Blowin in the Wind: Dylan vs Peter Paul & Mary

ORIGINAL

Bob Dylan

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)

The Original

Written in 10 minutes at a Greenwich Village cafe
Sparse solo acoustic performance
Raw, direct delivery
2 minutes 48 seconds
Became anthem of civil rights movement

COVER

Peter, Paul and Mary

In the Wind (1963)

The Hit Version

Released BEFORE Dylan's album version
Peaked at #2 Billboard Hot 100
Three-part vocal harmony
Brought Dylan to mainstream audience
Sold 300,000 copies first week

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Civil Rights Anthem

"Blowin' in the Wind" became one of the defining songs of the 1960s civil rights movement. Peter, Paul and Mary performed it at the March on Washington in 1963, just before Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

The song has been covered by over 50 artists including Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, and Sam Cooke.

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