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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics , melodies and chord progressions for songs , typically for a popular music genre such as rock or ___MASK57___ . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . ___MASK97___ songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers  songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers . " One of Us Must Know ( Sooner or Later )" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan . It is the fourth track on his 1966 ___MASK26___ " Blonde on Blonde ", and was released as the ___MASK26___ ' s first single that February . The song is an emotional confession of misconnects and apologies from the singer to a woman who has tragically slipped out of his life . As a single , it peaked at No . 33 in the UK Singles Chart , but only reached No . 119 on US " Billboard ' s " Bubbling Under chart . Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means , as opposed to electric or electronic means . The retronym " acoustic music " appeared after the advent of electric instruments , such as the electric guitar , electric ___MASK21___ , electric organ and synthesizer . ___MASK49___ ( also known simply as Columbia ) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment ( SME ), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc ., the United States division of Sony Corporation . It was founded in 1887 , evolving from an earlier enterprise named the American Graphophone Company , the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company . Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business , being the second major record company to produce recorded records . ___MASK49___ went on to release records by an array of notable singers , instrumentalists , and bands . From 1961 to 1990 , its recordings were released outside the U . S . and Canada by the CBS Records label ( which was named after the Columbia Broadcasting System ) to avoid confusion with the EMI label of the same name , before adopting the Columbia name internationally in 1990 . It is one of Sony Music ' s three flagship record labels alongside RCA Records and Epic Records . " Like a Rolling Stone " is a 1965 song by the American singer - songwriter Bob Dylan . Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965 , when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England . Dylan distilled this draft into four verses and a chorus . " Like a Rolling Stone " was recorded a few weeks later as part of the sessions for the forthcoming ___MASK26___ " Highway 61 Revisited ". American folk music is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres , many of which are known as traditional music , traditional folk music , contemporary folk music or roots music . Many traditional songs have been sung within the same family or folk group for generations , and can sometimes be traced back to such places of origin as Great Britain , ___MASK12___ , or Africa . Mike Seeger once famously commented that the definition of American folk music is " All the music that fits between the cracks ." `` Queen Jane Approximately '' is a song from Bob Dylan ' s 1965 ___MASK26___ Highway 61 Revisited . It was released as a single as the B - side to `` One of Us Must Know ( Sooner or Later ) '' in January 1966 . It has also been covered by several artists , including The Grateful Dead and The Four Seasons . An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art , practicing the arts or demonstrating an art . The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only . The term is often used in the entertainment business , especially in a business context , for musicians and other performers ( less often for actors ). " Artiste " ( the French for artist ) is a variant used in ___MASK41___ only in this context . Use of the term to describe writers , for example , is valid , but less common , and mostly restricted to contexts like criticism . " Blowin ' in the Wind " is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released as a single and on his ___MASK26___ " The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan " in 1963 . Although it has been described as a protest song , it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace , war and freedom . The refrain " The answer , my friend , is blowin ' in the wind " has been described as " impenetrably ambiguous : either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face , or the answer is as intangible as the wind ". Bob Dylan ( born Robert Allen Zimmerman , May 24 , 1941 ) is an American songwriter , singer , artist , and writer . He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades . Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s , when his songs chronicled social unrest . Early songs such as " Blowin ' in the Wind " and " The Times They Are a - Changin '" became anthems for the American civil rights and anti - war movements . Leaving behind his initial base in the American folk music revival , his six - minute single " Like a Rolling Stone ", recorded in 1965 , enlarged the range of popular music . ___MASK36___ is a genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and country music . ___MASK36___ also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other musical sources . Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth ___MASK6___ by the American singer - songwriter Bob Dylan . It was released on August 30 , 1965 , by ___MASK49___ . Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music , Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album , except for the closing 11 - minute ballad , " Desolation Row ". Critics have focused on the innovative way in which Dylan combined driving , blues - based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America . Author Michael Gray has argued that in an important sense the 1960s " started " with this album . The ___MASK4___ ( currently entitled Official Singles Chart ) is compiled by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ), on behalf of the British ___MASK55___ industry , listing the top - selling singles in the ___MASK96___ , based upon physical sales , paid - for downloads and streaming . To be eligible for the chart , a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) as either a ' single bundle ' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence . The rules have changed many times as technology has developed , the most notable being the inclusion of digital downloads in 2005 and streaming in 2014 . A ballad is a form of verse , often a narrative set to music . Ballads derive from the medieval French " chanson balladée " or " ballade ", which were originally " danced songs ". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century . They were widely used across ___MASK12___ , and later in the Americas , Australia and North Africa . Ballads are 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form , consisting of couplets ( two lines ) of rhymed verse , each of 14 syllables . Blonde on Blonde is the seventh ___MASK6___ by American singer - songwriter Bob Dylan , released on May 16 , 1966 , on ___MASK49___ . Recording sessions began in New York in October 1965 with numerous backing musicians , including members of Dylan ' s live backing band , the Hawks . Though sessions continued until January 1966 , they yielded only one track that made it onto the final album " One of Us Must Know ( Sooner or Later )". At producer Bob Johnston ' s suggestion , Dylan , keyboardist Al Kooper , and guitarist Robbie Robertson moved to the CBS studios in Nashville , Tennessee . These sessions , augmented by some of Nashville ' s top session musicians , were more fruitful , and in February and March all the remaining songs for the album were recorded . " Desolation Row " is a 1965 song written and sung by Bob Dylan . It was recorded on August 4 , 1965 and released as the closing track of Dylan ' s sixth ___MASK6___ , " Highway 61 Revisited ". It has been noted for its length ( 11 : 21 ) and surreal lyrics in which Dylan weaves characters from history , fiction , the Bible and his own invention into a series of vignettes that suggest entropy and urban chaos .