Folk-rock hero, psychedelic troubadour and tutor to the Beatles, Donovan's eclectic and genre-defying songwriting defined an era.

He's collaborated with everyone from Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, to Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and super-producer Rick Rubin.

Along the way, his poetic lyrics have earned him comparisons to Blake, Donne and Yeats.

He's been inaugurated into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, received the Ivor Novello Award, and in 2018 was honoured with a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award for Folk Music.