Hurdy Gurdy Man ... " Hurdy Gurdy Man " is a song by 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 …

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One of Donovan’s signature hits from 1968, and reached the Top 10 in both the UK and the US. The song is a recount of two dream visitors to the lyricist – The Hurdy Gurdy and The Roly Poly...

May 20, 2006 · Songfacts®: A hurdy-gurdy is an odd instrument resembling an organ grinder. It is played by turning a crank and pressing buttons to play notes. In the song, Donovan finds a shimmer …

Apr 22, 2025 · Donovan is well-known as one of the most influential folk-rock musicians of all time, but his 1968 album, The Hurdy Gurdy Man, might have played a pivotal role in one of the greatest heavy...

Jan 16, 2024 · The ‘Hurdy Gurdy Man’, as Donovan presents him, is a minstrel for the modern age, his music a balm for the world’s anguish. The instrument—the hurdy-gurdy—conjures images of …

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Wildly inventive and dazzlingly eclectic, this 1968 album not only offers some of the finest examples of Donovan’s gently psychedelic folk-pop—hear the merrily trippy title track, for starters—but it also …

Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...