“63 years ago, Bob Dylan chose integrity over exposure—walking away from TV’s longest-running variety show after producers pressured him to change his song selection.”
In May 1963, a 21-year-old folk singer stood on the edge of national stardom — and walked away from it. On May 12, 1963, Bob Dylan was preparing to make what should have been the biggest appearance of his young career: a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. At the time, Sullivan’s program was the … Read more