The Kinks emerged alongside The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, but Dave and Ray Davies had to fashion ...

"Sunny Afternoon" crossed generational divides, earning The Kinks a chart-topping hit. What's a few cool points for a No. 1 ...

The Kinks’ Dave Davies begged Elon Musk to stop putting “sensitive content” Twitter warnings on everything to do with the band. The English guitarist posted a screenshot of one of his tweets on ...

The Kinks often don't get enough credit for their contributions to music.

"Lola" by The Kinks is one of the most recognizable rock tracks of its time, but it very nearly wasn't a success at all. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1971, the great British rock group The Kinks embarked on a new phase of their career by signing with RCA Records. Freed from their old label Pye's insistence on hit singles, Ray Davies' song ...

There was perhaps no band of the 1960s' British Invasion more British than the Kinks, with their story-songs that pined intensely for the Merry Olde England of the Davies brothers’ lost North London ...

The musician joined the group in 1970 and played on the demo of "Lola." By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast The Kinks announced his death on the band’s official social media accounts, writing, ...

DETROIT (Billboard) - After reinterpreting his past for "The Kinks Choral Collection," which comes out Tuesday, Ray Davies says that "my initial instinct is to write some new songs again." And he may ...