Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I was at endless parties," he confirms today. "You can imagine what it was like in those days. It was wonderful and I loved it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'He wanted to be contrary': Ray Davies in 1967 - Getty For Ray Davies, lead singer of The Kinks, the British Invasion was not all ...

Songs tend to mark specific moments in time, but very few are written to be a definitive goodbye like 'Days' by The Kinks was ...

Nobody told Ray Davies that there was a somewhat limited range of topics about which most songwriters were expected to write. Davies, frontman of The Kinks, tended to stray far from the rock and roll ...

The Kinks broke up in 1996, and the Davies brothers last shared a stage in 2015 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work ...

The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of “Sunny Afternoon,” the jukebox musical about 1960s Brit-rockers The Kinks, they thoughtfully provided ear ...

Nobody was better at the detailed character sketch than Ray Davies of The Kinks during that band’s late ‘60s, early ‘70s heyday. Davies often delivered these snapshots as part of the concept albums ...

Ray Davies has taken an unusual approach to reinterpreting songs from their massive catalogue by inviting the 65-member Crouch End Festival Chorus to collaborate. Epic arrangements to classic songs ...

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The Kinks shaped rock history with raw energy and sharp storytelling. For 18-29-year-olds in the US and Canada, their timeless tracks fuel TikTok trends, streaming binges, and festival vibes—here's ...

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Lee meets a well respected man, Ray Davies. The ups ...