The Kinks' Ray Davies selects his favourite American songs, with cuts from the legendary Chuck Berry and his rock-founding peer Bo Diddley.

The Kinks enjoyed two decades of US chart success, but what was the last song of theirs to reach the American Top 40?

What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can’t keep it together forever.

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, was never fashionable, and his songs for his band, the Kinks, were "as pared as nursery rhymes." Cohn wrote that in 1969, when the Kinks were on the outs in their native ...

The 1960s was one long party for Dave Davies. While his older brother, Ray, observed and wrote about Swinging London from a distance, The Kinks’ guitarist was aptly dubbed Dave The Rave.

Ray Davies was the singer-songwriter of The Kinks’ first hit, but it was kid brother Dave Davies who created its fuzzed-up ...

Minute by minute report, via text message, by the BBC's Ian Sadler. Read more... Valerie Kape I have seen Ray three times this year but this was an amazing concert and I loved every minute of it.

As a member of the Jayhawks, Gary Louris has made music with Ray Davies of the Kinks and other figures throughout his long career like legendary producer Bob Ezrin. But for his newest solo album ...

ORDER NOW: Tom Waits is on the cover of the latest UNCUT In a statement posted online, Ray and Dave Davies and Mick Avory paid tribute to their former bandmate. “We are deeply saddened by ...