Mellow Yellow (album) Mellow Yellow (album) Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from British singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the US in March 1967 (Epic Records LN 24239 (monaural) / BN 26239 (rechanneled stereo), but not released in the UK because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented "Sunshine Superman" from a UK release. In June 1967, a cross-section of both albums was released as "Sunshine Superman" (Pye Records NPL 18181) in the UK. "Mellow Yellow" was the name of Donovan's hit single released the previous November. The songs on "Mellow Yellow" represent a transition in Donovan's writing. Donovan's songs had
The Yellow Rose (song) Lee his fourth. "The Yellow Rose" is set to the same melody as the traditional American folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas," but with newly-written lyrics by Johnny Lee, Lane Brody and John Wilder. The song was used for the theme song to the NBC television series "The Yellow Rose", starring Cybill Shepherd. While the television show used only the song's first verse and chorus, the commercial single version included a second verse not heard on the program, with Lee's "Say When" on the B-side. Brody and Lee would later chart a second duet, "I Could Get Used to