Donovan
Background information
Birth name	Donovan Phillips Leitch
Born	May 10, 1946 Glasgow, Scotland
Genre(s)	Folk-rock, Psychedelic pop, British Invasion
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter, Producer
Instrument(s)	Voice, Harmonica, Guitar
Years active	1965-Present

Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch, born May 10, 1946, in Maryhill, Glasgow) is a renowned British popular singer, songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia and world music. Shortcut: WP:CU Marking articles for cleanup This page is undergoing a transition to an easier-to-maintain format. ... This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ... Image File history File links Donovan_Leich. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Bob Dylans folk rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Psychedelic pop is a musical style inspired by the harder, louder songs of Psychedelic rock but applied more to a pop music setting. ... The appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, accelerated the burgeoning British Invasion. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The word voice can be used to refer to: Sound: The human voice. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Maryhill is a residential district in the northwest of the City of Glasgow. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... Psychedelic music may refer to: Psychedelic rock, a subgenre of rock Psychedelic trance, a subgenre of trance Psychedelic folk, a subgenre of folk Psychedelic pop, a subgenre of pop Psychedelic soul, a subgenre of soul See also Acid breaks Acid house Acid jazz Acid punk Acid rap Acid rock Acid... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ...

Donovan shot to fame in the United Kingdom in early 1966 after a series of showcase live performances on the pop TV series Ready Steady Go! and his popularity soon spread to the USA and elsewhere. After signing with the British label Pye Records he began a long and successful collaboration with record producer Mickie Most, scoring a string of major hits in the UK, the USA and other countries, including several British and American #1 and million-selling hits. Ready Steady Go or simply RSG was one of the UKs first rock / pop music TV programmes. ... Pye Records was a British record label. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes- (June 20, 1938- May 30, 2003), successful record producer notably with a string of Number 1 hit singles with his own RAK Recordslabel and acts such as The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro. ...

Donovan was one of the most popular British recording artists of his day, producing a series of hit albums and singles between 1965 and 1970. He became a close friend of many leading pop musicians including Joan Baez, Brian Jones, Bob Dylan and The Beatles, and was one of the few artists to collaborate on songs with the Beatles. He influenced both John Lennon and George Harrison when he taught them his finger-picking guitar style in 1968. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after he parted ways with Most in 1969, and he left the music scene for a time.-1... Joan Chandos Báez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. ... Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, lead and rhythm guitarist and backing singer in the English rock group, The Rolling Stones. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band from Liverpool, Merseyside. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Fingerpicking is playing the guitar using the fingertips or fingernails, rather than with a plectrum (or pick). It is usually used in Classical guitar styles, and some other acoustic styles, but it has found its way into other genres as well, including rock and roll, although its use in such...

He continued to perform and record sporadically in the 1970s and 1980s, but gradually fell from favour. His gentle musical style and hippie image was scorned by critics, especially after the advent of punk rock. Donovan withdrew from performing and recording several times during his long career, but he underwent a strong revival of interest in the 1990s with the emergence of the rave scene in Britain. Late in the decade he recorded a successful album with acclaimed producer and long time fan Rick Rubin and released a new album, Beat Cafe, in 2004. Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... A rave (sometimes referred to as a rave party) is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ... Frederick Jay Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Long Island, New York), is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer best known for his work with rap and heavy metal, as well as the American series albums with Johnny Cash. ... Beat Cafe is the twenty-third studio album, and twenty-eighth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ...

Early life and career

Donovan grew up in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. He contracted polio as a child when he was vaccinated (this was in the period before the introduction of the safer Sabin oral vaccine), and the disease and subsequent treatment left him with a limp. Maryhill is a residential district in the northwest of the City of Glasgow. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Sabin may refer to: Albert Sabin, who developed the oral vaccine for Polio Dwight M. Sabin, U.S. Senator from Minnesota Florence R. Sabin, American medical scientist Sabin René Figaro, fictional character from Final Fantasy VI The city of Sabin, Minnesota This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to establish immunity to a disease. ...

In 1956 the family moved to Hatfield, England. Influenced by his family's love for Scottish and English folk music, he began playing guitar at fourteen. He enrolled in art school but dropped out soon after, determined to live out his Beatnik aspirations by going out on the road. He spent the summer of 1964 in the small town of St Ives in Cornwall, often sleeping rough. It was here that he met his lifelong friend David "Gypsy Dave" Mills, and it was during this crucial period that he began busking (street performing) and learning traditional folk songs on the guitar. Statistics Population: 27,883 (2001) [1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TL234086 Administration District: Welwyn Hatfield Shire county: Hertfordshire Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Hertfordshire Historic county: Hertfordshire Services Police force: Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: East of England Post office... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Beatnik cartoon The term beatnik was coined by Herb Caen in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 2, 1958. ... One of these three places is famous for the nursery rhyme and riddle As I Was Going to St Ives though it is not entirely clear which. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. ... Traditional Music is a quasi-synonym for folk music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Returning to London, he spent several months playing in local clubs, absorbing the music of the British folk scene around his home in St Albans, learning the cross-picking guitar technique from visiting players like Bert Jansch and Derroll Adams, and writing his first original songs. St Albans (thus spelt, no apostrophe or dot) is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ... Fingerpicking, or playing fingerstyle, is a technique for playing the guitar, or some other stringed instrument using the fingertips and/or fingernails, rather than with a plectrum (or pick). It is used for classical guitar, and some other acoustic styles, but it has found its way into other genres as... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Vitals: November 27th 1925-February 6th 2000 aged 75 Yin/Yang: ?/Sagittarius Place of Birth: Portland, OR Place of Death: unknown, probably somewhere in Belgium Derroll Adams was a tall, lanky banjo player with a deep voice. ...

In late 1964 he was offered a management and publishing contract. He went to London where he recorded a ten-track demo tape (recently rediscovered and released on iTunes), which included the original recording of "Catch The Wind", his first single. That song revealed the influence of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, who had also influenced Bob Dylan. Although Dylan comparisons followed him for some time, the tape also made it clear that Donovan was already a performer of considerable skill and originality. He is a very fine acoustic guitarist and self-accompanist, a talent that is often overlooked. See also: 1963 in music, other events of 1964, 1965 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television. ... Track Listing Submerged -3:09 Subway -1:57 Waiting For Susan -3:03 One Times One Times One -4:25 To Be Free Please -4:02 Handsome Musician -3:32 Fair Weather -3:06 North Main Street -3:31 AIDS -3:26 Your House -2:34 ... iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple Computer on January 10, 2001 at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco,[1] for playing and organizing digital music and video files. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Ramblin Jack Elliott Ramblin Jack Elliot (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Acoustic guitar can refer to the following musical instruments: Nylon and gut stringed guitars: Renaissance guitar Baroque guitar Romantic guitar Classical guitar, the modern version of the original guitar, with nylon strings Flamenco guitar Steel stringed guitars: Steel-string acoustic guitar, also known as western, folk or country guitar Twelve...

