TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY 10/24/1963 + 1975

TWO FOR TUESDAY W/ BOB DYLAN TODAY:

1963: Bob Dylan records “The Times They Are a-Changin’” at Columbia Recording in New York City. The song would reach #9 on the UK Official Chart, but was not released in America. It was ranked at #59 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004

1975: Bob Dylan finishes recording “Hurricane” at Columbia Studios in New York. The song, about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, would reach #33 next January