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Empire">CBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinks.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Davies performing in 1977"><img alt="Davies performing in 1977" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kinks.jpg/254px-Kinks.jpg" decoding="async" width="254" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Kinks.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="250" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Davies performing in 1977</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Raymond Douglas Davies</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Raymond Douglas, Godfather of Britpop</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-06-21</span>) </span>21 June 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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music">pop</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Musician</li><li>singer</li><li>songwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>guitar</li><li>harmonica</li><li>keyboards</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1960–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://raydavies.info">raydavies<wbr />.info</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Sir Raymond Douglas Davies</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DAY</span>-viz</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">the Kinks</a>, which he led with his younger brother <a href="/wiki/Dave_Davies" title="Dave Davies">Dave</a> on lead guitar and backing vocals. He has also acted in, directed and produced shows for theatre and television. Known for focusing his lyrics on rock bands, <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_England" title="Culture of England">English culture</a>, nostalgia and social <a href="/wiki/Satire" title="Satire">satire</a>, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of <a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he disputes this title.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> as a member of the Kinks in 1990. After the dissolution of the Kinks in 1996, he embarked on a solo career. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinks_Denmark_Terrace_Davies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Kinks_Denmark_Terrace_Davies.jpg/220px-Kinks_Denmark_Terrace_Davies.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Kinks_Denmark_Terrace_Davies.jpg/330px-Kinks_Denmark_Terrace_Davies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Kinks_Denmark_Terrace_Davies.jpg/440px-Kinks_Denmark_Terrace_Davies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>6 Denmark Terrace, birthplace of the Davies brothers</figcaption></figure> <p>Raymond Douglas Davies was born at 6 Denmark Terrace in the <a href="/wiki/Fortis_Green" title="Fortis Green">Fortis Green</a> area of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> on 21 June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the seventh of eight children born to working-class parents, including six elder sisters and younger brother <a href="/wiki/Dave_Davies" title="Dave Davies">Dave Davies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Frederick George Davies,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a slaughterhouse worker.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frederick liked to hang out in pubs and was considered a ladies' man. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Islington" title="Islington">Islington</a> and his registered birth name was Frederick George Kelly.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frederick's father, Henry Kelly, was a <a href="/wiki/Greengrocer" title="Greengrocer">greengrocer</a> who married Amy Elizabeth Smith at <a href="/wiki/St_Luke%27s_Church,_Kentish_Town" title="St Luke's Church, Kentish Town">St Luke's Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kentish_Town" title="Kentish Town">Kentish Town</a> in 1887, and they had two children, Charles Henry and Frederick George.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the marriage failed and Amy moved in with Harry Davies, bringing her two small children and her mother.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harry Davies, born in <a href="/wiki/Minsterley" title="Minsterley">Minsterley</a> in 1878, was an <a href="/wiki/Ostlers" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostlers">ostler</a> who had moved with his family from Shropshire to Islington.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frederick George had changed his surname to Davies by the time he married Annie Florence Willmore (1905–1987)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Islington in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Annie came from a "sprawling family". She had a sharp tongue and could be crude and forceful.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Davies was still a small child, one of his older sisters became a star of the dance halls, and soon had a child out of wedlock by an African man, an unauthorized immigrant who subsequently disappeared from her life. The child, a daughter, was ultimately raised by Ray's mother.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ray attended William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School in <a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hill" title="Muswell Hill">Muswell Hill</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (now called <a href="/wiki/Fortismere_School" title="Fortismere School">Fortismere School</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-rockstars_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockstars-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first Spanish guitar was a birthday gift from his eldest sister Rene, who died at the age of 31 from a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> on the day before Ray's 13th birthday, while she was out dancing at the Lyceum Ballroom in the <a href="/wiki/Strand,_London" title="Strand, London">Strand, London</a> in June 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1960s–1980s"><span