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Donovan releases second studio album

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October 26th, 1965: Donovan releases second studio album

October 22nd, 1965 - British singer-songwriter Donovan released his second studio album, Fairytale. The album was released on the Pye record label only five months after his debut album What's Bin Did

 
Donovan covers Buffy Sainte-Marie

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August 20th, 1965: Donovan covers Buffy Sainte-Marie

August 15th, 1965 - Folksinger Donovan released a cover of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier". Sainte-Marie, a Canadian songwriter, wrote and recorded the song for her debut album It's My Way

 
Photo: Dylan, Donovan and Mary Travers at the Newport Folk Festival

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July 24th, 1965: Photo: Dylan, Donovan and Mary Travers at the Newport Folk Festival

July 24th, 1965 - Bob Dylan, Donovan and Mary Travers hung out backstage at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Donovan had performed the night before with Joan Baez during her headlining set.

 
Donovan & Joan Baez live from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival

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July 23rd, 1965: Donovan & Joan Baez live from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival

​July 23rd, 1965 - Joan Baez headlined the first night of the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Baez brought out an eighteen year-old Donovan during her set to perform his recent single "Colours."

 
Listen to the B-Side of Donovan's recent single

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May 30th, 1965: Listen to the B-Side of Donovan's recent single

Here is the B-Side of Donovan's single, "Colours", released on May 28th 1965. Listen below to "To Sing For You", which was also included on Donovan's May 1965 album What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid.

 
Donovan's follow up to 'Catch The Wind'

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Donovan's follow up to "Catch The Wind"

Colours

​"Colours" was released in the UK on May 28, 1965 via Pye Records, and a few months later in the US. The single's B-side was "To Sing For You"

 
Donovan: A different kind of familiar...

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Donovan: A different kind of familiar...

What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid

​The line between intertext and plagiarism is a witchy, winding road. Where one ends and the other begins is inherently confused and cluttered, pockmarked with varying degrees of interpretation

 
A Review of The Greatest Pop Concert On Earth - Part Two

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May 26th, 1965: A Review of The Greatest Pop Concert On Earth - Part Two

​The Rolling Stones entered the arena to the biggest ovation of the first-half of the NME Pollwinners concert in 1965. Jagger swung directly into his moody pomp routine and the band

 
Donovan releases debut album

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May 19th, 1965: Donovan releases debut album

​On May 14th 1965, British singer/songwriter Donovan released his debut album What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid​ on the Pye record label.

 
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