“I guess I'd have to start with Buddy Holly.” Listen to Bob Dylan's full Nobel Prize lecture, recorded on 4 June 2017. Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. | Nobel Prize

Sixty years ago today, Bob Dylan made history with the release of his sixth album, Highway 61 Revisited. The opening track kicks off with the screaming chords of 2023 Inductee Al Kooper’s organ before launching into the scathing lyrics of “Like A Rolling Stone”, regarded by many as Dylan’s greatest work. Recording sessions for the album started just a few days before Dylan notoriously went electric at Newport Folk Festival. Highway 61 Revisited cements a departure from Dylan’s former days of aco