id="1960s.E2.80.931980s"></span>1960s–1980s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1960s–1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Kinks'_early_years"><span id="The_Kinks.27_early_years"></span>The Kinks' early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Kinks' early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Kinks_Majalah_Aktuil_edisi_48_tahun_1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/The_Kinks_Majalah_Aktuil_edisi_48_tahun_1970.jpg/391px-The_Kinks_Majalah_Aktuil_edisi_48_tahun_1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="391" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/The_Kinks_Majalah_Aktuil_edisi_48_tahun_1970.jpg/587px-The_Kinks_Majalah_Aktuil_edisi_48_tahun_1970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/The_Kinks_Majalah_Aktuil_edisi_48_tahun_1970.jpg/782px-The_Kinks_Majalah_Aktuil_edisi_48_tahun_1970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9004" data-file-height="3221" /></a><figcaption>Kinks individual photos in 1970</figcaption></figure> <p>Davies was an art student at <a href="/wiki/Hornsey_College_of_Art" title="Hornsey College of Art">Hornsey College of Art</a> in London in 1962–63. In late 1962 he became increasingly interested in music. At a Hornsey College Christmas dance, he sought advice from <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Korner" title="Alexis Korner">Alexis Korner</a> who was playing at the dance with <a href="/wiki/Blues_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues Incorporated">Blues Incorporated</a>, and Korner introduced him to <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Gomelsky" title="Giorgio Gomelsky">Giorgio Gomelsky</a>, a promoter and future manager of <a href="/wiki/The_Yardbirds" title="The Yardbirds">the Yardbirds</a>. Gomelsky arranged for Davies to play at his Piccadilly Club with the Dave Hunt Rhythm & Blues Band, and on New Year's Eve, the Ray Davies Quartet opened for <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Stapleton" title="Cyril Stapleton">Cyril Stapleton</a> at the Lyceum Ballroom. A few days later he became the permanent guitarist for the Dave Hunt Band, an engagement that would only last about six weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-Kitts_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kitts-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band were the house band at Gomelsky's new venture, the <a href="/wiki/Crawdaddy_Club" title="Crawdaddy Club">Crawdaddy Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richmond-upon-Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond-upon-Thames">Richmond-upon-Thames</a>. When the Dave Hunt band were snowed in during the <a href="/wiki/Winter_of_1962%E2%80%9363_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter of 1962–63 in the United Kingdom">coldest winter since 1740</a>, Gomelsky offered a gig to a new band called <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, who had previously supported Hunt at the Piccadilly and would take over the residency. Davies then joined the Hamilton King Band until June 1963. The Kinks (then known as the Ramrods) spent the summer supporting <a href="/wiki/Rick_Wayne" title="Rick Wayne">Rick Wayne</a> on a tour of US airbases.<sup id="cite_ref-Kitts_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kitts-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Kinks obtained a recording contract in early 1964, Davies emerged as the chief songwriter and <i>de facto</i> leader of the band, especially after the band's breakthrough success with his early composition "<a href="/wiki/You_Really_Got_Me" title="You Really Got Me">You Really Got Me</a>", which was released as the band's third single in August of that year. Davies led the Kinks through a period of musical experimentation between 1966 and 1975, with notable artistic achievements and commercial success.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="305" style="width:305px;" data-durationhint="20" data-mwtitle="The_Kinks_You_Really_Got_Me.ogg" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:The_Kinks_You_Really_Got_Me.ogg"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/The_Kinks_You_Really_Got_Me.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/6/69/The_Kinks_You_Really_Got_Me.ogg/The_Kinks_You_Really_Got_Me.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>"<a href="/wiki/You_Really_Got_Me" title="You Really Got Me">You Really Got Me</a>" audio file</figcaption></figure> <p>The Kinks' early recordings of 1964 ranged from covers of <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> standards like "<a href="/wiki/Long_Tall_Sally" title="Long Tall Sally">Long Tall Sally</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Slim_Harpo" title="Slim Harpo">Got Love If You Want It</a>" to the chiming, melodic <a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">beat music</a> of Ray Davies's earliest original compositions for the band, "<a href="/wiki/You_Still_Want_Me" title="You Still Want Me">You Still Want Me</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Kinda_Kinks" title="Kinda Kinks">Something Better Beginning</a>", to the more influential <a href="/wiki/Proto-metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-metal">proto-metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protopunk" class="mw-redirect" title="Protopunk">protopunk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Power_chord" title="Power chord">power chord</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> of the band's first two hit singles, "<a href="/wiki/You_Really_Got_Me" title="You Really Got Me">You Really Got Me</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/All_Day_and_All_of_the_Night" title="All Day and All of the Night">All Day and All of the Night</a>". </p><p>However, by 1965, this raucous, hard-driving early style had gradually given way to the softer and more introspective sound of "<a href="/wiki/Tired_of_Waiting_for_You" title="Tired of Waiting for You">Tired of Waiting for You</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Kinda_Kinks" title="Kinda Kinks">Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Set_Me_Free_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Set Me Free (The Kinks song)">Set Me