Great songs were just pouring out of Davies – with “Dedicated Follower of Fashion” next to drop. open image in gallery The Kinks’ Sir Ray Davies after he was knighted by the Prince of ...

Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar ... as a result of the dozens of classic tunes he penned as frontman of the Kinks, including “You Really Got Me,” “All Day ...

For Ray Davies, lead singer of The Kinks, the British Invasion was not all what it was cracked up to be. Less than a year after The Beatles opened the floodgates with their appearance on the Ed ...

Looking back at 'Long Tall Sally', the debut single released by The Kinks back in 1964, which was essential in establishing the age of the swinging sixties.

The Kinks were formed in London in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, a pair of gifted musicians who would also become ...

Credit: Tony Buckingham/Redferns In January 2004 Ray Davies of The Kinks was filled with optimism. He'd just been named in Queen Elizabeth II's New Years' Honours List, and awarded a CBE – short ...

Counting down the ten greatest covers of The Kinks, the group that typified the sounds of the swinging sixties thanks to the songwriting genius of Ray Davies.

We can’t be afraid of new ideas. That’s what art is for!” open image in gallery The Kinks in 1964: (l-r) Singer Ray Davies, drummer Mick Avory, bass player Pete Quaife and guitarist Dave ...

The Kinks started out their career with a pair of rocking, fuzzed-out singles that helped establish the garage rock genre. But chief songwriter Ray Davies soon moved well beyond that template to ...

But The Kinks? Well, the clue was right there in their name. Lead singer and songwriter Ray Davies was a lot more complicated but was as big a talent as Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger or any of ’em.

The story and music of The Kinks belong on Broadway. No question. We’ve had “Jersey Boys,” “The Who’s Tommy,” Beatlemanias, The Doors and “Stereophonic.” Ray Davies’ band was a ...

Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar ... as a result of the dozens of classic tunes he penned as frontman of the Kinks, including “You Really Got Me,” “All Day ...