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Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by the American singer- songwriter Bob Dylan, released in August 1965. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing 11-minute ballad, "Desolation Row". Critics have focused on the innovative way in which Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Leading with the single "Like a Rolling Stone" (a top-10 hit in several countries), the album features songs that Dylan has continued to perform live over his long career, including "Ballad of a Thin Man" and "Highway 61 Revisited". He named the album after the major North American highway connecting his birthplace, Duluth, Minnesota, to southern cities famed for their musical heritage, including St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans. The album, which peaked at No. 3 in the United States charts and No. 4 in the United Kingdom, was ranked No. 4 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. "Like a Rolling Stone" was listed at No. 1 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_61_Revisited
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1874:
In one of the longest cases ever heard in an English court, the defendant was convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tichborne_case
1893:
USS Indiana (pictured), the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indiana_(BB-1)
1972:
Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asama-Sans%C5%8D_incident
1975:
In London an underground train failed to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashed into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash
2002:
During the 2002 Gujarat violence in India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbarg_Society_massacre
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
compere: (chiefly UK) A master of ceremonies in a television, variety or quiz show. Also used more generally for any master of ceremonies. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compere
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
My single pair of eyes Contain the universe they see; Their mirrored multiplicity Is packed into a hollow body Where I reflect the many, in my one. --Stephen Spender https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Spender