Future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones worked on Donovan’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man.” Donovan explained that Jimi Hendrix was originally supposed to work on the song. Subsequently, Donovan ...

Did a Scottish folk-singer lay the groundwork for one of music's defining heavy rock acts? Donovan thinks so. Speaking in a new interview, the 79-year-old musician claims he helped create Led Zeppelin ...

Bob Dylan introduced Donovan to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and ...

Donovan’s 1968 song, “Hurdy Gurdy Man” noted “the crying of humanity” over the war in Vietnam and widespread civil unrest. Counter culture balladeers — Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, ...

He is the shaman. Donovan in the David Lynch-directed video for 'I am the Shaman' Despite the hiccups Donovan was established and, ultimately, his ascendancy was about the songs rather than any ...

At 70, Scottish folksinger Donovan (who dropped his unwieldy surname of Leitch when he started charting 1960s hits such as “Mellow Yellow,” “Sunshine Superman” and “Hurdy Gurdy Man”) has stayed in ...

The organ grinder, often called a hurdy-gurdy man, was usually accompanied by a small monkey, trained to collect donations in a tin cup. By the time Cincinnatians enjoyed Donovan’s 1968 song, “Hurdy ...

Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman” isn’t just a classic rock song — it’s a song with an incredible backstory. Donovan collided with The Beatles and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin when he recorded the tune.

Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan helped usher in the trippy and mesmerizing musicality of the psychedelic era. His album, Sunshine Superman, receives major props for its efforts in that space. While ...

Over 50 years after its release, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is still considered one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. However, the tune's legendary status owes much to the ...