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<p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Donovan Phillips Leitch</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;(born 10 May 1946) is a&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Scottish</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;singer, songwriter and guitarist. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">folk</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">jazz</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">pop</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">psychedelic rock</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">world music</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;(notably&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">calypso</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">). He has lived in Scotland,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hertfordshire</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;(England), London, California, and since at least 2008 in&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Cork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">County Cork</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, Ireland,</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">He emerged onto the scene in 1965 with three UK hit&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">singles</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">: "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_the_Wind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Catch the Wind</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colours_(Donovan_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Colours</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" and "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Soldier_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Universal Soldier</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", the last written by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Sainte-Marie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Buffy Sainte-Marie</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. In September 1966, "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Superman_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sunshine Superman</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" topped America's&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Billboard Hot 100</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;chart for one week and went to number two in Britain, followed by "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellow_Yellow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mellow Yellow</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" at US No.&nbsp;2 in December 1966, then 1968's "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy_Gurdy_Man" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hurdy Gurdy Man</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" in the Top 5 in both countries, then "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_(Donovan_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Atlantis</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", which reached US No.&nbsp;7 in May 1969.</span></p>