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Season of the Witch
Other Songs A Funny Man A Soldiers Dream A Sunny Day A Well Known Has Been A Well Known Has-Been Age Of Treason Amar Appearances As I Recall It Astral Angel Atlantis Aye My Love Ballad of a Crystal Man Ballad Of Geraldine Barabajagal Barabajagal [with The Jeff Beck Group] Be Mine Beat Cafe Beautiful Belated Forgiveness Plea Berts Blues Black Widow Bleak City Woman Boy For Every Girl Brave New World Breezes Of Patchulie Brother Sun Sister Moon Bye Bye Girl Can Ye Dance Candy Man Car Car Catch The Wind Celeste Celia Of The Seals Celtic Rock Changes Children Of The World Circus Of Sour Clara Clairvoyant Codine Colours Comin To You Cosmic Wheels Coulters Candy Crazy Bout A Woman Cryin Shame Curry Land Cuttin Out Dare to Be Different Dark Eyed Blue Jean Angel Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel Darkness Of My Night Dear Heart Deep Peace Dignity Of Man Dirty Old Town Divine Daze Of Deathless Delight Do Not Go Gentle Do You Hear Me Now Donna Donna Earth Sign Man Eldorado Epistle To Derroll Epistle To Dippy Everlasting Sea Every Man Has His Chain Every Reason Ferris Wheel Fishes In Love Forever Your Love Freedom Road Gentle Heart Get Thy Bearings Give It All Up Gold Watch Blues Goldwatch Blues Goo Goo Barbajagal Good Time Good Trip Guinevere Half Moon Bay Hampstead Incident Happiness Runs Harmony Henry Martin Hey Gyp Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) Hi Its Been a Long Time High Your Love Homesickness House Of Jansch How Silly Hurdy Gurdy Man I Am The Shaman I Like You I Love My Shirt I Love You Baby In An Old Fashioned Picture Book International Man Island Of Circles Isle Of Islay Isle Of Sadness Jabberwocky Jackie Beanstalk Jennifer Juniper Jersey Thursday Joe Beans Theme Johnny Tuff Josie Kalifornia Kiddies La Moora Lady Of The Flowers Lady Of The Lamp Lady Of The Stars Lalena Lay Down Lassie Lay Of The Last Tinker Lazy Daze Legend Of A Girl Child Linda Liberation Rag Life Goes On Life Is A Merry-Go-Round Little Ben Little Boy In Corduroy Little Teddy Bear Little Tin Soldier Living For The Love Light Local Boy Chops Wood London Town Lord Of The Dance Lord Of The Reedy River Lord Of The Universe Lost Time Love Floats Love Is Only Feeling Love Of My Life Love Will Find a Way Lover O Lover Lullaby Mad Johns Escape Madrigalinda Mandolin Man And His Secret Maria Magenta Marjorie Margerine Mayas Dance Mee Mee I Love You Mellow Yellow Mitos Moon Rok Mr. Wind Museum My Love Is True Nature Friends Neutron New Years Resovolution Nirvana No Hunger No Mans Land Obsessed Oh Deed I Do Oh Gosh Olvidarme One Night In Time Only The Blues Only To Be Expected Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth Pamela Jo Pebble and the Man People Call Me Pied Piper People Used To Peregrine Please Dont Bend Poke At The Pope Poor Cow Poormans Sunshine Preachin Love Queen Mab Ramblin Boy Remember The Alamo Ride-A-Mile Riki Tiki Tavi Rock And Roll Souljer Roots Of Oak Runaway Sadness Sailing Homeward Saint Valentines Angel Salvation Stomp Sand And Foam Season Of Farewell Shambhala Shape In The Sky She Shipwreck Sidewalk Sing My Song Skip-A-Long Sam Sleep Slow Down World Someone Singing Song For John Song Of The Naturalists Wife Starfish-On-The-Toast Stealing [Previously Unreleased Track] Summer Day Reflection Song Sun Sun Magic Sunny Goodge Street Sunny South Kensington Sunshine Superman Superlungs Superlungs My Supergirl Talkin Pop Star Blues Tangerine Puppet Tangier Teas Teen Angel The Actor The Alamo The Ballad Of Geraldine The Clear Browed One The Clear-Browed One The Cuckoo The Enchanted Gypsy The Entertaining Of A Shy Girl The Evernow The Fat