There was a longtime rumor that Bob Dylan stole "Blowin' In The Wind" from a New Jersey high school student.

One of the interesting facts about Bob Dylan is that he stole the song Blowin in The Wind from a New Jersey student. Dylan himself wrote the devotional song "No More Auction Block," which served as the inspiration for his song "Blowin' in the Wind." However, for years, it was said that Lorre Wyatt, a high school student who performed the song over a year before a recorded version of Dylan himself was released, had stolen the tune from Dylan.

But the explanation for that is simple: The youngsters were reading Broadside magazine, which had included Dylan's song and lyrics a year before The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was published. Even though their friends denied it, Millburn High School students told Newsweek in November 1963 that they thought Wyatt wrote the song and that Dylan had paid him $1000 to obtain the right to it.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Dylan's second album, was released in May 1963, and it marked the beginning of his career as a singer-songwriter. One of his earliest public performances was "Blowin' in the Wind," which he performed. "Blowin' in the Wind," which borrows some of its beat from an old slave ballad. It was frequently covered by various musicians and was a success for Peter, Paul, and Mary.