Wight. He decided to skip Woodstock and performed at the Isle of Wight Festival two weeks later.
10. Bob DylanSeptember 6, 1969

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    Bob Dylan reached No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard singles chart and No. 5 in the UK with "Lay Lady Lay". His unusually calm, deeper vocal, different from his usual high nasal delivery, helped the song achieve international success.
11. Bob DylanOctober 13, 1990

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    Bob Dylan performed before more than 4,000 cadets at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, in Eisenhower Hall. Many future army officers stood up and sang along to his anti-war song "Blowin' in the Wind".
12. Bob DylanAugust 21, 1967

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    Bob Dylan renewed his recording contract with Columbia Records.