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Given name | Robert Allen Zimmerman | Declan Patrick MacManus |
Born | May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota | August 25, 1954, London, England |
Wives | 2 | 3 |
First record | Bob Dylan (1962 on Columbia) | My Aim Is True (1977 on Columbia) |
Latest record | Modern Times (2006 on Sony BMG) | The River in Reverse (with Allen Toussaint; 2006 on Verve Forecast) |
Biggest hit in the U.S. | "Like A Rolling Stone" (reached No. 2 in 1965) | "Veronica" (reached No. 19 in 1989) |
Biggest controversy | Going electric in 1965 | Using racial slurs against James Brown and Ray Charles in 1979 |
Advertising experience | In 2004 Dylan was featured in a Victoria’s Secret commercial | Earlier this year Costello appeared in a Lexus commercial |
Biggest local rumor | The title for Dylan’s book Tarantula Arms was named after the building on Elliewood Avenue that is now Buddhist Biker Bar | Costello’s April 10, 1984 show at University Hall was his first ever solo show. |
Order for being picked for kickball | Last. | Next to last. |