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4 unusual facts about Who Killed Davey Moore?


Who Killed Davey Moore

On March 18, 1959 Moore won the World Featherweight Title from Hogan Bassey.

Moore held the title for 4 years and 3 days, defending it 5 times before losing it to Cuban Sugar Ramos on March 21, 1963.

Dylan's song borrows the structure of the children's rhyme Cock Robin.

It would later be released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 in 1991, and on The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall, released in 2004.


Live at Carnegie Hall 1963

Four other songs from this night's show (and not present here) have been released on previous Bob Dylan compilations: "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" and "Who Killed Davey Moore?" were originally released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991, while "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and "When the Ship Comes In" were released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack.


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