Searchers and the Beatles, it was the Byrds who first melded these elements into a unified whole. In the months following the release of the Mr. Tambourine Man album, many acts began to imitate the Byrds' hybrid of a British Invasion beat, jangly guitar playing, and poetic or socially conscious lyrics. The band's influence can be heard in many recordings released by American acts in 1965 and 1966, including the Turtles, Simon & Garfunkel, the Lovin' Spoonful, Barry McGuire, the Mamas & the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, We Five, Love, and Sonny & Cher. This jangly, folk rock sound that was pioneered by the Byrds on Mr. Tambourine Man has also been influential on successive generations of rock and pop musicians, including such acts as Big Star, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, R.E.M., the Church, Hüsker Dü, the Long Ryders, the Smiths, the Bangles, the Stone Roses, the La's, Teenage Fanclub, the Bluetones, Wilco, and Delays, among others. In 2003, the album was number 232 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time; it was 233 in the 2012 revision of the list and 287 in the 2020 revision. It was also included in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2000, the album was voted number 267 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums book. Track listing Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–12 on CD reissues. Personnel Adapted from the CD liner notes and So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973). Track numbers refer to CD and digital releases of the album. The Byrds Jim McGuinn – lead guitar, vocals Gene Clark – rhythm guitar, tambourine, vocals David Crosby – rhythm guitar, vocals Chris Hillman – electric bass Michael Clarke – drums Additional Personnel Jerry Cole – rhythm guitar Larry Knechtel – electric bass Leon Russell – electric piano Hal Blaine – drums Release history Notes References Bibliography Rogan, Johnny, The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited, Rogan House, 1998, Hjort, Christopher, So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973), Jawbone Press, 2008, . External links Mr. Tambourine Man (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed) The Byrds albums 1965 debut albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Terry Melcher CBS Records albums Embassy Records albums Legacy Recordings albums Sundazed Records albums Bertelsmann Music