Free</a>", "<a href="/wiki/I_Go_to_Sleep" title="I Go to Sleep">I Go to Sleep</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Kink_Kontroversy" title="The Kink Kontroversy">Ring the Bells</a>". With the eerie, droning "<a href="/wiki/See_My_Friends" title="See My Friends">See My Friends</a>"—inspired by the untimely death of the Davies brothers' older sister Rene in June 1957—the band began to show signs of expanding their musical palette even further. A rare foray into early <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a>, "See My Friends" is credited by Jonathan Bellman as the first Western pop song to integrate Indian <a href="/wiki/Raga" title="Raga">raga</a> sounds—released six months before <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Wood_(This_Bird_Has_Flown)" title="Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)">Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid-period_(1965–1975)"><span id="Mid-period_.281965.E2.80.931975.29"></span>Mid-period (1965–1975)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mid-period (1965–1975)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fanclub1967TheKinks1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Fanclub1967TheKinks1.jpg/220px-Fanclub1967TheKinks1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Fanclub1967TheKinks1.jpg/330px-Fanclub1967TheKinks1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Fanclub1967TheKinks1.jpg/440px-Fanclub1967TheKinks1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4650" data-file-height="4687" /></a><figcaption>Ray Davies with his brother Dave in background, performing with the Kinks (Dutch TV, 1967)</figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning with "<a href="/wiki/A_Well_Respected_Man" title="A Well Respected Man">A Well Respected Man</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Where_Have_All_the_Good_Times_Gone" title="Where Have All the Good Times Gone">Where Have All the Good Times Gone</a>" (both recorded in the summer of 1965), Davies's lyrics assumed a new sociological character. He began to explore the aspirations and frustrations of common working-class people, with particular emphasis on the psychological effects of the <a href="/wiki/British_class_system" class="mw-redirect" title="British class system">British class system</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Face to Face (The Kinks album)">Face to Face</a></i> (1966), the first Kinks album composed solely of original material, was a creative breakthrough. As the band began to experiment with theatrical sound effects and <a href="/wiki/Baroque_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroque (music)">baroque</a> musical arrangements (<a href="/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins" title="Nicky Hopkins">Nicky Hopkins</a> played <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a> on several tracks), Davies's songwriting fully acquired its distinctive elements of narrative, observation and wry social commentary. His topical songs took aim at the complacency and indolence of wealthy playboys and the upper class ("<a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Face to Face (The Kinks album)">A House in the Country</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Sunny_Afternoon" title="Sunny Afternoon">Sunny Afternoon</a>"), the heedless ostentation of a self-indulgent spendthrift <i><a href="/wiki/Nouveau_riche" title="Nouveau riche">nouveau riche</a></i> ("<a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Face to Face (The Kinks album)">Most Exclusive Residence For Sale</a>"), and even the mercenary nature of the music business itself ("<a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Face to Face (The Kinks album)">Session Man</a>"). </p><p>By late 1966, Davies was addressing the bleakness of life at the lower end of the social spectrum: released together as the complementary A-B sides of a <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">single</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Dead_End_Street_(song)" title="Dead End Street (song)">Dead End Street</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Big_Black_Smoke" title="Big Black Smoke">Big Black Smoke</a>" were powerful neo-<a href="/wiki/Dickens" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickens">Dickensian</a> sketches of urban poverty. Other songs like "<a href="/wiki/Something_Else_by_the_Kinks" title="Something Else by the Kinks">Situation Vacant</a>" (1967) and "<a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_(Ray_Davies_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shangri-La (Ray Davies song)">Shangri-La</a>" (1969) hinted at the helpless sense of insecurity and emptiness underlying the materialistic values adopted by the English working class. In a similar vein, "<a href="/wiki/Dedicated_Follower_of_Fashion" title="Dedicated Follower of Fashion">Dedicated Follower of Fashion</a>" (1966) wittily satirized the consumerism and <a href="/wiki/Celebrity_worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebrity worship">celebrity worship</a> of <a href="/wiki/Carnaby_Street" title="Carnaby Street">Carnaby Street</a> and '<a href="/wiki/Swinging_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinging London">Swinging London</a>', while "<a href="/wiki/David_Watts_(song)" title="David Watts (song)">David Watts</a>" (1967) humorously expressed the wounded feelings of a plain schoolboy who envies the grace and privileges enjoyed by a charismatic upper class student. </p><p>The Kinks have been called "the most adamantly British of the Brit Invasion bands"<sup id="cite_ref-Paul_Evans_1992,_p._403_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paul_Evans_1992,_p._403-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on account of Ray Davies's abiding fascination with <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">England's imperial past</a> and his tender, bittersweet evocations of "a vanishing, romanticized world of village greens, pubs and <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public school (United Kingdom)">public schools</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Paul_Evans_1992,_p._403_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paul_Evans_1992,_p._403-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the