Davies said Starr’s frustration was understandable. “In 1968 Ringo walked out on the Beatles ... I think it was Ray Charles’ ‘What’d I Say,’ and most of the drummers couldn’t nail ...

Ringo Starr, in a 2008 chinwag with Rolling ... asserting: "Paul McCartney and Ray Davies are the only two writers in rock and roll who could have written 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', a jaunty ...

“There were so many facets to each of them,” Davies wrote in The Beatles: The Authorized Biography. “Paul and Ringo, as far ...

Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar for aspiring songwriters through England’s Arvon Foundation — a side hustle he landed, of course, as a result of the dozens of ...

We were a working-class band with upper class aspiration,” says Ray Davies. “Born at a wonderful time in an evolving world. I hope I reflected some of that world in my songs.” The 79-year ...

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.

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 ...

Ray Davies has discussed the potential of a full reunion of The Kinks, and revealed that they have enough material to create “about 20” new songs. The rock veteran shed light on the hopes of ...