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Robert Shelton


Born
in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
June 28, 1926

Died
December 11, 1995

Genre
Music


Robert Shelton, born Robert Shapiro, was a music and film critic. Shelton helped to launch the career of a then-unknown 20-year-old Bob Dylan. He wrote about music for the New York Times until the end of the '60s.

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No Direction Home: The Life...
4.12 avg rating — 2,272 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions
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Born to Win
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The Electric Muse Revisited
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The Country Music Story a p...
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Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
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Folk Music Guide
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