Other significant influences in his formative years included Jesse Fuller, Derroll Adams and Mac MacLeod, British guitarists Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Davey Graham, and American blues and jazz artists including Muddy Waters, Leadbelly and Billie Holiday. In an interview with KFOK radio June 14, 2005, MacLeod stated "...the press were fond of calling Don a Dylan clone which is of course a load of rubbish as they had both been influenced by the same sources: Ramblin' Jack, Jesse Fuller, Woody Guthrie and many more." Jesse Fuller with fotdella Jesse the Lone Cat Fuller (1896-January 30, 1976) was a once well-known American one-man-band musician, best known for his song San Francisco Bay Blues. He was born in Jonesboro, Georgia near Atlanta. ... Vitals: November 27th 1925-February 6th 2000 aged 75 Yin/Yang: ?/Sagittarius Place of Birth: Portland, OR Place of Death: unknown, probably somewhere in Belgium Derroll Adams was a tall, lanky banjo player with a deep voice. ... Keith MacLeod (known as Mac MacLeod) is a British musician. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... John Renbourn is a British guitarist and songwriter. ... Hat, released in 1969 Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham, b. ... McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915 or 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered the father of Chicago blues. ... Leadbelly, also known as Lead Belly (born Huddie William Ledbetter; January 20, 1889 (although this is debatable) - December 6, 1949), was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. ... Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanor Harris and later called Lady Day, was an American singer known equally for her difficult life and her emotive, poignant singing voice. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ...

While recording the demo at a studio in Denmark St, Donovan met and befriended Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, who were recording in a nearby studio. Coincidentally, he had also recently met Jones's ex-girlfriend, Linda Lawrence. (She had already had a son by Jones, but when she met Donovan her relationship with Jones was effectively over.) Donovan and Jones, became close friends, and their relationship lasted until Jones' untimely death in 1969. Brian Jones (born Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones on 28 February 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, died 3 July 1969) was a founding member, lead and rhythm guitarist and backing singer in the British rock group, The Rolling Stones. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ...

The meeting between Linda and Donovan was pivotal. They began an on-again-off-again romantic relationship that carried on sproadically for the next five years, and exerted a huge influence on Donovan's music. Linda refused to marry Donovan, and moved to America for several years in the late '60s. Although he had other relationships in between — one of which resulted in the birth of his first two children, Donovan Leitch Jr and Ione Skye Leitch — he remained strongly drawn to Linda, and she effectively became his muse. His confused feelings about her inspired dozens of songs, including "Catch The Wind", "Legend Of A Girl Child Linda", "Season Of The Witch", and many others. Ione Skye Leitch (born September 4, 1971 in Hertfordshire, England) is an actress. ... MuSE is an acronym that stands for Multiple Streaming Engine. ...

A star is born

Donovan had a meteoric rise to stardom. Within weeks of recording it, his demo tape was heard by Elkan Allen, producer of the pop show Ready Steady Go!, who was so impressed that he invited the unknown 18-year-old to appear on the show. Donovan made his TV debut on 30 January 1965 — a remarkable feat, considering that he had been a penniless vagrant only months before. Unusual for pop programs of this time, where performers typically lip-synched to a pre-recorded backing track, Donovan played and sang live. His guitar was emblazoned with the words "This Machine Kills"—a direct reference to Woody Guthrie, whose own guitar bore the famous slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists". Donovan was so well received that he appeared weekly until the end of April, and immediately afterwards he was signed to a recording contract with Pye Records, whose other major pop acts were The Kinks and Petula Clark. A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... Ready Steady Go or simply RSG was one of the UKs first rock / pop music TV programmes. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1964 in music, other events of 1965, 1966 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // January 4 - Fender Guitars is sold to CBS for $13 million. ... Lip synchronization is the synchronization of audio signals (sometimes with corresponding video signals) so that there is no noticeable lack of simultaneity between them. ... The Kinks were a British rock group that rose to fame during the original British Invasion, and recorded and performed for over thirty years. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Donovan's first UK single, a new version of "Catch The Wind", was released soon after his third TV appearance. It was a successful debut, rising to #4 on the UK charts and selling more than 200,000 copies. On 11 April, he performed with the biggest stars of the day at the annual New Musical Express poll winners' concert at the Empire Pool in Wembley. The single was subsequently released on the small Hickory label in the USA, where it achieved an impressive #30 chart placing. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Wembley Arena at Night (Taken at a live WWE Show). ... Wembley is a place in the London Borough of Brent. ...

Donovan's early musical style and physical appearance led to his being perceived and promoted as a British version of Bob Dylan. This brought a certain degree of criticism from folk music purists, some of whom assumed him to be merely a Dylan imitator. His meeting with Joan Baez during his first UK tour led to a meeting with Dylan himself, and not surprisingly, that meeting in April 1965 made headlines. Dylan was intrigued by the young musician, as can be seen in D.A. Pennebaker's film of Dylan's 1965 UK tour, Don't Look Back (released in 1967); they became friends and met on many other occasions. Joan Chandos Báez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. ... See also: 1964 in music, other events of 1965, 1966 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // January 4 - Fender Guitars is sold to CBS for $13 million. ... D. A. Pennebaker speaking at the University of Florida in February 2003. ... Dont Look Back can refer to one of the following: Don’t Look Back (Temptations song), a 1965 single by The Temptations Dont Look Back, a 1967 documentary film about Bob Dylan Dont Look Back (album), a 1978 album by Boston Dont Look Back (band), a french...

Donovan's second single, "Colours" was released in May 1965, reaching #4 in the UK, accompanied by his debut LP for Pye, What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid, which reached #3 in the UK album charts. Retitled Catch the Wind for the US market, it reached #30 there. He made his first trip to the US at this time, performing in New York with Pete Seeger and Reverend Gary Davis, and appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, Hullabaloo and Shindig!, as well as performing to critical and audience acclaim at the July 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Whats Bin Did and Whats Bin Hid is the debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Catch the Wind is the United States debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Pete Seeger (1955) Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919) almost universally known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer and political activist. ... Reverend Gary Davis also Blind Gary Davis ( April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972) was an African American blues and gospel singer as well as a renowned guitarist. ... Ed Sullivan The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ... Guest host Petula Clark introducing her new single, Round Every Corner, on the October 25, 1965 broadcast Hullabaloo was a musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through August 29, 1966. ... Shindig! was the name of a music variety show which was aired every week on the American ABC network from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. ... The Newport Folk Festival is an annual folk-oriented music festival founded in 1959 by George Wein, founder of the already-well-established Newport Jazz Festival, and his partner, Albert Grossman. ...

Donovan's next recording was a four-track EP called Universal Soldier, which included his classic cover of the Buffy Sainte-Marie-written title track, as well as three other tracks with overt anti-war content. Two of those songs -- "The War Drags On" and "Ballad Of A Crystal Man" -- were among the few protest songs of the period that went beyond generalized anti-war sentiments and made explicit references to the war in Vietnam. (In the U.S., it was Phil Ochs, rather than the better known Bob Dylan, who stood out in that regard.) This was a radical move for an emerging pop performer. Donovan's pioneering pacifist stance is often overlooked by his critics: the Vietnam War still had majority support in 1965, and he was one of the few British pop musicians who expressed direct opposition to the war in their music. Despite the contentious subject matter, the EP was a commercial success, topping the British EP chart for eight weeks, reaching #14 on the British singles chart and #17 on the Australian singles chart. 7 Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, educator and social activist. ... Anti war protest in Melbourne, Australia, 2003 Anti_war is a name that is widely adopted by any social movement or person that seeks to end or oppose a future or current war. ... A protest song is often a kind of folk music, but in recent times protest songs come from all genres of music, including punk rock and hip hop. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was a U.S. protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer), songwriter, musician and recording artist who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice. ... Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. ...

"Colours" was also released in the US, but it charted poorly, reaching #40 on the Cash Box charts but only #61 on the Billboard chart. At this stage Donovan had greater success in sales than in radio airplay, since American Top 40 radio tended to avoid folk recordings, preferring more highly arranged pop records. The Catch the Wind LP set the pattern for most of his American releases, which tended to chart better in Cash Box than Billboard, reflecting the fact that Billboard's charts factored in radio airplay, whilst Cash Box did not. Cash Box magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industry. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Catch the Wind is the United States debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ...