Angel The Garden The Great Song Of The Sky The Heights Of Alma The Hills Of Tuscany The Hurdy Gurdy Man The Intergalactic Laxative The International Man The Land Of Doesn t Have To Be The Land Of Doesnt Have To Be The Light The Little Church The Little Tin Soldier The Little White Road The Love Song The Lovely Day The Lullaby Of Spring The Magpie The Mandolin Man And His Secret The Mountain The Music Makers The Observation The Ordinary Family The Owl And The Pussycat The Pee Song The Quest The Question The River Song The Road The Seller Of Stars The Sensitive Kind The Song Of The Wandering Aengus The Song of Wandering Aengus The Star The Summer Day Reflection Song The Sun is a Very Magic Fellow The Tinker And The Crab The Trip The Unicorn The Voice Of Protest The Voyage Of The Moon The Walrus And The Carpenter The War Drags On The Way The Year Is Awakening There Are No Roads There Is A Mountain There Is An Ocean There Was A Time Things To Wear Three King Fishers Till I See You Again To Sing For You To Susan On The West Coast Waiting To Try For The Sun Trudi Turquoise Two Lovers Under The Greenwood Tree Universal Soldier Universe Am I Voyage Into The Golden Screen Voyage Of The Moon Walking We Are One Wear Your Love Like Heaven West Indian Lady What A Beautiful Creature You Are What The Soul Desires Whats A Girl... When All The World Is Young Where is She Whirlwind Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do Widow With A Shawl Widow With Shawl Widow With Shawl (A Portrait) Wild Witch Lady Writer In The Sun Wynken Blynken And Nod Yellow Is The Color Yellow Star Yin My Yang You Do Belong You Got Me Reeling Young Girl Blues Your Broken Heart Youre Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
Other Songs A Funny Man A Soldiers Dream A Sunny Day A Well Known Has Been A Well Known Has-Been Age Of Treason Amar Appearances As I Recall It Astral Angel Atlantis Aye My Love Ballad of a Crystal Man Ballad Of Geraldine Barabajagal Barabajagal [with The Jeff Beck Group] Be Mine Beat Cafe Beautiful Belated Forgiveness Plea Berts Blues Black Widow Bleak City Woman Boy For Every Girl Brave New World Breezes Of Patchulie Brother Sun Sister Moon Bye Bye Girl Can Ye Dance Candy Man Car Car Catch The Wind Celeste Celia Of The Seals Celtic Rock Changes Children Of The World Circus Of Sour Clara Clairvoyant Codine Colours Comin To You Cosmic Wheels Coulters Candy Crazy Bout A Woman Cryin Shame Curry Land Cuttin Out Dare to Be Different Dark Eyed Blue Jean Angel Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel Darkness Of My Night Dear Heart Deep Peace Dignity Of Man Dirty Old Town Divine Daze Of Deathless Delight Do Not Go Gentle Do You Hear Me Now Donna Donna Earth Sign Man Eldorado Epistle To Derroll Epistle To Dippy Everlasting Sea Every Man Has His Chain Every Reason Ferris Wheel Fishes In Love Forever Your Love Freedom Road Gentle Heart Get Thy Bearings Give It All Up Gold Watch Blues Goldwatch Blues Goo Goo Barbajagal Good Time Good Trip Guinevere Half Moon Bay Hampstead Incident Happiness Runs Harmony Henry Martin Hey Gyp Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) Hi Its Been a Long Time High Your Love Homesickness House Of Jansch How Silly Hurdy Gurdy Man I Am The Shaman I Like You I Love My Shirt I Love You Baby In An Old Fashioned Picture Book International Man Island Of Circles Isle Of Islay Isle Of Sadness Jabberwocky Jackie Beanstalk Jennifer Juniper Jersey Thursday Joe Beans Theme Johnny Tuff Josie Kalifornia Kiddies La Moora Lady Of The Flowers Lady Of The Lamp Lady Of The Stars Lalena Lay Down Lassie Lay Of The Last Tinker Lazy Daze Legend Of A Girl Child Linda Liberation Rag Life Goes On Life Is A