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"Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a song by the Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was recorded in April 1968 and released the following month as a single. The song gave its name to the album The Hurdy Gurdy Man, which was released in October of that year in the United States.
The Hurdy Gurdy Man is the sixth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.It was released in North America in October 1968 on Epic Records, but not in the UK due to a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman (1966) and Mellow Yellow (1967) from being released there.
Ancient kings playing an organistrum at the Pórtico de la Gloria in the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The hurdy-gurdy is generally thought to have originated from fiddles in either Europe or the Middle East (e.g., the rebab instrument) before the eleventh century A.D. [2] The first recorded reference to fiddles in Europe was in the 9th century by the ...
Donovan's next single, in May 1968, was the psychedelic "Hurdy Gurdy Man". The liner notes from EMI's reissues say the song was intended for Mac MacLeod, who had a heavy rock band called Hurdy Gurdy. After hearing MacLeod's version, Donovan considered giving it to Jimi Hendrix, but when Most heard it, he convinced Donovan to record it himself ...
Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a 1968 song by the Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. Hurdy Gurdy Man or The Hurdy Gurdy Man may also refer to: A man who plays the hurdy-gurdy "Der Leiermann" ("The Hurdy Gurdy Man"), from the song cycle Winterreise by Franz Schubert, 1827 "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (The Spectres song), 1966; The Hurdy Gurdy Man, an album by ...
"Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a single released by the British rock band The Spectres (a predecessor of Status Quo) in 1966. [1] This was the band's second single, and first to be penned by a member of the band. It was written by Alan Lancaster and a writer who sold his
The Hurdy Gurdy Man is a studio EP by American alternative rock band Butthole Surfers, released in 1990. [3] The EP was named after its title track, "The Hurdy Gurdy Man," written by 1960s pop star Donovan. [4] All versions also included one original Butthole Surfers song, "Barking Dogs," and most versions also included a remix of "The Hurdy ...
Barabajagal is the seventh studio album and eighth album overall from British singer-songwriter Donovan.It was released by Epic Records in the United States on 11 August 1969, but was not released in the United Kingdom because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow, and The Hurdy Gurdy Man from being released in the UK.