A single version of "Universal Soldier" was issued in the US in late August 1965 and it repeated the mediocre chart performance of "Colours", reaching only #45 in Cash Box and #53 in Billboard. Pye released Donovan's second UK album, Fairytale, in October 1965, along with his next single, "Turquoise". These too were less successful than his previous releases, with the album only reaching #20 and the single peaking at #30. Donovan made a second US tour in November, and Pye licenced this to the Nashville-based Hickory label, which released the American version of Fairytale later that month. As in the UK, it charted much lower than the first LP, reaching only #85. ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

Collaboration with Mickie Most

In late 1965, Donovan split with his original managers and signed with Ashley Kozak, who was working for Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises. Kozak introduced Donovan to American impresario Allen Klein (who would later take over management of The Rolling Stones), and Klein in turn introduced Donovan to producer Mickie Most, who was then riding high on the success of his chart-topping productions with The Animals and Herman's Hermits. Brian Epstein, The Beatles manager and a force behind the groups early success. ... Brian Samuel Epstein (September 19, 1934 – August 27, 1967) was a Jewish-English businessman, best known as the manager of The Beatles. ... Allen Klein (born December 18, 1931) is a business manager. ... The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ... Best of the 60s album Hermans Hermits were an English rock band in the 1960s, formed in Manchester in 1963. ...

Most produced almost all of Donovan's best recordings. The tracks they cut together represent some of the finest UK pop releases of the period, and feature the cream of the London session scene, including Big Jim Sullivan, Jack Bruce, Danny Thompson, and future Led Zeppelin members John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page. Many of the earlier Donovan-Most recordings were backed by jazz musicians, the most regular players being Danny Thompson (from Pentangle) or Spike Heatley on upright bass, Tony Carr on drums and congas, John Cameron on piano and Harold McNair on saxophone and flute. Carr's distinctive conga style and McNair's flute are an intrinsic feature of many of Donovan's recordings, and both players toured the US with Donovan. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... John Symon Asher Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish musician; a multi-instumentalist, composer, singer. ... Danny Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is a British double bass player. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album) Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, and are one of the most successful groups in popular music history. ... John Paul Jones in 1969 John Baldwin (born January 3, 1946 in Sidcup, London), better known by his stage name John Paul Jones, is an English musician and was the bassist and the keyboardist for Led Zeppelin from its inception until the bands breakup following the death of John... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born January 9, 1944) is an English guitarist and producer. ... Danny Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is a British double bass player. ... Pentangle is a British folk-rock band. ... A pair of congas The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums. ... Harold McNair was a jazz saxophonist and flautist of outstanding virtuosity. ...

It has been claimed that Donovan introduced Page and Jones to each other and that this essentially created Led Zeppelin. Jones and Page had already known each other for several years and they were among the freelance pop musicians in London at that time. They worked on literally hundreds of well known British recordings in that period, until Page retired from session work in 1968 to join The Yardbirds. Donovan has stated that the 'heavier' sound of his 1968 single "Hurdy Gurdy Man" had a definite influence on Page and Jones, although it is now generally accepted that the duo's work on the Jeff Beck single "Beck's Bolero" (with drummer Keith Moon) was the genesis of the Led Zeppelin style. Contradicting an assertion in Donovan's 2005 autobiography that three of the four future Zeppelin members (Page, Jones and Bonham) played on the track "Hurdy Gurdy Man" - John Paul Jones has stated that neither Page nor Bonham played on that track. In 2005, Jones (who arranged the track and was Musical Director for the session) identified the full lineup on that session as: Donovan - Acoustic Guitar. Alan Parker- Lead (electric) Guitar. John Paul Jones - Bass Guitar. Clem Cattini - Drums. (Cattini has concurred with Jones' recollection.) The Yardbirds were an early English rock band, noted for starting the careers of three of rocks most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ... Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Greater London, England) is a guitarist who played in several influential bands in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... Guitarist best known for his work in the band Blue Mink. ... Clem Cattini (born August, 1939 in London, England) was the drummer for 1960s British band, The Tornados as well as a session drummer. ...

Sunshine Superman

By 1966 Donovan had shed the overt Dylan/Guthrie influences and become one of the first British pop musicians to adopt a "flower power" image. More importantly, his music was developing and changing rapidly as he immersed himself in jazz, blues, Eastern music, and the new generation of US West Coast bands. He was now entering his most creative and original phase as a songwriter and recording artist, working in close collaboration with Mickie Most and arranger, musician and jazz fan, John Cameron. A bus covered with Hippie slogans and flowers Flower power was a slogan used by hippies in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of the non-violence ideology. ... Blues music redirects here. ... The term Eastern can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...

Their first collaboration was the track "Sunshine Superman". One of the first overtly psychedelic pop records, it was an innovative and eclectic blend of folk, rock, pop and jazz. The arrangement was augmented by prominent harpsichord, and set against a funky conga-driven backbeat. It also contained subtle, but unmistakable, references to LSD — notably, the line, "I could've tripped out easy, but I changed my way". Sunshine Superman is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη (psyche), and manifest, δηλειν (delein). ... Harpsichord in Flemish style; for more info, click the image. ... A pair of congas The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums. ... For other uses, see LSD (disambiguation). ...

Donovan's rapid rise stalled temporarily in December 1965, when Billboard broke news of the impending production deal between Klein, Most and Donovan, and then reported that Donovan was about to sign with CBS Records in the U.S. Despite Kozak's strenuous denials, Pye Records abruptly dropped the new single from their release schedule, and a contractual dispute ensued. As a result of this dispute, Donovan's subsequent UK and US record releases differed markedly, with most of his LPs being released in different forms on either side of the Atlantic; several significant album tracks from the late Sixties were simply not available in the UK for many years. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...

The legal dispute continued into early 1966. During the hiatus Donovan holidayed in Greece, where he wrote the wistful song, "Writer In The Sun", which was inspired by the rumors that his recording career was over. He also toured the USA, playing some lightly attended gigs. He returned to London, collaborating with The Beatles and contributing lyrics (and uncredited backing vocals) to the song "Yellow Submarine", recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 26 May 1966. Yellow Submarine is a 1966 song by The Beatles and a 1968 animated United Artists film based on the music of The Beatles. ... The legendary recording studio Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock artists: The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd and The Shadows. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ...

By late 1966 the American contractual problems had been resolved, and Donovan signed a $100,000 deal with the CBS subsidiary Epic Records. Donovan and Most went to CBS Studios in Los Angeles, where they recorded the tracks for a new LP, much of which had been formulated and composed during the preceding year. Although folk elements were still prominent, the album showed the increasing influence of jazz, American west coast psychedelia, and folk rock, especially The Byrds, whose records Donovan had been listening to constantly throughout 1965. CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ...

The LP sessions were completed in May and "Sunshine Superman" was released in the US as a single in June. It was a huge success, providing Donovan with a crucial American chart breakthrough, selling 800,000 copies in just six weeks and eventually reaching #1. The LP followed in August, preceded by advance orders of 250,000 copies, and it reached #11 on the US album charts.