band's mid-period, he wrote many cheerfully eccentric—and often ironic—celebrations of <a href="/wiki/English_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="English culture">traditional English culture and living</a>: "Village Green" (1966), "Afternoon Tea" and "<a href="/wiki/Autumn_Almanac" title="Autumn Almanac">Autumn Almanac</a>" (both 1967), "The Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (1968), "<a href="/wiki/Victoria_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Victoria (The Kinks song)">Victoria</a>" (1969), "<a href="/wiki/Have_a_Cuppa_Tea" title="Have a Cuppa Tea">Have a Cuppa Tea</a>" (1971) and "Cricket" (1973). In other songs, Davies revived the style of British music hall and <a href="/wiki/Trad_jazz" title="Trad jazz">trad jazz</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Dedicated_Follower_of_Fashion" title="Dedicated Follower of Fashion">Dedicated Follower of Fashion</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Sunny_Afternoon" title="Sunny Afternoon">Sunny Afternoon</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Dandy_(song)" title="Dandy (song)">Dandy</a>" and "Little Miss Queen of Darkness" (all 1966); "<a href="/wiki/Mister_Pleasant" title="Mister Pleasant">Mister Pleasant</a>" and "End of the Season" (both 1967); "Sitting By the Riverside" and "All of My Friends Were There" (both 1968); "She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" (1969); "Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues" and "Alcohol" (both 1971); "Look a Little on the Sunny Side" (1972); and "Holiday Romance" (1975). Occasionally, he varied the group's sound with more disparate musical influences, such as <a href="/wiki/Raga" title="Raga">raga</a> ("Fancy", 1966), <a href="/wiki/Bossa_nova" title="Bossa nova">bossa nova</a> ("No Return", 1967) and <a href="/wiki/Calypso_music" title="Calypso music">calypso</a> ("I'm on an Island", 1965; "Monica", 1968; "<a href="/wiki/Apeman_(song)" title="Apeman (song)">Apeman</a>", 1970; "<a href="/wiki/Supersonic_Rocket_Ship" title="Supersonic Rocket Ship">Supersonic Rocket Ship</a>", 1972). </p><p>Davies is often at his most affecting when he sings of giving up worldly ambition for the simple rewards of love and domesticity ("This is Where I Belong", 1966; "Two Sisters", 1967; "The Way Love Used to Be", 1971; "Sweet Lady Genevieve", 1973; "You Make It All Worthwhile", 1974), or when he extols the consolations of friendship and memory ("<a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Sunset" title="Waterloo Sunset">Waterloo Sunset</a>", 1967; "<a href="/wiki/Days_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Days (The Kinks song)">Days</a>", 1968; "<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Remember_Walter%3F" title="Do You Remember Walter?">Do You Remember Walter?</a>", 1968; "<a href="/wiki/Picture_Book_(song)" title="Picture Book (song)">Picture Book</a>", 1968; "Young and Innocent Days", 1969; "Moments", 1971; "Schooldays", 1975). <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>Yet another perennial Ray Davies theme is the championing of individualistic personalities and lifestyles ("<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_Like_Everybody_Else" title="I'm Not Like Everybody Else">I'm Not Like Everybody Else</a>", 1966; "Johnny Thunder", 1968; "Monica", 1968; "<a href="/wiki/Lola_(song)" title="Lola (song)">Lola</a>", 1970; "<a href="/wiki/Celluloid_Heroes" title="Celluloid Heroes">Celluloid Heroes</a>", 1972; "Where Are They Now?", 1973; "<a href="/wiki/Sitting_in_the_Midday_Sun" title="Sitting in the Midday Sun">Sitting in the Midday Sun</a>", 1973). On his 1967 song "<a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Sunset" title="Waterloo Sunset">Waterloo Sunset</a>", the singer finds a fleeting sense of contentment in the midst of urban drabness and solitude. </p><p>Davies's mid-period work for the Kinks also showed signs of an emerging social conscience. For example, "Holiday in Waikiki" (1966) deplored the commercialization of a once unspoiled <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous culture">indigenous culture</a>. Similarly, "God's Children" and "<a href="/wiki/Apeman_(song)" title="Apeman (song)">Apeman</a>" (both 1970), and the songs "<a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Man" title="20th Century Man">20th Century Man</a>", "Complicated Life" and "Here Come the People in Grey" from <i><a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hillbillies" title="Muswell Hillbillies">Muswell Hillbillies</a></i> (1971), passionately decried <a href="/wiki/Industrialization" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrialization">industrialization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bureaucracy" title="Bureaucracy">bureaucracy</a> in favour of simple <a href="/wiki/Pastoral" title="Pastoral">pastoral</a> living. Perhaps most significantly, the band's acclaimed 1968 concept album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_are_the_Village_Green_Preservation_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society">The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society</a></i> gave an affectionate embrace to "<a href="/wiki/Merry_England" title="Merry England">Merry England</a>" nostalgia and advocated the preservation of traditional English country village and <a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)">hamlet</a> life. </p><p>A definitive testament to Davies's reputation as a songwriter of insight, empathy and wit can be heard on the Kinks' landmark 1969 album <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(Or_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_British_Empire)" title="Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)">Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)</a></i>. Originally conceived as the soundtrack to a television play that was never produced, the band's first <a href="/wiki/Rock_opera" title="Rock opera">rock opera</a> affectionately chronicled the trials and tribulations of a working-class <a href="/wiki/Everyman" title="Everyman">everyman</a> and his family from the very end of the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a> through the First World War and Second World War, the <a href="/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Rationing in the United Kingdom">postwar austerity years</a>, and up to the 1960s. The overall theme of the record was partly inspired by the life of Ray and Dave Davies's brother-in-law, Arthur Anning, who had married their elder sister Rose—herself the subject of an earlier Kinks song, "<a href="/wiki/Rosie_Won%27t_You_Please_Come_Home" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosie Won't You Please Come Home">Rosie Won't You Please Come Home</a>" (1966)—and had emigrated to Australia after the war.