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Jan 10, 2018 · Donovan, the singer-songwriter who the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame claimed “single-handedly initiated the psychedelic revolution,” talks to Goldmine about his close relationship with The Beatles and how a creative movement changed from psychedelic drugs to meditation.
May 10, 2024 · As we celebrate his birthday, we at Grateful Web take a moment to reflect on the illustrious career of a man who not only defined an era but also enriched the lives of countless music enthusiasts with his distinct blend of folk, pop, and psychedelic rock. Top Five Donovan Songs: A Journey Through Sound
May 10, 2012 · After making some of the most original music in the rock and roll storybook for over 45 years, he was finally recognized by the powers that be, and inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame...
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Jun 12, 2023 · When it was released in 1966, Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman” was one of the first psychedelic rock tunes to top the pop charts; and since then, the hypnotically jangling hit has become...
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- Catch the Wind (What’s Bin Did and What’s Bin Hid, 1965) “The most impressive track that Donovan wrote before he merged his brand of folk with psychedelic pop, “Catch the Wind” was recorded three times in the sixties; once as his debut single, again for his first album, and lastly for his 1969 Greatest Hits compilation.
- Sunshine Superman (Sunshine Superman, 1966) “Poor Donovan is often viewed as a second-rate Dylan, and a psych lightweight, but the Scottish singer-songwriter authored an impressive number of hit singles, while also producing several albums of considerable depth.
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven (A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, 1967) “This was why 1967 was probably the best year in music history, this may not even be one of the top 100 singles/or songs of the year but yet here it is great Psychedelics’ pop music, this again does not sound like Dylan whoever made that must have been smoking something.
- Mellow Yellow (Mellow Yellow, 1967. ““Mellow Yellow”, with the famous “electrical banana” line, was released November 12, 1966 and would spend three weeks as the number two song in America.
May 17, 2021 · “Perhaps Donovan’s most overtly psychedelic album since Sunshine Superman, The Hurdy-Gurdy man does not, in fact, incorporate hurdy-gurdy as an instrument – it does find Donovan exploiting the sound of the harmonium, though, which works out remarkably well here.”
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Nov 30, 2023 · In 1967, Donovan was at his creative and commercial peak. His last two albums, Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow, had broken new ground in terms of both folk rock and psychedelia, and each album’s respective title track had been a Top 10 hit in both the UK and US, with ‘Sunshine Superman’ topping the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1966.