The US version of the Sunshine Superman LP is probably the best, most consistent and durable of Donovan's albums; it remains one of the keynote records of the psychedelic era. It boasts superb songs, with restrained but imaginative chamber-style arrangements. It also features an eclectic range of instruments including acoustic bass, sitar, saxophone, tablas and congas, harpsichord, strings and oboe. Highlights include the swinging "The Fat Angel", which (Donovan's book confirms) was written for "Mama" Cass Elliott of The Mamas And The Papas. The song is also notable for name checking cult San Francisco acid rock band Jefferson Airplane, well before they became known internationally. Other standout tracks include "Bert's Blues", (a tribute to his mentor Bert Jansch), the stately "Guinevere" and "Legend Of A Girl Child Linda", an inovative track featuring voice, acoustic guitar and a small orchestra, and which runs for over six minutes. Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. ... Premla Shahane playing a sitar, 1927 The sitar (Urdu: ستار, Hindi: सितार) is probably the best-known South Asian instrument in the West. ... Mama Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 _ July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer who performed with The Mamas & the Papas. ... The Mamas & the Papas were a leading vocal group of the 1960s, and one of the few American groups to maintain widespread success during the British Invasion, along with The Beach Boys. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Acid rock is a form of psychedelic music and was the first form of it to achieve popular acclaim. ... Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock movement. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

The album is also probably the first pop recording to feature extensive use of the sitar, which was played by American folk singer Shawn Phillips. Donovan had met Phillips in London in 1965 and Phillips became a close friend and an important early collaborator, playing acoustic guitar and sitar on several major recordings including the Sunshine Superman album, as well as accompanying Donovan at numerous concerts. Premla Shahane playing a sitar, 1927 The sitar (Urdu: ستار, Hindi: सितार) is probably the best-known South Asian instrument in the West. ... He helped define folk-rock in the sixties and progressive-new-age rock in the seventies. ...

In contrast to the pastoral tone of the rest of the album, several songs, including the title track, had a decidedly harder edge. The driving, jazzy "The Trip" was titled after the L.A. club of the same name; chronicling an LSD trip he took during his time in L.A., it was loaded with references to Donovan's sojourn on the West Coast, and name-checked both Dylan and Baez. The third "heavy" song, destined to become one of his most enduring recordings, was a brooding and portentous number called "Season Of The Witch". Recorded with a mixture of American and British session players, it features Donovan's first recorded performance on electric guitar. The song was covered by Brian Auger on his first LP in 1967, and Al Kooper and Stephen Stills recorded an 11-minute version of the song on the classic 1968 album Super Session. Donovan's version was used to great effect, years later, in the memorable closing sequence of the Gus Van Sant film To Die For, starring Nicole Kidman. This article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Jr. ... Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning actress, and one of Hollywoods leading actresses. ...

Because of contractual problems the album was not released in the UK for another nine months, and then in an altered form — it had a different track order and omitted three important tracks, "The Fat Angel", "The Trip" and "Ferris Wheel", replacing them with "Hampstead Incident", "Young Girl Blues", "Writer In The Sun" and "Sand And Foam".

On 24 October 1966 Epic released the rollicking, brass-laden single "Mellow Yellow", arranged by John Paul Jones and purportedly featuring Paul McCartney on uncredited backing vocals. It was rumoured that the phrase "electrical banana" referred to the practice of smoking banana peels to get high, (see Berkeley Barb, perhaps because of this song). The phrase has also been considered to be a coded reference to a vibrator. Another line in the song that has caused speculation about its meaning is "I'm just mad about Fourteen", and in one live version, he sings, "I'm just mad about fourteen year old girls; they're mad about me." ^{[citation needed]} The song became Donovan's signature tune and was a huge commercial success—it reached #2 in Billboard, #3 in Cash Box and earned a gold record award for sales of more than one million copies in the US. October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... John Paul Jones in 1969 John Baldwin (born January 3, 1946 in Sidcup, London), better known by his stage name John Paul Jones, is an English musician and was the bassist and the keyboardist for Led Zeppelin from its inception until the bands breakup following the death of John... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942, Liverpool) is an English singer and songwriter. ... The Berkeley Barb was an underground newspaper which was published in Berkeley, California, in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

During the first half of 1967 Donovan worked on an ambitious double-album studio project, which he produced himself. In January he gave a major concert at the Royal Albert Hall accompanied by a ballerina who danced during a twelve minute performance of the song "Golden Apples". On 14 January New Musical Express reported that he was to write incidental music for a National Theatre production of As You Like It, but did not come to fruition. His version of "Under the Greenwood Tree" did appear on "A Gift From A Flower To A Garden". Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... Scene from As you like it, Francis Hayman, c. ...

Later that month Epic released a new LP, Mellow Yellow, which reached #14 in the album charts, and a new non-album single, "Epistle To Dippy", a Top 20 hit in the US. Written in the form of an open letter to an old school friend, the song had a strong pacifist subtext, in spite of its florid psychedelic imagery. The real "Dippy" was at the time serving in the British Army in Malaysia. According to Brian Hogg, who wrote the liner notes for the Donovan boxed set Troubadour, Dippy heard the song, contacted Donovan and left the army as a result. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

On 9 February 1967 Donovan was one of the guests invited by The Beatles to join them at Abbey Road Studios for the final orchestral overdub session for the Lennon-McCartney collaboration "A Day in the Life", the grand finale to their new opus Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A Day in the Life is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded for The Beatles album Sgt. ... For other uses, see Sgt. ...

Drug bust

In mid-1966 (evidently some time prior to June 11, when the case was reported in the press), Donovan became the first high-profile British pop star to be arrested for possession of marijuana. Donovan's drug use appears to have been moderate, and was mostly restricted to pot smoking — with occasional use of psychedelic drugs, including LSD and mescaline. Although he was not indulging on the scale of friends like John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and Brian Jones, his use of LSD is referenced in many of his lyrics, including "The Trip", "Sunshine Superman", "Wear your love like heaven", "Epistle To Dippy", and "Hurdy-Gurdy Man". A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... This entry pertains to the word psychedelic, its origin and uses. ... For other uses, see LSD (disambiguation). ... Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a hallucinogenic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, lead and rhythm guitarist and backing singer in the English rock group, The Rolling Stones. ...

Public attention was first drawn to his marijuana use by the TV documentary A Boy Called Donovan, broadcast in early 1966, which showed the singer and some friends smoking cannabis at a party thrown by the film crew. However it now appears that the Drug Squad were already planning to target many major British pop stars, and indeed Donovan's arrest proved to be merely the first in a long series of high-profile busts, including members of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Donovan's drug arrest garnered a great deal of publicity, and in early 1967, Donovan was the subject of an expose by the British tabloid News of the World. Look up Cannabis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band from Liverpool, Merseyside. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ...

According to Donovan's autobiography, the article was based on an unauthorised interview given by an ex-girlfriend of his closest friend, Gypsy Davy. It was the first installment of a three-part series "Drugs & Pop Stars - Facts That Will Shock You". Although some claims were probably true, others were completely false. The most notorious instance was that of the News Of The World reporter who claimed to have spent an entire evening with Mick Jagger, who (he alleged) openly discussed his drug use and offered drugs to his companions. Only after publication was it discovered that the reporter had actually mistaken Brian Jones for Jagger, who promptly sued the paper. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ...

Among the other supposed revelations were claims that Donovan and other leading pop stars including members of The Who, Cream, The Rolling Stones and The Moody Blues regularly smoked marijuana, used other illicit drugs, and held parties where the recently banned hallucinogen LSD was used, specifically naming The Who's Pete Townshend and Cream's Ginger Baker as LSD users. The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to be considered one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time[1][2][3]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1995... Cream was a 1960s British supergroup which featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer who is best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Who. ... Peter Edward Ginger Baker (born August 19, 1939, Lewisham, South London) is an English drummer who gained fame as a member of Cream from 1966 until 1968. ...

It emerged later that the News Of The World reporters were using their access to pop stars to gather information and then pass it on to the police. In the late 1990s, an article published in The Guardian revealed that it was News Of The World reporters who had alerted the police about the party at Keith Richards' house, Redlands, which was raided in the early hours of 12 February 1967, just after George Harrison and his wife Pattie Boyd had left. The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... George Harrison and Pattie Boyd in A Hard Days Night Patricia Anne Pattie Boyd (born 17 March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset, England), supermodel and photographer, is best known as the wife of two famous rock musicians and the inspiration for several monumental rock love songs. ...

