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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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"
Album Review
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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
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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
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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.