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout a dozen evocative songs, <i>Arthur</i> fulfills its ambitious subtitle as Davies embellishes an intimate family chronicle with satirical observations about the shifting mores of the English working class in response to the declining fortunes of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. </p><p>The Kinks followed up <i>Arthur</i> with <i><a href="/wiki/Lola_Versus_Powerman_and_the_Moneygoround,_Part_One" title="Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One">Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One</a></i> (1970), a satirical take on the travails of the recording industry. This album proved to be another critical achievement as well as a commercial hit, spawning "<a href="/wiki/Lola_(song)" title="Lola (song)">Lola</a>", their first US Top Ten single since "<a href="/wiki/Tired_of_Waiting_for_You" title="Tired of Waiting for You">Tired of Waiting for You</a>" in 1965. <i><a href="/wiki/Lola_Versus_Powerman_and_the_Moneygoround,_Part_One" title="Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One">Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One</a></i> would also prove to be the band's final album before signing with RCA Records. This period on the <a href="/wiki/RCA" title="RCA">RCA</a> label (1971–75) produced <i><a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hillbillies" title="Muswell Hillbillies">Muswell Hillbillies</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_in_Show-Biz" title="Everybody's in Show-Biz">Everybody's in Show-Biz</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Act_1" title="Preservation Act 1">Preservation Act 1</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Act_2" title="Preservation Act 2">Act 2</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Soap_Opera_(album)" title="Soap Opera (album)">Soap Opera</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Schoolboys_in_Disgrace" title="Schoolboys in Disgrace">Schoolboys in Disgrace</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_sound_(1976–1984)"><span id="Later_sound_.281976.E2.80.931984.29"></span>Later sound (1976–1984)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later sound (1976–1984)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Davies_of_the_Kinks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ray_Davies_of_the_Kinks.jpg/270px-Ray_Davies_of_the_Kinks.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ray_Davies_of_the_Kinks.jpg/405px-Ray_Davies_of_the_Kinks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ray_Davies_of_the_Kinks.jpg/540px-Ray_Davies_of_the_Kinks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1801" data-file-height="1188" /></a><figcaption>Ray Davies performing in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, 1977</figcaption></figure> <p>When the Kinks changed record labels from <a href="/wiki/RCA" title="RCA">RCA</a> to <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista</a> in 1976, Davies abandoned his recent propensity for ambitious, theatrical <a href="/wiki/Concept_albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Concept albums">concept albums</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_operas" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock operas">rock operas</a> (see above) and returned to writing more basic, straightforward songs. During this decade the group founded their own London recording studio "Konk" which employed newer production techniques to achieve a more refined sound on the albums <i><a href="/wiki/Sleepwalker_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Sleepwalker (The Kinks album)">Sleepwalker</a></i> (1977) and <i><a href="/wiki/Misfits_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Misfits (The Kinks album)">Misfits</a></i> (1978).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davies's focus shifted to wistful ballads of restless alienation ("<a href="/wiki/Sleepwalker_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Sleepwalker (The Kinks album)">Life on the Road</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Misfits_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Misfits (The Kinks song)">Misfits</a>"), meditations on the inner lives of obsessed pop fans ("<a href="/wiki/Juke_Box_Music" title="Juke Box Music">Juke Box Music</a>", "<a href="/wiki/A_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Fantasy" title="A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy">A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy</a>"), and exhortations of <i><a href="/wiki/Carpe_diem" title="Carpe diem">carpe diem</a></i> ("<a href="/wiki/Life_Goes_On_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Life Goes On (The Kinks song)">Life Goes On</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Live_Life" title="Live Life">Live Life</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Misfits_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Misfits (The Kinks album)">Get Up</a>"). A notable single from late 1977 reflected the contemporary influence of <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk rock</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas_(song)" title="Father Christmas (song)">Father Christmas</a>" (A-side) and "<a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas_(song)" title="Father Christmas (song)">Prince of the Punks</a>" (B-side—inspired by Davies's troubled collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Robinson" title="Tom Robinson">Tom