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by vjoel 4591 days ago
Citation needed. The Rolling Stones started in '62. Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" is from '65.

Wikipedia attribute the band's name to the Muddy Waters song, "Rollin' Stone".

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I didn't say Dylan's version of the song was original, just that the Rolling Stones are named after it.

>> The Rolling Stones (which named themselves after this song)

> Citation needed.

Sure. Here are two, from the wikipedia article you just read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones#CITEREFNelso...

- Jagger, Mick; Richards, Keith; Watts, Charlie; Wood, Ronnie (2003). According to the Rolling Stones. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811840606. p42

- Nelson, Murray N. (2010). The Rolling Stones: A Musical Biography. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood. ISBN 9780313380341. p3.

Like A Rolling Stone is most definitely an original Bob Dylan song. Dylan may have been inspired by Muddy Waters at best.