Merry-Go-Round Little Ben Little Boy In Corduroy Little Teddy Bear Little Tin Soldier Living For The Love Light Local Boy Chops Wood London Town Lord Of The Dance Lord Of The Reedy River Lord Of The Universe Lost Time Love Floats Love Is Only Feeling Love Of My Life Love Will Find a Way Lover O Lover Lullaby Mad Johns Escape Madrigalinda Mandolin Man And His Secret Maria Magenta Marjorie Margerine Mayas Dance Mee Mee I Love You Mellow Yellow Mitos Moon Rok Mr. Wind Museum My Love Is True Nature Friends Neutron New Years Resovolution Nirvana No Hunger No Mans Land Obsessed Oh Deed I Do Oh Gosh Olvidarme One Night In Time Only The Blues Only To Be Expected Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth Pamela Jo Pebble and the Man People Call Me Pied Piper People Used To Peregrine Please Dont Bend Poke At The Pope Poor Cow Poormans Sunshine Preachin Love Queen Mab Ramblin Boy Remember The Alamo Ride-A-Mile Riki Tiki Tavi Rock And Roll Souljer Roots Of Oak Runaway Sadness Sailing Homeward Saint Valentines Angel Salvation Stomp Sand And Foam Season Of Farewell Shambhala Shape In The Sky She Shipwreck Sidewalk Sing My Song Skip-A-Long Sam Sleep Slow Down World Someone Singing Song For John Song Of The Naturalists Wife Starfish-On-The-Toast Stealing [Previously Unreleased Track] Summer Day Reflection Song Sun Sun Magic Sunny Goodge Street Sunny South Kensington Sunshine Superman Superlungs Superlungs My Supergirl Talkin Pop Star Blues Tangerine Puppet Tangier Teas Teen Angel The Actor The Alamo The Ballad Of Geraldine The Clear Browed One The Clear-Browed One The Cuckoo The Enchanted Gypsy The Entertaining Of A Shy Girl The Evernow The Fat Angel The Garden The Great Song Of The Sky The Heights Of Alma The Hills Of Tuscany The Hurdy Gurdy Man The Intergalactic Laxative The International Man The Land Of Doesn t Have To Be The Land Of Doesnt Have To Be The Light The Little Church The Little Tin Soldier The Little White Road The Love Song The Lovely Day The Lullaby Of Spring The Magpie The Mandolin Man And His Secret The Mountain The Music Makers The Observation The Ordinary Family The Owl And The Pussycat The Pee Song The Quest The Question The River Song The Road The Seller Of Stars The Sensitive Kind The Song Of The Wandering Aengus The Song of Wandering Aengus The Star The Summer Day Reflection Song The Sun is a Very Magic Fellow The Tinker And The Crab The Trip The Unicorn The Voice Of Protest The Voyage Of The Moon The Walrus And The Carpenter The War Drags On The Way The Year Is Awakening There Are No Roads There Is A Mountain There Is An Ocean There Was A Time Things To Wear Three King Fishers Till I See You Again To Sing For You To Susan On The West Coast Waiting To Try For The Sun Trudi Turquoise Two Lovers Under The Greenwood Tree Universal Soldier Universe Am I Voyage Into The Golden Screen Voyage Of The Moon Walking We Are One Wear Your Love Like Heaven West Indian Lady What A Beautiful Creature You Are What The Soul Desires Whats A Girl... When All The World Is Young Where is She Whirlwind Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do Widow With A Shawl Widow With Shawl Widow With Shawl (A Portrait) Wild Witch Lady Writer In The Sun Wynken Blynken And Nod Yellow Is The Color Yellow Star Yin My Yang You Do Belong You Got Me Reeling Young Girl Blues Your Broken Heart Youre Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
Donovan Phillips Leitch, known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965, and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles and albums during the late 1960s. His work became emblematic of the flower power era with its blend of folk, pop, psychedelic rock, and jazz stylings.