Robinson</a>). </p><p>By the early 1980s, the Kinks revived their commercial fortunes considerably by adopting a much more mainstream <a href="/wiki/Arena_rock" title="Arena rock">arena rock</a> style; and the band's four remaining studio albums for Arista—<i><a href="/wiki/Low_Budget_(album)" title="Low Budget (album)">Low Budget</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/Give_the_People_What_They_Want_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Give the People What They Want (The Kinks album)">Give the People What They Want</a></i> (1981), <i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Confusion" title="State of Confusion">State of Confusion</a></i> (1983) and <i><a href="/wiki/Word_of_Mouth_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Word of Mouth (The Kinks album)">Word of Mouth</a></i> (1984)—showcased a decidedly canny and <a href="/wiki/Opportunism" title="Opportunism">opportunistic</a> approach. On "<a href="/wiki/(Wish_I_Could_Fly_Like)_Superman" title="(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman">(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman</a>", Davies vented his <a href="/wiki/Existential" class="mw-redirect" title="Existential">existential</a> angst about the <a href="/wiki/1979_energy_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 energy crisis">1979 energy crisis</a> over a thumping <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a> beat; on "<a href="/wiki/A_Gallon_of_Gas" title="A Gallon of Gas">A Gallon of Gas</a>", he addressed the same concern over a traditional acoustic <a href="/wiki/Twelve-bar_blues" title="Twelve-bar blues">twelve-bar blues</a> <a href="/wiki/Shuffle_note" class="mw-redirect" title="Shuffle note">shuffle</a>. In contrast, "<a href="/wiki/Better_Things_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Better Things (The Kinks song)">Better Things</a>" (1981), "<a href="/wiki/Come_Dancing_(song)" title="Come Dancing (song)">Come Dancing</a>" (1982), "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_to_Dance" title="Don't Forget to Dance">Don't Forget to Dance</a>" (1983) and "<a href="/wiki/Good_Day_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Good Day (The Kinks song)">Good Day</a>" (1984) were sentimental songs of hope and nostalgia for the aging <a href="/wiki/Silent_Generation" title="Silent Generation">Air Raid Generation</a>. However, with "<a href="/wiki/Catch_Me_Now_I%27m_Falling" title="Catch Me Now I'm Falling">Catch Me Now I'm Falling</a>" (1979), "<a href="/wiki/Destroyer_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Destroyer (The Kinks song)">Destroyer</a>" (1981), "Clichés of the World (B Movie)" (1983) and "<a href="/wiki/Do_It_Again_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Do It Again (The Kinks song)">Do It Again</a>" (1984), the Davies brothers cranked out strident, heavy-<a href="/wiki/Riff" title="Riff">riffing</a> <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> that conveyed an attitude of bitter <a href="/wiki/Cynicism_(contemporary)" title="Cynicism (contemporary)">cynicism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Weltschmerz" title="Weltschmerz">world weary</a> disillusionment. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I write songs because I get angry, and now I'm at the stage where it's not good enough to brush it off with humour.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i>, June 1978<sup id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990s–present"><span id="1990s.E2.80.93present"></span>1990s–present</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from the lengthy Kinks discography, Davies has released seven solo albums: the 1985 release <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Waterloo" title="Return to Waterloo">Return to Waterloo</a></i> (which accompanied a television film he wrote and directed), the 1998 release <i>The Storyteller</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Other_People%27s_Lives" title="Other People's Lives">Other People's Lives</a></i> in early 2006, <i><a href="/wiki/Working_Man%27s_Caf%C3%A9" title="Working Man's Café">Working Man's Café</a></i> in October 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Choral_Collection" title="The Kinks Choral Collection">The Kinks Choral Collection</a></i> in June 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/Americana_(Ray_Davies_album)" title="Americana (Ray Davies album)">Americana</a></i> in April 2017, and its sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Country:_Americana_Act_II" title="Our Country: Americana Act II">Our Country: Americana Act II</a></i> in June 2018. </p><p>In 1986, Davies contributed the track "Quiet Life" to the soundtrack of the <a href="/wiki/Julien_Temple" title="Julien Temple">Julien Temple</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Absolute_Beginners_(film)" title="Absolute Beginners (film)">Absolute Beginners</a></i> that is a musical film adapted from <a href="/wiki/Colin_MacInnes" title="Colin MacInnes">Colin MacInnes</a>' <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Beginners_(novel)" title="Absolute Beginners (novel)">book of the same name</a> about life in late 1950s London. The song was released as a single. Davies appeared in the film, in which he also sang "Quiet Life". </p><p>In 1990, Davies was inducted, with the Kinks, into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> and, in 2005, into the <a href="/wiki/UK_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="UK Music Hall of Fame">UK Music Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davies published his "unauthorised autobiography", <i><a href="/wiki/Xray_(Book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Xray (Book)">X-Ray</a></i>, in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, he published a book of short stories entitled <i>Waterloo Sunset</i>. He has made three films, <i>Return to Waterloo</i> in 1985, <i>Weird Nightmare</i> (a documentary about <a href="/wiki/Charles_Mingus" title="Charles Mingus">Charles Mingus</a>) in 1991, and <i>Americana</i>. </p><p>Davies was appointed <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a>, by Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/2004_New_Year_Honours" title="2004 New Year Honours">2004 New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GB_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GB-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Davies released <i>The Tourist</i>, a four-song <a href="/wiki/Extended_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="Extended Play">EP</a>, in the UK; and <i>Thanksgiving Day</i>, a five-song EP, in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Davies_in_2008_Ottawa_4947_by_Benoit_Aubry_of_Ottawa.