Ray Davies spent his life committed to education and human rights in Tucson. Following his death earlier this month, the 93-year-old is remembered fondly for his work. “He was just a genuine ...

After a five-month siege in the First Crusade, Crusaders seize Antioch (in modern day Turkey). 1539: Explorer Hernando de ...

A man of many talents, Barry Fantoni, the Jewish illustrator, cartoonist, Pop artist, musician, poet, playwright and actor, ...

An ensemble cast packed with real rock musicians, including Ringo Starr and Keith Moon ... (2000), which he made alongside his acclaimed documentaries on Joe Strummer, Ray Davies, Glastonbury, Wilko ...

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 ...

How often still do you think Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are confronted with someone singing ... all born from an artist hating a cover of their work by someone else. Ray Davies put down Van ...

It is, however, hugely entertaining. Moreover, it reaffirms the skill of Kinks' frontman and primary songwriter Ray Davies, whose vivid, keenly observed lyrics, wit and flair for simple ...

Ray Davies’ band was a poetic paradox and thus far more interesting theatrically than all of ’em. Where to start? We have a British invasion pop band that refused to entertain teenagers with ...

Still, Davies didn’t stray too far from the more tender writing of those earlier years. “Misfits,” found on the album of the same name released in 1978, was just such a song.

Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey on July ... The Kinks, formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, became one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and beyond.

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.