Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave began gigging around North London as teenagers, playing with other future stars such as Rod Stewart and Charlie Watts before settling into a quartet called the ...
With their fifth album, Something Else by the Kinks, the Kinks vaulted themselves from a breakout band and established that they were around to stay in the world of rock 'n' roll. In a post summer of ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns Tom Hustler/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Reflecting on ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Kinks' “All Day and All Of The Night” debuts on three charts in ...
To promote the Dec. 18 release of the 50th anniversary edition of Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, the Kinks have released a video for the record's standout single, "Lola." The ...
During his time in the band from 1970 to 1978, Gosling contributed to songs including "Lola" and "Celluloid Heroes" GAB Archive/Redferns John Gosling, former keyboardist for The Kinks, has died at age ...
Shel Talmy, the American record producer who helped foment the British Invasion by capturing the scabrous guitar riff in the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and Roger Daltrey’s stuttering vocal line in the ...
The Kinks have a strange relationship with America. Their influence on American popular music is undeniable—from "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" to "Lola" and "Come Dancing"—but ...
John Gosling, the former keyboardist for English rock band the Kinks, has died. He was 75. A publicist for the group confirmed the news to EW. The Kinks announced his death on social media Friday. "We ...
Ray Davies, lead singer and songwriter for the British invasion’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band the Kinks, was a New Yorker from the late ’70s to the mid-’80s, when he called the Upper West Side his ...
Reflecting on the cross-generational appeal of his band in an interview in the mid-90s, Ray Davies said The Kinks were immune to the backlash that some of their 60s peers suffered when punk arrived.
John Gosling, a keyboardist for The Kinks, died on Friday. He was 75. Members of the legendary British rock group paid tribute to the piano player on social media following his death. "We are deeply ...