Although Donovan's bust was not as sensational as the later arrests of Jagger and Richards, it had one unfortunate outcome: because of the charges, he was refused entry to the U.S. until late in 1967, and thus was unable to perform at the Monterey International Pop Festival in June of that year. Poster promoting the festival The Monterey International Pop Music Festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. ...

International success, 1967–69

In July Epic released the single "There Is A Mountain", which went Top Ten in the US and was later used as the basis for The Allman Brothers monumental Mountain Jam. In September he embarked on a tour of the US. Donovan was backed by a small jazz group and accompanied by his father, who introduced the show. Dressed in a flowing white robe, with the stage festooned with feathers, flowers and incense, Donovan played to a full house at the Philharmonic Hall in New York. His performance was rapturously received and immortalised by Lillian Roxon in her Rock Encyclopedia. A similarly ecstatic performance at the Hollywood Bowl was followed by a notable landmark: Donovan's interview with writer John Carpenter became the first ever Rolling Stone interview in the magazine's debut issue, published on November 9, 1967. Donovan's concert at the Anaheim Convention Center on 23 September was recorded and released as a live LP the following year. The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ... Mountain Jam is an Allman Brothers Band song off the Eat A Peach album. ... , Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. ... Lillian Roxon (1932-1973) was a noted Australian journalist and author. ... Hollywood Bowl opening night 2005. ... Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...

Later in July 1967 Epic released Donovan's fifth album, an ambitious 2-disc set entitled A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, one of the first rock music boxed sets and only the third pop-rock double album ever released. It was split thematically into two halves. The first record, subtitled "Wear Your Love Like Heaven", was written for the people of his generation that would one day be parents; the second, subtitled "For Little Ones", was a collection of songs Donovan had written especially for the coming generation. Worried that it might be a poor seller, Epic boss Clive Davis insisted that the albums be split and sold separately in the US. His fears were unfounded — Although it took some time, the boxed set sold steadily, peaking at #19 on US charts and achieving gold record status in the US in early 1970. A Gift from a Flower to a Garden is the fifth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, and marks the first double album of his career and one of the first box sets in rock music. ... Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Epic Records LN 24349 (monaural) / BN 26349 (stereo)) is the first record of the double album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, the fifth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... For Little Ones (Epic Records LN 24350 (monaural) / BN 26350 (stereo)) is the second record of the double album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, the fifth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is the founder of Arista Records, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. ...

The psychedelic and mystical overtones of the work were unmistakable — The front cover featured an infrared photograph by psychedelic album cover photographer Karl Ferris of Donovan dressed in a robe holding flowers and peacock feathers, while the back cover photo by Ferris showed him holding hands with Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Surprisingly, the liner notes included an appeal from Donovan for young people to give up the use of all drugs—a decidedly un-hip stance for a rock musician at the height of the Summer of Love. His early public disavowal of drugs was no doubt motivated in part by his drug bust, but he was and remains strongly opposed to hard drugs— a belief that was no doubt reinforced by the rapid physical and mental decline of his friend Brian Jones. Top: tree photographed in the near infrared range. ... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma) [1] is the creator of Transcendental Meditationâ„¢ and leader of the Transcendental Meditation Movement, based on the principles of Mantra Shastra espoused by the Adi Shankara (c. ... The Summer of Love is a phrase given to the summer of 1967 to try to describe the feeling of being in San Francisco that summer, when the so-called hippie movement came to full fruition. ...

In late 1967 Donovan contributed a several songs to the soundtrack of the Ken Loach film Poor Cow. The title track (Originally called "Poor Love") was released as the B-side of his next single, "Jennifer Juniper", a song inspired by Jenny Boyd, sister of George Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd. It was another Top 40 hit in the USA. Ken Loach Kenneth Loach (born June 17, 1936), known as Ken Loach, is a English television and film director, known for his social realist style and socialist themes. ... Helen Mary Boyd, 1960s London fashion model; younger sister of Pattie Boyd, who married Beatle George Harrison. ... George Harrison and Pattie Boyd in A Hard Days Night Patricia Anne Pattie Boyd (born 17 March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset, England), supermodel and photographer, is best known as the wife of two famous rock musicians and the inspiration for several monumental rock love songs. ...

Like The Beatles, Donovan developed a strong interest in eastern mysticism, and in early 1968 he traveled to India where he spent several weeks at the ashram of the Maharishi in Rishikesh. The visit gained worldwide media attention thanks to the presence of (for a time) all four Beatles as well as Beach Boys lead singer Mike Love, actress Mia Farrow and her sister Prudence (who inspired John Lennon to write "Dear Prudence"). According to a 1968 Paul McCartney interview with Radio Luxembourg [1] it was during this time that Donovan taught John Lennon and Paul McCartney various finger picking styles like the claw hammer (note that in the UK Travis Picking by Merle Travis is often referred to as claw hammer) which he had learned from his St Albans buddy Mac MacLeod. Lennon went on to use the technique on songs including "Julia" and McCartney with "Blackbird". Rishikesh (also spelt Hrishikesh, another name for Lord Vishnu), in the state of Uttaranchal, is a holy city for Hindus located in the foothills of the Himalaya in northern India. ... The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Michael Edward Love (born March 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter who was one of the lead singers and lyric writers of The Beach Boys. ... Mia Farrow (born Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow on February 9, 1945), is an American actress. ... Merle Travis (November 29, 1917 - October 20, 1983) is an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician. ... Keith MacLeod (known as Mac MacLeod) is a British musician. ...

His next single was released in May 1968, the swirling psychedelic "The Hurdy Gurdy Man". In the liner notes from EMI's reissues it is revealed that the song was originally intended for Donovan's old friend and guitar mentor Mac MacLeod, who had a heavy rock band called Hurdy Gurdy. After hearing MacLeod's power trio version, Donovan considered giving it to Jimi Hendrix, but when Mickie Most heard it, he convinced Donovan that the song was a sure fire single that he should record. Donovan tried to get Hendrix to play on the recording, but was on tour and unavailable. Jimmy Page was also considered to play on the track but he was out of the country touring with The Yardbirds. They then brought in a brilliant young British guitarist, Alan Parker. It is possible Jimmy Page did play on other tracking sessions for the Hurdy Gurdy Man LP, although not on the title track. John Paul Jones played bass with Clem Cattini on drums. Jones and Page have stated that Led Zeppelin was formed during the "Hurdy Gurdy Man" sessions. Keith MacLeod (known as Mac MacLeod) is a British musician. ... Hurdy Gurdy formed from the Danish group Peter Belli & the Boom Boom Brothers (aka The B.B. Brothers) in June 1967. ... Guitarist best known for his work in the band Blue Mink. ...

The heavier sound of "Hurdy Gurdy Man" was a deliberate attempt by Most and Donovan to reach a wider audience in the US, where the new hard rock sounds of groups like Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience were having a major impact. In this case Most's commercial instincts were spot-on, and the song became one of Donovan's biggest hits, going to Top 5 in both the UK and the US, and Top 10 in Australia. Cream was a 1960s British supergroup which featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Jimi Hendrix#The Jimi Hendrix Experience. ...

