Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Robert Shelton, born Robert Shapiro (June 28, 1926, Chicago, Illinois, United States – December 11, 1995, Brighton, England) was a music and film critic. His most enduring claim to fame was that he helped launch the career of a then unknown 20-year-old folk singer named Bob Dylan. Dylan was performing at Gerdes Folk City in the West Village, the ne plus ultra of New York City folk venues, opening for a bluegrass act called the Greenbriar Boys. Shelton's positive review, in the New York Times, brought crucial publicity to Dylan, which led to a Columbia recording contract and a Peter, Paul and Mary cover of "Blowin' in the Wind".. }
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- Robert_Shelton_(critic) abstract "Robert Shelton, born Robert Shapiro (June 28, 1926, Chicago, Illinois, United States – December 11, 1995, Brighton, England) was a music and film critic. His most enduring claim to fame was that he helped launch the career of a then unknown 20-year-old folk singer named Bob Dylan. Dylan was performing at Gerdes Folk City in the West Village, the ne plus ultra of New York City folk venues, opening for a bluegrass act called the Greenbriar Boys. Shelton's positive review, in the New York Times, brought crucial publicity to Dylan, which led to a Columbia recording contract and a Peter, Paul and Mary cover of "Blowin' in the Wind".".