Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released on March 19, 1962.The 20-year-old had recorded the LP in two days the previous November. It featured just Dylan on guitar and harmonica and was produced by famed producer and music journalist John Hammond, who had discovered Dylan and who had, almost three decades earlier, arranged for Billie Holiday's recording debut. Though the singer would become one of the most respected songwriters of his generation, "Bob Dylan" featured only two original tunes. Along with a number of traditional songs arranged by Dylan, the album included songs by old blues greats Jesse Fuller, Curtis Jones and Blind Lemon Jefferson.Hammond was not impressed by the sessions that produced that first Dylan album. While the singer was able to lay down a number of the songs in one take, he had trouble getting used to the requirements of the studio. As quoted in "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions" by Clinton Heylin, the producer said the singer "popped every 'p', hissed every 's' and habitually wandered off the mic."