The same month, he recorded an even rockier single, the snarling, funky, freakbeat classic "Goo Goo Barabajagal", a song which gained him an avid following on the rave scene decades later. This time he was backed by the original incarnation of The Jeff Beck Group, featuring Beck on lead guitar, Ron Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano and Micky Waller on drums. Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Greater London, England) is a guitarist who played in several influential bands in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Image:Ron wood virgin. ... Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 in London – September 6, 1994) was an English musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ... Micky (Mickey) Waller, who was born on September 6, 1941 is a veteran drummer who has played with many of the biggest names on the UK rock and blues scene since he first went professional in 1960. ...

The Beck group was under contract to Most at the time, and it was Most's idea to team them with Donovan in an attempt to bring a heavier sound to Donovan's work, while also introducing a more lyrical edge to Beck's. These recordings languished for quite some time. The two tracks cut with the Beck Group— ("Barabajagal" and the single's eventual B-side "Trudi") —plus three others, "Happiness Runs", "Superlungs (My Supergirl)", and "Where Is She?", were shelved for almost a year.

In July 1968, Epic released Donovan in Concert, the recording of his Anaheim concert in September 1967. Featuring a cover painting by Fleur Cowles, it is notable for its long running time, its mellow jazzy feel and excellent sound, with Donovan being one of the first major pop artists of his era to release a live LP. Among the tracks (which include only two of his big hits) is "Epistle To Derroll", a tribute to one of his formative influences, Derroll Adams, as well as lengthy versions of "Young Girl Blues" and "The Pebble And The Man", a song later reworked and retitled as "Happiness Runs". Donovan in Concert is the sixth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, and the first live album of his career. ...

During the summer of 1968 Donovan worked on a second LP of children's songs, subsequently released as the double album H.M.S. Donovan. In September Epic released a new single, "Lalena", a subdued acoustic ballad which reached the low 30s in the US charts. The album The Hurdy Gurdy Man followed; it continued the style of the Mellow Yellow LP and reached a creditable #20 in America, in spite of the fact that it contained several earlier hits including the title track and "Jennifer Juniper". H.M.S. Donovan is the ninth studio album, and tenth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... The Hurdy Gurdy Man is the sixth studio album and seventh album overall from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ...

After another US tour in the autumn he again collaborated with Paul McCartney, who was producing Post Card, the debut LP by recently discovered Welsh singing sensation Mary Hopkin. Hopkin covered three Donovan songs: "Lord Of The Reedy River", "Happiness Runs" and "Voyage of the Moon". McCartney returned the favour by playing tambourine and singing backing vocals on Donovan's next single, the anthemic "Atlantis", which was released in Britain (with "I Love My Shirt" as the B-side) in late November and reached #23. Mary Hopkin (born May 3, 1950) is a British singer. ... Atlantis is a 1968 song written and recorded by Donovan, released as a single in the UK and on an LP and as a single in the US. // Theme The introduction is a quiet monologue regarding the idea that Atlantis was a highly advanced antediluvian civilization, that Atlantean colonists were...

Early in 1969 the comedy film If It's Tuesday It Must Be Belgium featured music by Donovan. On January 20, Epic released the single, "To Susan On The West Coast Waiting", with "Atlantis" as the B-side. The A-side, a gentle calypso-styled song contained yet another pointed anti-war message, but still became a moderate Top 40 US hit. However, when DJs in America and Australia flipped it and began playing "Atlantis" heavily, that song became a major hit, achieving the Top Ten in both countries in spite of its subject matter, its lengthy spoken introduction and its running time of over four minutes. "Atlantis" received a low-key revival in 2000 when Donovan performed a retooled version of the song in an episode of Futurama titled "The Deep South" (2ACV12) which first aired on 16 April of that year. In the remake, Donovan describes the Lost City of Atlanta featured in the episode. Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in the British and French colonial islands of the Caribbean at about the start of the 20th century. ... Futurama is an animated American cartoon series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

In March 1969 (too soon to include "Atlantis" on the album) Epic and Pye released Donovan's Greatest Hits, which included several songs previously only available as singles—"Epistle To Dippy", "There Is A Mountain" and "Lalena", as well as "Colours" and "Catch The Wind", which had been unavailable to Epic because of Donovan's contractual problems. It became the most successful album of his career&mdash and reached #4 in the US, and became a million-selling gold record and stayed on the Billboard album chart for more than a year.

In July Donovan performed at the famous Rolling Stones free concert in Hyde Park, London, which was in part a memorial to his old friend, Brian Jones, who had died only days before. Also that month the long-delayed "Barabajagal" single was released, reaching #12 in the UK but charting less strongly in the US. The Barabajagal album followed in August, reaching #23 in America. The Serpentine, viewed from the eastern end Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London and one of the Royal Parks of London. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ...

The split with Most, and later career

Growing tension between Mickie Most and Donovan came to a head in late 1969 when they argued about the conduct of a recording session in Los Angeles. Most later explained that he had objected to "hangers-on" in the studio and "a lot of goings-on that I didn't like" and he gave Donovan an ultimatum—he was paying for the session, and Donovan could either do it his way or take a walk. Donovan declared that he wanted to record with someone else, and their successful partnership came to an abrupt end. They would not work together again until 1973's Cosmic Wheels. Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes- (June 20, 1938- May 30, 2003), successful record producer notably with a string of Number 1 hit singles with his own RAK Recordslabel and acts such as The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro. ...

After the rift Donovan disappeared, apparently to Greece, re-emerging six months later to begin work on his next LP. The eventual result, which was both titled and credited to Open Road, came out in late 1970 and was a marked departure from his earlier work. Stripping the sound back to a rock trio format, he dubbed the sound "Celtic rock". The album was moderately successful but it marked the start of a gradual decline in his popularity and commercial success, and his concert appearances became increasingly rare.

The largely self-produced children's album H.M.S Donovan was released in 1971 but failed to gain a wide audience. It was followed in early 1973 by his reunion with Mickie Most, the LP Cosmic Wheels. It was to be his last major chart success, reaching the Top 40 in both America and Britain. Later in the year he released Essence To Essence, produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, and a live album recorded in Japan, which featured a previously unheard version of "Hurdy Gurdy Man" that included a verse written by George Harrison. Andrew Loog Oldham (born 1944) is a British rock and roll producer, impresario and author. ...

Many people don't realize that's him singing with Alice Cooper on the song "Billion Dollar Babies."

His later output included the albums 7-Tease (1974) and Slow Down World (1976). The 1978 LP Donovan reunited him for the last time with Mickie Most but was not well received at the height of the New Wave period. It was followed by Neutronica (1980), Love Is Only Feeling (1981), Lady Of The Stars (1984), and a 1990 live album featuring new performances of his classic songs. The punk era (1977-1980) had provoked a backlash in Britain against the optimism and whimsy of the hippy era, of which Donovan was considered a prime example. The word "hippy" became a pejorative and Donovan's fortunes with the public and the media suffered in the prevailing mood. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

There was a brief respite for Donovan when producer Martin Lewis invited him to appear alongside many of the biggest artists of the era (including Sting, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof - and two 1960s stalwarts whose popularity had sustained - Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck) in the Amnesty International benefit show The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Donovan was accompanied by favourite bass player Danny Thompson and performed several of his biggest hits including Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow, Colours, Universal Soldier and Catch The Wind. Donovan was also featured in the lineup of the all-star performance of Dylan's I Shall Be Released for the show's finale. Donovan's performances were seen and heard worldwide on the resulting album and movie, released in 1982. The movie captured one particular incident that relayed Donovan's determination and good humor. His initial appearance on the stage prompted one audience member to bellow "I thought you were dead!", to which Donovan responded "not yet!" The audience's reaction to Donovan's rejoinder, as witnessed in the film, was proof that he still enjoyed popularity despite the anti-1960s sentiments of the time. Martin Lewis. ... For other uses, see Sting (disambiguation). ... Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock and pop musician. ... Robert Frederick Zenon Bob Geldof, KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. ... An example of the famous Clapton is God graffiti craze Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into... Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Greater London, England) is a guitarist who played in several influential bands in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Amnesty International symbol Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.[1] Essentially it compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these have not... The Secret Policemans Other Ball was the fourth of the benefit shows staged by the British Section of Amnesty International to raise funds for its research and campaign work in the human rights field. ... Danny Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is a British double bass player. ...