Donovan first achieved recognition with live performances on the pop TV series Ready Steady Go! in 1965. Having signed with Pye Records that year, he recorded singles and two albums in the folk vein for Hickory Records, scoring three UK hit singles: "Catch the Wind", "Colours" and "Universal Soldier", the last written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. He then signed to CBS/Epic in the US and became more successful internationally, beginning a long collaboration with British record producer Mickie Most. In September 1966, "Sunshine Superman" topped America's Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week and went to No. 2 in Britain, followed by "Mellow Yellow" at US No. 2 in December 1966, then 1968's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in the top 5 in both countries, and then "Atlantis", which reached US No. 7 in May 1969. The compilation Donovan's Greatest Hits was released in March 1969 and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
Donovan became a friend of other prominent musicians such as Joan Baez, Brian Jones, and the Beatles. He taught John Lennon a finger-picking guitar style in 1968 that Lennon employed in "Dear Prudence", "Julia", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", and other songs. His backing musicians included the Jeff Beck Group, and John Bonham, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, who later rose to fame as members of Led Zeppelin. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after parting with Most in 1969, and he left the industry for a time.
Donovan continued to perform and record intermittently in the 1970s and 1980s. His musical style and hippie image were scorned by critics, especially after the rise of punk rock. His performing and recording became sporadic until a revival in the 1990s with the emergence of Britain's rave scene and in 1994, he moved permanently to Ireland where he still lives. In 1996 he recorded the album Sutras with producer Rick Rubin and in 2004 made the album Beat Cafe. Donovan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.
Birth Name: Donovan Phillips LeitchDonovan first achieved recognition with live performances on the pop TV series Ready Steady Go! in 1965. Having signed with Pye Records that year, he recorded singles and two albums in the folk vein for Hickory Records, scoring three UK hit singles: "Catch the Wind", "Colours" and "Universal Soldier", the last written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. He then signed to CBS/Epic in the US and became more successful internationally, beginning a long collaboration with British record producer Mickie Most. In September 1966, "Sunshine Superman" topped America's Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week and went to No. 2 in Britain, followed by "Mellow Yellow" at US No. 2 in December 1966, then 1968's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in the top 5 in both countries, and then "Atlantis", which reached US No. 7 in May 1969. The compilation Donovan's Greatest Hits was released in March 1969 and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
Donovan became a friend of other prominent musicians such as Joan Baez, Brian Jones, and the Beatles. He taught John Lennon a finger-picking guitar style in 1968 that Lennon employed in "Dear Prudence", "Julia", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", and other songs. His backing musicians included the Jeff Beck Group, and John Bonham, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, who later rose to fame as members of Led Zeppelin. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after parting with Most in 1969, and he left the industry for a time.
Donovan continued to perform and record intermittently in the 1970s and 1980s. His musical style and hippie image were scorned by critics, especially after the rise of punk rock. His performing and recording became sporadic until a revival in the 1990s with the emergence of Britain's rave scene and in 1994, he moved permanently to Ireland where he still lives. In 1996 he recorded the album Sutras with producer Rick Rubin and in 2004 made the album Beat Cafe. Donovan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.
Born: 10 May 1946 (age 78)
Spouse(s): Linda Lawrence (m. 1970)
Children: 5; including Donovan Leitch and Ione Skye
Genre(s): Folk, pop, psychedelia, rock
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar
Occupation(s): Musician, songwriter, record producer
Active From: 1964-present