Bob Dylan: The Times they are Changin' (1964)

The Times They Are a-Changin released on Dylan's 1964 album of the same name. The song was ranked #59 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Times They Are a-Changin' has been covered by many other singers, including Billy Joel, Marc Bolan, Phil Collins, Joan Baez, The Seekers, The Byrds, Peter Paul & Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen and Nina Simone, and Blackmore's Night and Les Fradkin.

Less than a month after Dylan recorded the song, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. The next night, Dylan opened a concert with "The Times They Are a-Changin'"; he told biographer Anthony Scaduto: "I thought, 'Wow, how can I open with that song? I'll get rocks thrown at me.'