On this day in 1965, Bob Dylan earned his first major hit with a groundbreaking song so powerful it stunned John Lennon — and later inspired the name of a radical militant group.
On May 15, 1965, Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” reached No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It may not sound like a towering chart position at first glance, but the moment marked a turning point: it became Dylan’s first single to break into the Top 40 in the United States—and his first-ever entry on … Read more