"Lay Lady Lay" was written by a major figure in musical the last five decades. Who?

Explanation

Bob Dylan (b. 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. His early productions had political, social as well as literary aspects. Bob Dylan wrote the songs "Blowin' in the Wind" (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan), "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" (The Times They Are A-Changin'), "Lay Lady Lay", "It Ain't Me Babe" (Another Side of Bob Dylan) and "Like a Rolling Stone" (Highway 61 Revisited).