Australian singles charts:
Catch the Wind entered the Kent charts on 1 May 1965 and peaked at #5. The song was #62 on the Top 100 of 1965.
Songwriter:
Donovan Leitch
Producers:
Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens
Record label of Australian release:
Astor
Songfacts:
Despite having a similar title to Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind and being played on an acoustic guitar with harmonica fills with a similar melody to Dylan’s Chimes Of Freedom, Donovan didn’t object and they became friends on his UK tour. Donovan and Dylan also made their UK chart debut in the same week, Donovan with this song and Dylan with The Times They Are A Changin’. Donovan was often dubbed the British answer to Bob Dylan.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/donovan/catch-the-wind
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