Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Byrds, released on June 21, 1965, by Columbia Records. The album is characterized by the Byrds' signature sound of Jim McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker guitar and the band's harmonies. The material on the album consists of cover versions of folk songs, primarily composed by Bob Dylan, and originals written or co-written by singer Gene Clark. Along with the Dylan-penned single of the same name, Mr. Tambourine Man established the band as an internationally successful act and is widely regarded by critics as representing the first effective American challenge to the chart dominance of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands during the mid-1960s. The album was influential in popularizing the musical subgenre known as folk rock, by melding sophisticated lyrical content with electric guitars and a rock backbeat. The term "folk rock" was coined by the American music press to describe the Byrds' sound in mid-1965, around the same time that the album was released.

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