Key developments
Parade revisits Turtles' Dylan cover origin
Parade published a new retrospective on April 28 tracing how Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman chose Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" after digging through Another Side of Bob Dylan. The Turtles released the cover in summer 1965, and it reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 that September, helping launch the band before later hits like "Happy Together," "Elenore," and "You Showed Me." The piece also folds in Dylan's own comments and Kaylan's memoir anecdotes about meeting him.
Why it matters
It highlights a fresh reporting package on how a Dylan deep cut became a breakout pop hit and shaped The Turtles' career.
Sources & driving stories
PARADE · Jason Brow
Parade coverageWorth noting
WORTH NOTING
Dylan praised cover versions
The article quotes Dylan's 2015 MusiCares speech, where he said he was glad The Byrds, The Turtles and Sonny & Cher turned his songs into Top 10 hits and later commercial uses.
Still unclear
OPEN QUESTION
Which other Dylan covers became pop hits?
The piece points to a broader pattern of Dylan songs becoming Top 10 singles, but it does not map the full set of successful cover versions.