Mr. Tambourine Man

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Written by: Bob Dylan
Produced by: Terry Melcher
Released: May '65 on Columbia
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

The only Byrd to play on the band's first hit was Roger McGuinn, whose chiming twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar became folk rock's defining sound. Everything else came from L.A. pros, including drummer Hal Blaine and bassist Larry Knechtel from Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew. But the rest of the Byrds soon caught up, and as the song was breaking, a curious Dylan checked out the band at Ciro's, an L.A. club, and reportedly didn't recognize some of his own songs in their electrified versions.

Appears on: Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia/Legacy)

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