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Donovan's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States in January 1969 on Epic Records and in the United Kingdom in March 1969 on Pye Records. Donovan's Greatest Hits peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. [2]
Strong sales of Donovan's material continued throughout the late 1960s, prompting many fans to desire a greatest hits compilation of the most popular hits. Donovan and Epic Records responded by releasing Donovan's Greatest Hits in January 1969, which went on to become Donovan's highest selling album, reaching No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard charts.
A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan [West Germany] (1969) The World of Donovan [UK] (1969) Donovan's Greatest Hits (1969) No. 2 CAN; No. 4 U.S. (US: Platinum [4]) The Best of Donovan [U.S.] (1969) No. 135 U.S. Donovan P. Leitch [U.S.] (1970) No. 128 U.S. Catch the Wind [UK] (1971) Hear Me Now [U.S.] (1971) No. 215 U.S. Golden Hour of Donovan ...
In September 1966, "Sunshine Superman" topped America's Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week and went to No. 2 in Britain, followed by "Mellow Yellow" at US No. 2 in December 1966, then 1968's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in the top 5 in both countries, and then "Atlantis", which reached US No. 7 in May 1969. The compilation Donovan's Greatest Hits was ...
The Best of Donovan (1969 album) ... Donovan's Greatest Hits; G. Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Vol. 2; Greatest Hits (Hank Williams Jr. album)
In the late 1980s, Epic Records and EMI Records began releasing Donovan's music on compact disc for the first time. In the United Kingdom, EMI added several tracks to Donovan's Greatest Hits, shuffled the track order and added several songs from Barabajagal as well as four b-sides that had not yet been released on an album.
The 1969 Billboard year-end list is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 during November–December 1968 (only when the majority of chart weeks were in 1969), January to November–December 1969 (majority of chart weeks in 1969). Records with majority of chart weeks in 1968 or 1970 are included in the year-end charts for those ...
"Laléna" made its first album appearance in 1969 on Donovan's Greatest Hits and was a bonus track on the 2005 CD reissue of The Hurdy Gurdy Man. In 1975 Donovan recorded a version of the song with Marc Bolan in Munich which has been lost. [6] [7]