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ray_Davies_in_2008_Ottawa_4947_by_Benoit_Aubry_of_Ottawa.JPG/220px-Ray_Davies_in_2008_Ottawa_4947_by_Benoit_Aubry_of_Ottawa.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ray_Davies_in_2008_Ottawa_4947_by_Benoit_Aubry_of_Ottawa.JPG/330px-Ray_Davies_in_2008_Ottawa_4947_by_Benoit_Aubry_of_Ottawa.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ray_Davies_in_2008_Ottawa_4947_by_Benoit_Aubry_of_Ottawa.JPG/440px-Ray_Davies_in_2008_Ottawa_4947_by_Benoit_Aubry_of_Ottawa.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption>Davies at Bluesfest 2008 in Ottawa</figcaption></figure> <p>A choral album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Choral_Collection" title="The Kinks Choral Collection">The Kinks Choral Collection</a></i>, on which Davies had been collaborating with the <a href="/wiki/Crouch_End_Festival_Chorus" title="Crouch End Festival Chorus">Crouch End Festival Chorus</a> since 2007, was released in the UK in June 2009 and in the US in November 2009. The album was re-released as a special extended edition including Davies's charity Christmas single "Postcard From London" featuring Davies's former girlfriend and leader of <a href="/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders">the Pretenders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde" title="Chrissie Hynde">Chrissie Hynde</a>. The video for the single was directed by <a href="/wiki/Julien_Temple" title="Julien Temple">Julien Temple</a> and features London landmarks including <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Bridge" title="Waterloo Bridge">Waterloo Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carnaby_Street" title="Carnaby Street">Carnaby Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus" title="Piccadilly Circus">the statue of Eros</a> steps and the <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a> statue in <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square" title="Leicester Square">Leicester Square</a>. The duet was originally recorded with <a href="/wiki/Kate_Nash" title="Kate Nash">Kate Nash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first choice had been <a href="/wiki/Dame_Vera_Lynn" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Vera Lynn">Dame Vera Lynn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2009, Davies performed "<a href="/wiki/All_Day_and_All_of_the_Night" title="All Day and All of the Night">All Day and All of the Night</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame#25th_anniversary_concert" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Davies was a judge for the 3rd (in 2004) and 7th (in 2008) annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.<sup id="cite_ref-independentmusicawards1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independentmusicawards1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davies played at <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival_2010" title="Glastonbury Festival 2010">Glastonbury Festival</a> in 2010, where he dedicated several songs to the Kinks' bassist <a href="/wiki/Pete_Quaife" title="Pete Quaife">Pete Quaife</a>, who died a few days before the festival.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A collaborations album, <i><a href="/wiki/See_My_Friends_(album)" title="See My Friends (album)">See My Friends</a></i>, was released in November 2010 with a US release to follow in early 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2011 also marked Davies's return to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, Louisiana, to play the <a href="/wiki/Voodoo_Experience" class="mw-redirect" title="Voodoo Experience">Voodoo Experience</a> Music festival. His setlist included material by the Kinks and solo material.<sup id="cite_ref-NOLA_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOLA-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That autumn, he toured with <a href="/wiki/The_88" title="The 88">the 88</a> as his backing band. In August 2012, Davies performed "Waterloo Sunset" as part of the closing ceremony of the <a href="/wiki/London_2012_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="London 2012 Summer Olympics">London 2012 Summer Olympics</a>, watched by over 24 million viewers in the UK; the song was subsequently cut by NBC from the US broadcast, in favour of a preview of its upcoming show <i><a href="/wiki/Animal_Practice" title="Animal Practice">Animal Practice</a></i>. </p><p>On 18 December 2015, Ray joined his brother Dave for an encore at London's Islington Assembly Hall. The two performed "You Really Got Me", marking the first time in nearly 20 years that the brothers had appeared and performed together.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2017, Davies released the album <i><a href="/wiki/Americana_(Ray_Davies_album)" title="Americana (Ray Davies album)">Americana</a></i>. Based on his experiences in the US it follows on from the short DVD <i>Americana — a work in progress</i> (found on the deluxe CD <i>Working Man's Cafe</i> from 2007), and his biographical book <i>Americana</i> from 2013. A second volume <i>Our Country: Americana Act II</i> was released in June 2018. For his backing band on <i>Americana</i> Davies chose <a href="/wiki/The_Jayhawks" title="The Jayhawks">The Jayhawks</a>, an alt-country/country-rock band from Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-20170421FT_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20170421FT-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20170423BBC_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20170423BBC-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2017_New_Year_Honours" title="2017 New Year Honours">2017 New Year Honours</a> for services to the arts.