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Donovan Philips Leitch Biography and Timeline โ€” Page 2

Follow Donovan Philips Leitch through 56 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Donovan Philips Leitch, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

56Distinct records
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1974โ€“2014Years on this page

1974

7-Tease

Arts / Popular Music

Releases 7-Tease

1976

Slow Down World

Arts / Popular Music

Releases Slow Down World

1977

Yes Tour

Arts / Popular Music

Opens for Yes on their six-month tour of North America and Europe following the release of Going for the One

1978

Donovan

Arts / Popular Music

The 1978 LP, Donovan was on Mosts RAK Records in the UK and on Clive Davis new Arista Records in the US; it reunited him for the last time with Most and Cameron, but was not well received at the height of the new wave and failed to chart.

1980

Neutronica

Arts / Popular Music

Releases the album Neutronica

1981

Love

Arts / Popular Music

Releases the album Love Is Only Feeling

1984

Lady Of The Stars

Arts / Popular Music

Releases the album Lady Of The Stars

1996

Compostion

Arts / Popular Music

Records the album Sutras with producer Rick Rubin

2002

L.I.E

Arts / Popular Music

"Hurdy Gurdy Man" is on the soundtrack of Michael Cuestas movie L.I.E

2003

Honorary Degree

Hertford ยท Arts / Popular Music

Donovan is awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Hertfordshire

2004

Compostion

Arts / Popular Music

Records the album Beat Cafe

Sixty Four

Arts / Popular Music

Releases the album, Sixty Four

2005

Beat Cafe Tour

Arts / Popular Music

Donovan tours the UK (Beat Cafe Tour) and Europe with Tom Mansi on double bass, former Damned drummer Rat Scabies and Flipron keyboard player, Joe Atkinson

2010

Donovans double CD set Ritual Groove

Arts / Popular Music

Donovans double CD set Ritual Groove was made available through his website. Prior to the release, he had described it as a multi-media album

2012

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Arts / Popular Music

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

2014

Songwriters Hall of Fame

Arts / Popular Music

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.