The origin of The Kinks' band name is a revelation that's just hitting some fans. This iconic English rock band, hailing from Muswell Hill in north London in the UK, was formed back in 1963. Made up ...

The collection covers the six-decade career ... that have ties to their London roots. In total, the Kinks enjoyed five Top 10 singles on the Billboard U.S. chart, and nine of their studio albums ...

The Kinks, the iconic English rock band that rocked the 1960s, has a name origin story that some fans might not know. The band, formed in Muswell Hill, north London in 1963, consisted of brothers Ray ...

The Kinks' Ray Davies was not easily deterred ... they may have cowered in the relative safety of a series of singles, a collection of unrelated tunes – anything easy that did not resemble ...

open image in gallery The Kinks’ Sir Ray Davies after ... It and the three latter singles mentioned above feature on the new collection, along with classic B-side “I Need You”, but The ...

The Kinks in 1968 (photo ... fame and performing to tie it all together thematically, including two great singles, “Celluloid Heroes” and “Supersonic Rocket Ship.” While there are ...

This one-volume collection of early Brit-rock classics (1964-66) is a landmark because the Kinks` songs are presented as they were meant to be heard: in full-blooded mono, not the dim-sounding ...

The Kinks have officially announced the release ... which was not a commercial success at the time of its release in 1968, included the singles “Starstruck” and “The Village Green ...

The Kinks were on the verge of collapse when they ... The obvious move would have been to write some poppy singles like “You Really Got Me” and “Tired of Waiting for You” to get back ...

The Kinks are up there with the biggest. The north London outfit had huge success in the ’60s, mainly due to the astonishing run of singles they put out; a bunch of socially observant ...

he says of the indelible two-note figure — composed by Ray on piano before Dave brought it to guitar — that not only took the Kinks to No. 1 on the British singles chart but also launched the ...