American DJs

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 207. Chapters: Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper, Dieselboy, Don Imus, Joseph Utsler, Solange Knowles, Submerged (DJ), Vito Fossella, Dick Biondi, Rodney Bingenheimer, Captain Mikey, Steven Van Zandt, Martin Block, Bob Mould, David Spero, Klayton, Chris Cox (DJ), Shep Pettibone, Alan Freed, DJ Earworm, Diplo (DJ), Gabriel & Dresden, Roger Dawson, Swizz Beatz, Wolfman Jack, Junior Vasquez, Steve Aoki, Jimmy Staggs, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Doug Tracht, Murray the K, Micky Dolenz, Les Crane, Arthur Loves Plastic, Frequency (producer), The Big Bopper, DJ Khaled, Casey Kasem, DJ Spooky, David Morales, Funkmaster Flex, Funkefeller, Felix da Housecat, John R., Erick Morillo, Symphony Sid, Rich Conaty, Dave Dresden, Large Professor, Joe Pyne, Chris Carter (producer/disc jockey), Rick Dees, Arnie Ginsburg, The Electrifying Mojo, Irwin Chusid, George Gimarc, E. D. Hill, Bassnectar, Coyote J, DJ Frank E, Eugene Hütz, Ryan Farish, Don Steele, Freaky Flow, Hannah Storm, DJ Empress, DJ Riddler, Juan Atkins, Mike E. Clark, Michael Fuller (DJ), Larry Lujack, Kidd Chris, J.Period, Harry Dennis (musician), Bill "Hoss" Allen, Terry Knight, DJ COBRA, Gino Perente, Clay Cole. Excerpt: Bob Dylan ( ; born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in 1965. His recordings employing electric instruments attracted denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement. Dylan's lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty years, has explored many of the traditions in American song-from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting. Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy,