Bob Dylan began laying down his iconic track “Like A Rolling Stone,” which would go on to become one of the most respected songs in the history of rock, on June 15, 1965. The session took place at Studio A at Columbia Records in New York City and was produced by the label’s staff producer Tom Wilson, who is also known for his work with Frank Zappa and Simon and Garfunkel. The recording featured other musicians hired by Wilson for the session. During the first day of recording, Dylan and his band tracked several unused versions of the song, including one very long take with a waltz feel. It was on the second day, June 16, that they captured the take that would later be released. The song’s iconic Hammond organ part was added by guitarist Al Kooper, who was invited to the session as a guest of Wilson. After a brief lineup change in the middle of the session, Kooper managed to jump in as an organist, much to Wilson’s chagrin.In Clinton Heylin’s book “Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited,” Kooper says he nailed the track in six minutes after one run “through the changes that felt like a kid fumbling in the dark for a light switch.”