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Artist: New World Singers
Author: Bob Dylan
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Year: 1962
The New World Singers were Gil Turner, Bob Cohen, Dolores Dixon and Happy Traum. Gil was connected both with Broadside Magazine and Gerde's Folk City, Dylan's Greenwich Village hangout. Gil Turner truly became Dylan's go-between when Bob handed him the lyrics to Blowin' In The Wind at a New World Singers gig. Turner was so impressed he and his band performed the song that very evening. There's a version by the Singers, assumed to be the first recording as Blowin' In The Wind, on The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988, a 5 cd document out on Smithsonian Folkways.
Covers:
Bob Dylan [author; melodically related to spiritual No More Auction Block (see there)]
Chad Mitchell Trio [first released recording]
Peter, Paul & Mary [n°2 US]
Odetta [who cut a No More Auction Block in '61]
Marlène Dietrich [as Die Antwort weiss ganz allein der Wind]
Glen Campbell [instrumental]
Richard Anthony [as Ecoute dans le vent]
Elvis Presley [released on Platinum box set A Live In Music ('97)]
Conny Vandenbos [as Wie Weet Waar Het Begint]
Nina Hagen [in German]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)