What year did the singer behind "Minstrel Boy" reach fame in?
Minstrel Boy (album) Minstrel Boy is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United Kingdom (PRT Records DOW 13) in July 1983 and did not chart.
Buddy Boy Hawkins Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins was an American country blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He recorded only 12 songs, between 1927 and 1929, but Paul Oliver opined that "Hawkins was a major figure in black country music". AllMusic noted that he was "one of the most distinctive country-blues performers of the pre-war era, a gifted vocalist whose taste for slow, dirge-like songs was ideally suited to his intricate guitar work."