Levon Helm

American musician
Also known as: Mark Lavon Helm

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  • contribution to the Band
    • The Band
      In the Band

      ) Levon Helm (born May 26, 1940, Elaine, Arkansas—died April 19, 2012, New York, New York) Rick Danko (born December 29, 1942, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada—died December 10, 1999, Marbletown, New York, U.S.) Richard Manuel (born April 3, 1945,

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association with

    • Dylan
      • The Shakespeare of his generation
        In Bob Dylan: Dylan goes electric

        …guitarist Robbie Robertson and drummer Levon Helm). Dylan and the band were booed throughout the performance; incongruously, the audience sang along with “Like a Rolling Stone,” the number two song in the United States that week, and then booed at its conclusion.

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    • Starr
      • Ringo Starr
        In Ringo Starr: Solo career: music, acting, and photography

        …Band were Todd Rundgren and Levon Helm. Solo studio albums featuring tracks written and recorded by Starr and members of his All-Starr Band include Choose Love (2005), Postcards from Paradise (2015), Give More Love (2017), and What’s My Name (2019). In 2025 Starr returned to the country genre with Look…

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