Ray Davies has always marched to the beat of his own drum, which is perhaps why The Kinks never achieved the same colossal ...

Beatles gig in Bournemouth which saw the band develop a rivalry with Ray Davies and The Kinks, days before 'You Really Got Me' was released.

If the Beatles hadn't gotten in the way, the Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" would have been about a different sunset altogether.

Ray Davies, he observed ... "I loved Elton John, the Beatles, the Who ... but he was the first rock star with whom I could relate," says Sexsmith, whose songs are known for their catchy melodies ...

Ray Davies has played a number of acoustics over the years from the Martin D-28 pictured, to a Beatles-inspired Gibson J-160E ...

“In London, it was soon clear that the music making was now a secondary concern,” Davies wrote in The Beatles ... The Definitive Biography by Ray Coleman, adding, “We have enough to ...

“In 1968 Ringo walked out on the Beatles double album,” Davies wrote in the book The Beatles ... I think it was Ray Charles’ ‘What’d I Say,’ and most of the drummers couldn ...

“You know, the Beatles had George Martin ... I think Jimmy Page and Ray Davies are very under-appreciated for their production. The fact that Ray could be so musical yet still have so much ...