Talk:Highway 51 Blues

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Did you know... that "Highway 51", the closing track on Bob Dylan's debut album, incorporated elements from earlier songs by Curtis Jones, Tommy McClennan, and the Everly Brothers?

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The result was: promoted by Evrik (talk) 15:23, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that "Highway 51", the closing track on Bob Dylan’s debut album, incorporated elements from earlier songs by Curtis Jones, Tommy McClennan, and the Everly Brothers? Source: Trager, Oliver (2004). Keys to the rain: the definitive Bob Dylan encyclopedia, pp.250-251.
- ALT1: ... that "Highway 51", the closing track on Bob Dylan’s debut album, used a guitar figure taken from the Everly Brothers song "Wake Up Little Susie"? Source: Trager, Oliver (2004). Keys to the rain: the definitive Bob Dylan encyclopedia, p.251.
- ALT2: ... that critic Robert Shelton thought "Highway 51" from Bob Dylan’s debut album could be seen as the first folk rock track? Source: Shelton, Robert (1987). No direction home: the life and music of Bob Dylan. p.118
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WAQI
- Comment: Suggestions for ALTs welcome.

Created by BennyOnTheLoose (talk). Self-nominated at 16:09, 25 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Great research and concise prose. ALT2 is the most hooky in my opinion. No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:49, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]