Sony's definitive 2-CD boxed set Troubadour (1992) continued the restoration of his reputation, and was followed by the long overdue 1994 release of Four Donovan Originals, which saw his four classic Epic LPs released on CD in their original form for the first time in the UK. He found an unlikely ally in rap producer and Def Jam label owner Rick Rubin, who was in fact a long-time fan. Rubin financed and produced Donovan's critically acclaimed 1996 album Sutras. Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label that operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. ...

Donovan also provided songs for the 1972 movie The Pied Piper, in which he also played the title role, and for Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973), Franco Zeffirelli's film about St Francis of Assisi. The title song from the Zeffirelli film provided Donovan with an unexpected publishing windfall in 1974 when it was covered as the B-side of the million-selling U.S. Top 5 hit "The Lord's Prayer", by Australia's singing nun, Sister Janet Mead. The Pied Piper is a 1942 film in which an Englishman, on vacation in France, is caught up in the German invasion of that country, and finds himself helping a large group of children to safety. ... Graham Faulkner as Francesco, or Francis Franco Zeffirellis Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), conceived and executed in much the same visual manner as his Oscar winning Romeo and Juliet (1968), attempts to draw parallels between the work and philosophy of Francis of Assisi and the ideology that underpinned the... Franco Zeffirelli (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923), is an Italian film director. ... Saint Francis of Assisi (born in Assisi, Italy, ca. ... Nun in cloister, 1930; photograph by Doris Ulmann A nun is a woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life. ... Sister Janet Mead born 1938 in Adelaide, South Australia is a Catholic nun best known for recording a rock version of The Lords Prayer. ...

Donovan and Linda have two children together, Astrella Celeste and Oriole Nebula. Donovan previously had two children (by his 1960s American girlfriend Enid Stulberger) who have become actors, his namesake son, Donovan Leitch, Jr., and his daughter, Ione Skye. Donovan Leitch, Jr. ... Ione Skye Leitch (born September 4, 1971 in Hertfordshire, England) is an actress. ...

A new album Beat Cafe was released on Appleseed Records in 2004. It marks a return to the jazzy sound of some of his 1960s recordings and features bassist Danny Thompson and drummer Jim Keltner, and production by John Chelew (Blind Boys Of Alabama). Beat Cafe is the twenty-third studio album, and twenty-eighth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Jim Keltner (born April 27, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American rock and roll drummer. ... The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel music group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. ...

In November 2003 Donovan was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Hertfordshire. He was co-nominated by his old friend and mentor, Mac MacLeod. The University of Hertfordshire is a modern university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, from which the university takes its name. ...

In May 2004, Donovan played "Sunshine Superman" at the pre-wedding concert for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark.

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Donovan has also released his early demo tapes Sixty Four and a rerecording of the Brother Sun, Sister Moon soundtrack on iTunes. iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple Computer on January 10, 2001 at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco,[1] for playing and organizing digital music and video files. ...

A major set of his Mickie Most albums is on release from 9 May 2005. This EMI set has dozens of extra tracks including another song with the Jeff Beck Group. In 2005 his autobiography The Hurdy Gurdy Man was published. May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In spring/summer 2006 Donovan played at series of English festivals and two dates at Camden's Jazz cafe, London.

Discography

Albums

• What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid [UK] (1965) / Catch the Wind [U.S.] (1965) #30 U.S.; #3 UK
• Fairytale (1965) #85 U.S.; #20 UK
• Sunshine Superman [U.S.] (1966) #11 U.S.
• Mellow Yellow [U.S.] (1967) #14 U.S.
• A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) #19 U.S.; #13 UK; double album also released separately as:
  • Wear Your Love Like Heaven [U.S.] (1967) and
  • For Little Ones [U.S.] (1967)
• Donovan in Concert [Live] (1968) #18 U.S.
• The Hurdy Gurdy Man [U.S.] (1968) #20 U.S.
• Barabajagal [U.S.] (1969) #23 U.S.
• Open Road (1970) #16 U.S.; #30 UK (extensive use of flanging sound effects at the track Celtic Rock)
• H.M.S. Donovan (1971)
• Cosmic Wheels (1973) #25 U.S.; #15 UK
• Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 [Japan] (1973)
• Essence to Essence (1973) #174 U.S.
• 7-Tease (1974) #135 U.S.
• Slow Down World (1976) #174 U.S.
• Donovan (1977)
• Neutronica [France][Germany] (1980)
• Love Is Only Feeling [Germany] (1981)
• Lady of the Stars (1984)
• Rising [UK] / The Classics Live [U.S.] / 25 Years in Concert [Holland] [Live] (1990)
• One Night in Time [Japan] (1993)
• The Children of Lir (1994 Irish release)(Brian O' Reilly's musical legend)
• Sutras (1996)
• Rising Again [Live] (2001)
• Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986 (2001)
• Pied Piper (2002)
• Celtia (2002)(very rare demo copies)
• Sixty Four (2004)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (2004)
• Beat Cafe (2004)
• classic lives reworked (2006)(France only)
• in concert - the complete anaheim 1967 show (2006)
• Laleña 9 tracks reworked (2006) (France & Germany only)

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Singles and EPs

• Catch the Wind /Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do? (1965) #23 U.S.; #4 UK
• Catch the Wind [France] (1965)
• Colours / To Sing for You [UK] (1965) #4 UK
• Colours / Josie [U.S.] (1965) #61 U.S.
• The Universal Soldier [UK] (1965) #13 UK
• Universal Soldier / Do You Hear Me Now? [U.S.] (1965) #53 U.S.
• Turquoise / "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" [UK] (1965) #30 UK
• You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond / "The Little Tin Soldier" [U.S.] (1965)
• To Try for the Sun /Turquoise [U.S.] (1966)
• Josie / The Little Tin Soldier [UK] (1966)
• Remember the Alamo /The Ballad of a Crystal Man [UK-withdrawn] (1966)
• Sunshine Superman / The Trip [U.S.] (1966) #1 U.S.; #2 UK
• Mellow Yellow / Sunny South Kensington (U.S.) (1966) #2 U.S.
• Mellow Yellow / Preachin' Love [UK] (1967) #8 UK
• Epistle to Dippy / Preachin' Love [U.S.] (1967) #19 U.S.
• There Is a Mountain / [[Sand and Foam] (1967) #11 U.S.; #8 UK
• "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" / "Oh Gosh" [U.S.] (1967) #23 U.S.
• "Jennifer Juniper" / "Poor Cow" (1968) #26 U.S.; #5 UK
• "Jennifer Juniper (Versione Italiana)" / "Mellow Yellow" [Italy] (1968)
• "Hurdy Gurdy Man" / "Teen Angel" (1968) #5 U.S.; #4 UK
• "Laleña" / "Aye My Love" [U.S.] (1968) #33 U.S.
• "Atlantis" / "I Love My Shirt" [UK] (1968) #23 UK
• "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" / "Atlantis" [U.S.] (1969) #7 U.S. (by "Atlantis")
• "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" / "Bed with Me" [UK] (1969) #12 UK
• "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" / "Trudi" [U.S.] (1969) #36 U.S.
• "Riki Tiki Tavi" / "Roots of Oak" (1970) #55 U.S.
• "Celia of the Seals" / "Mr. Wind" [UK] (1970)
• "Celia of the Seals" / "The Song of the Wandering Aengus" [U.S.] (1971) #84 U.S.
• "I Like You" / "Earth Sign Man" (1973) #66 U.S.
• "Maria Magenta" / "The Intergalactic Laxative" (1973)
• "Sailing Homeward" / "Lazy Daze" [UK] (1973)
• "Sailing Homeward" / "Yellow Star" (1974)
• "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" / "Divine Daze of Deathless Delight" (1974)
• "Rock 'n' Roll Souljer" / "How Silly" [U.S.] (1975)
• "Rock 'n' Roll Souljer" / "Love of My Life" [UK] (1975)
• "A Well Known Has Been" / "Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel" [U.S.] (1976)
• "Dare to Be Different" / "The International Man" [U.S.] (1977)
• "The Light" / "The International Man" [UK] (1977)
• "Dare to Be Different" / "Sing My Song" [UK] (1978)
• "Mee Mee I Love You" / "Harmony" [West Germany - France] (1981)
• "Neutron" / "The Heights of Alma" [West Germany] (1981)
• "Lay Down Lassie" / "Love Is Only Feeling" [UK] (1981)
• "Jennifer Juniper" [UK] (1990) (Donovan & the Singing Corner)
• "Newest Bath Guide" [UK] (1992)
• "Atlantis" [Germany] (2001) (No Angels & Donovan)
• "Happiness Runs" (2005)

