Who originally sang Knockin' on Heavens Door?

the man from minnesota wrote it and sang it first. it was used in the movie he appeared in: pat garrett and billy the kid

get the live version with extra verse on before the flood


it's been covered by just about everybody since. easy chord structure, so it's popular with bar bands

Bob Dylan

Bob dylan

bob dyland me thinks

I believe it was Bob Dylan. Guns n Roses did a version of it as well

Bob Dylan

Yup!! Bob Dylan

dylan

Bob Dylan sang it originally.

-sigh- Bob Dylan.
Why do you people ask useless questions?
That one was way too easy.
:)

That's easy -- Bob Dylan. It was butchered, i might add, by that screechy Guns N' Roses version.

Bob Dylan, written in 1973

me but they told me to keep my day job

Bob Dylan..............
Axle Rose then butchered the song............

Wasn't it Guns and Roses??

It's from Bob Dylan. The guy who also gave us the songs Lay Lady Lay and Like A Rolling Stone. And of course, GNR had also their own version of that song, as well as Eric Clapton.

Bob Dylan wrote it and first sang it.

Bob Dylan

It was Bob Dylan. He wrote it for the soundtrack of "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid", in which he had a starring role.