Originally Posted by William Zanzinger

It`s interesting to note that Mr Zimmerman is (as I write) in second place.
The poll is intended to reflect who was more influential, not the most popular band/artist.
Dylan changed popular music beyond all recognition-in 1965, he was recording " Tambourine Man", "Ballad of a Thin Man" and "Like a Rolling Stone" .
The Beatles released "I Feel Fine" and "Ticket to Ride".
Now I love the Beatles and to be fair, "Revolver" was just around the corner, but it should be noted that Lennon was already writing Dylan influenced material-(ie"I`m a Loser" and "You`ve got to hide your love away".
After "Norwegian Wood", Dylan wrote a savage parody called "Fourth Time Around" on Blonde on Blonde .It ends with the telling words-"I never asked for your crutch, now don`t ask for mine".
Who influenced whom?