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who wrote the song all along the watchtower
All Along the Watchtower is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
when did the song all along the watchtower first appear
The song initially appeared on Bob Dylon's 1967 album John Wesley Harding, and it has been included on most of Dylan's subsequent greatest hits compilations.

Question: were there covers of the song
Self-contained rewrite: were the covers of the song all along the watchtower