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Compilations

1960s

• The Real Donovan [U.S.] (1966) #96 U.S.
• Sunshine Superman [UK] (1967) #25 UK
• Universal Soldier [UK] (1967) #5 UK
• Wear Your Love Like Heaven [U.S.] (1967) #60 U.S.
• For Little Ones [U.S.] (1967) #185
• Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be [U.S.] (1968) #177 U.S.
• What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid [Edit][UK] (1968)
• A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan [West Germany] (1969)
• The World of Donovan [UK] (1969)
• This Is Donovan [West Germany] [Holland] (1969, 1971, 1974)?
• Donovan's Greatest Hits (1969) #4 U.S.
• Fairytale [Edit][UK] (1969)
• The Best of Donovan [U.S.] (1969) #135 U.S.

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1970s

• Donovan P. Leitch [U.S.] (1970) #128 U.S.
• Catch the Wind [UK] (1971)
• Hear Me Now [U.S.] (1971)
• Golden Hour of Donovan [UK] (1971)
• The World of Donovan [U.S.] (1972)
• Colours [UK] (1972)
• Early Treasures [U.S.] (1973)
• The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan [UK] (1975)
• The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan Vol. 2 [UK] (1976)
• Donovan File [UK] (1977)
• Star Discothek: Donovan [West Germany] (circa 1978)

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1980s

• Spotlight on Donovan (1981)
• The Best of Donovan [Australia] (1982)
• Minstrel Boy (1983)
• Catch the Wind [UK] (1986)
• Colours [UK] (1987)
• Donovan's Greatest Hits and More (1989)

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1990s

• The EP Collection (1990)
• The Collection (1990)
• Colours (1991)
• Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 (1992)
• The Early Years (1993)
• Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom (1993)
• Donovan in Concert (1994)
• Till I See You Again (1994)
• Sunshine Superman (1994)
• Live [Germany] (1995)
• Universal Soldier (1995)
• Definitive Collection [Austria] [Holland] (1995)
• Wonderful Music of Donovan [Portugal] (1996)
• Golden Hits [Holland] [U.S.] (1996)
• Peace and Love Songs [U.S.] (1996)
• Sunshine Superman (1997)
• Performance (1997)
• Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live (1997)
• Mellow (1997)
• Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten [Australia] (1998)
• The Very Best of Donovan (1998)
• Cosmic Wheels (1998)
• Atlantis Calling (1999)

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2000s

• Forever Gold (2000)
• Summer Day Reflection Songs (2000)
• Golden Tracks (2000)
• Super Hits (2000)
• Catch the Wind (2000)
• Mellow Yellow/Wear Your Love Like Heaven (2001)
• Colours: Live in Concert (2001)
• The Very Best of Donovan [Germany] (2002)
• The Very Best of Donovan: The Early Years (2002)
• Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan (2002)
• Atlantis [Holland] (2002)
• Storyteller (2003)
• Catch the Wind [UK] (2003)
• The Great Donovan [Australia] (2003)
• To Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan (2005) (Legacy Recordings)
• The Best Of Donovan Sunshine Superman (2006)

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Unreleased albums

• Moon in Capricorn
• Celtia
• Lonely hotel
• The minstrel
• country
• cosmo street
• Christmas day
• Eight little fishes / smile in reverse
• The Acetates (1971-1972, Open Road recording sessions, Open Road disbanded before an album was officially finished; some works on this 3 disk collection can be found on later albums, specifically including Beat Cafe)

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Tribute albums

• Donovan My Way (Vic Lewis and His Orchestra) (1968)
• Island of Circles (1992)
• A Gift from a Garden to a Flower: A Tribute to Donovan (2002)

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Covers

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Filmography

Actor

• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
• The Pied Piper (1972)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

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As himself

• Dont Look Back (1967)

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Composer

• Poor Cow (1967)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
• The Hook (2006)

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Music DVD

• Festival (directed by Murray Lerner, 1967. Footage from Newport Festival 1963-66. Also with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary)

• Isle of Wight festival (catch the wind)

• The secret policeman's concert for Amnesty International (Catch the wind - Universal soldier & colours)

Television appearances

• Ready Steady Go! (February 19, 1965)
• Ready Steady Go (March 12, 1965)
• Top of the Pops (March 26, 1965)
• Ready Steady Go (April 2, 1965)
• Top of the Pops (April 8, 1965)
• Top of the Pops (April 22, 1965)
• Top of the Pops (June 3, 1965)
• Ready Steady Go (June 25, 1965)
• American Bandstand (August 7, 1965)
• Shindig! (August 11, 1965)
• Ready Steady Go (August 20, 1965)
• Where the Action Is (September 3, 1965)
• Where the Action Is (September 16, 1965)
• Where the Action Is (September 23, 1965)
• Shindig! (September 30, 1965)
• Ready Steady Go (November 5, 1965)
• Ready Steady Go (December 24, 1965)
• Ready Steady Go (January 21, 1966)
• Hullabaloo (March 7, 1966)
• Top of the Pops (January 5, 1967)
• Our World (June 25, 1967)
• It Must Be Dusty (May 22, 1968)
• Bobbie Gentry (July 27, 1968)
• The Hollywood Palace (November 9, 1968)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (taped: November 8, 1968, aired: November 17, 1968)
• Beat Club (January 25, 1969)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (taped: March 1, 1969, aired: March 23, 1969)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (taped: March 28, 1969, aired: April 20, 1969)
• Kraft Music Hall (May 7, 1969)
• Top of the Pops (July 24, 1969)
• Get It Together (May 23, 1970)
• Musikladen (December 5, 1973)
• The John Denver Show (June 3, 1973)
• The Midnight Special (July 2, 1976)
• Futurama (April 16, 2000)
• Wetten, dass..? (November 17, 2001)
• The South Bank Show (March 14, 2004)
• Tout le monde en parle (April 30, 2005)
• The Heaven and Earth Show (November 6, 2005)
• CBS Sunday Morning (December 18, 2005)
• BBC4 'Folk Britannia' (February 24, 2006)

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External links

• Official website
• Donovan at the Internet Movie Database
• Donovan discography
• Donovan Celtic Dreamweaver fansite
• Donovan Fansite
• Interview with The Onion A.V. Club