Video: 'Bob Dylan (Debut Album - Official)' (13 tracks)

(Monday, March 19, 1962) — Bob Dylan, the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, 20, (born Robert Allen Zimmerman), was released today by Columbia Records, produced by Columbia’s legendary talent scout John H. Hammond.

The album primarily features folk standards, but also includes two original compositions, “Talkin’ New York” and “Song to Woody.” The latter was an ode to Woody Guthrie, a major influence in Dylan’s early career.

Recorded November 20 and 22, 1961, at Columbia Studio A, 799 Seventh Avenue (between W. 52nd and 51st streets) in New York City, the album did not initially receive much attention. But it achieved some popularity following the growth of Dylan’s career, charting in the UK three years after its release, reaching #13.