The Kinks are one of the bands from the British Invasion of the 1960s that displayed staying power. Although the popularity of their albums waxed and waned throughout the next few decades, they were ...

The Kinks were yesterday’s men as the 70s dawned, written off as 60s relics. Their only significant hit since 1967, Days, hardly arrested a calamitous, lift-shaft fall which hit bottom with a ...

One of The Kinks‘ most renowed songs is, of course, their 1970 single “Lola”. Upon its release, the story in the lyrics confused, befuddled, and surprised listeners and stumped them for quite some ...

Read our review of *Sunny Afternoon*, written by Joe Penhall, now in performances at Alexandra Palace to 31 January. Read ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave began gigging around North London as teenagers, playing with other future stars such as ...

Though he was American, he helped define the sound of the British Invasion after settling in London in the early 1960s. By Alex Williams Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born record producer who helped unleash ...

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 poetic paradox and thus ...

“There was The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks,” says Arnold Engelman, the New York producer who has been pursuing the story of the last band on that list for some 20 years. “And ...