There is no doubting that Bob Dylan has earned the title of a, Living Legend
, but did the singer ever reach the top of the charts?
While Dylan has never been considered a Hit Single
kind of artist he has entered the charts on a number of occasions, but surprisingly the singer has never had a number one hit.
With 40 studio albums, 96 singles Dylan made his first chart entry in 1962 with Mixed-Up Confusion
taken from the album Freewheelin
, which failed to chart in the Billboard Top 100.
The following year, and after a number of releases, Subterranean Homesick Blues
would peak at No.39, followed not long after by Dylans first Top 20, Like A Rolling Stone
which reached No.2.
1965's Positively 4th Street
would be the next hit for Dylan reaching No.7, however the follow up singles, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
and One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
, would fail to break the Top 20.
Dylan would crack the charts again with Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35
in 1962 reaching No.2 for the second time.
Despite a number of releases Dylan would only return to Billboards Top 20 on two more occasions. I Want You
would reach No.20, Lay Lady Lay
No. 7 and Knocking On Heavens Door
, Dylans last chart hit released in 1973 reaching No.12.