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musicals">Musicals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Musicals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Davies_tour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ray_Davies_tour.jpg/220px-Ray_Davies_tour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ray_Davies_tour.jpg/330px-Ray_Davies_tour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ray_Davies_tour.jpg/440px-Ray_Davies_tour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Davies "Other People's Lives" tour Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1981, Davies collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Barrie_Keeffe" title="Barrie Keeffe">Barrie Keeffe</a> in writing his first stage musical, <i><a href="/wiki/Chorus_Girls_(musical)" title="Chorus Girls (musical)">Chorus Girls</a></i>, which opened at the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal_Stratford_East" title="Theatre Royal Stratford East">Theatre Royal Stratford East</a>, London,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starring <a href="/wiki/Marc_Sinden" title="Marc Sinden">Marc Sinden</a>, and had a supporting cast of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Elphick" title="Michael Elphick">Michael Elphick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anita_Dobson" title="Anita Dobson">Anita Dobson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Manville" title="Lesley Manville">Lesley Manville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Williams_(actress)" title="Kate Williams (actress)">Kate Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Cornwell" title="Charlotte Cornwell">Charlotte Cornwell</a>. It was directed by Adrian Shergold, the <a href="/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreography</a> was by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Augins" title="Charles Augins">Charles Augins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rodford" title="Jim Rodford">Jim Rodford</a> played bass as part of the theatre's "house band".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Davies wrote songs for a musical version of <a href="/wiki/Jules_Verne" title="Jules Verne">Jules Verne</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days_(Verne_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Around the World in Eighty Days (Verne novel)">Around the World in 80 Days</a></i>; the show, <i>80 Days</i>, had a book by playwright <a href="/wiki/Snoo_Wilson" title="Snoo Wilson">Snoo Wilson</a>. It was directed by <a href="/wiki/Des_McAnuff" title="Des McAnuff">Des McAnuff</a> and ran at the <a href="/wiki/La_Jolla_Playhouse" title="La Jolla Playhouse">La Jolla Playhouse</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mandell_Weiss_Theatre" title="Mandell Weiss Theatre">Mandell Weiss Theatre</a> in San Diego from 23 August to 9 October 1988. The musical received mixed responses from the critics. Davies's multi-faceted music, McAnuff's directing, and the acting, however, were well received, with the show winning the "Best Musical" award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davies's musical <i><a href="/wiki/Come_Dancing_(song)#Musical" title="Come Dancing (song)">Come Dancing</a></i>, based partly on <a href="/wiki/Come_Dancing_(song)" title="Come Dancing (song)">his 1983 hit single</a> with 20 new songs, ran at the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal_Stratford_East" title="Theatre Royal Stratford East">Theatre Royal Stratford East</a>, London in September–November 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Sunny_Afternoon_(musical)" title="Sunny Afternoon (musical)">Sunny Afternoon</a></i>, a musical based on Ray Davies's early life and featuring Kinks songs opened to critical acclaim at <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Theatre" title="Hampstead Theatre">Hampstead Theatre</a>. The musical moved to the <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter_Theatre" title="Harold Pinter Theatre">Harold Pinter Theatre</a> in London's <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> in October 2014. The musical won four awards at the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivier Awards">Olivier Awards</a>, including one for Ray Davies: the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music .<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1990, Davies and the Kinks were the third British band (along with <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a>) to be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>, at which Davies was called "almost indisputably rock's most literate, witty and insightful songwriter."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1999, "You Really Got Me" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Davies was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) for services to Music in the <a href="/wiki/2004_New_Year_Honours" title="2004 New Year Honours">2004 New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GB_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GB-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 22 June 2004, Davies won the <i><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(magazine)" title="Mojo (magazine)">Mojo</a></i> Songwriter <a href="/wiki/MOJO_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="MOJO Awards">Award</a>, which recognises "an artist whose career has been defined by his ability to pen classic material on a consistent basis."</li> <li>In 2005, The Kinks were inducted into the <a href="/wiki/UK_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="UK Music Hall of Fame">UK Music Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 3 October 2006, Davies was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast Music Incorporated">BMI</a> Icon Award for his "enduring influence on generations of music makers" at the 2006 annual BMI London Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 15 February 2009, The Mobius Best Off-West End Production in the UK for the musical <i>Come Dancing</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 7 September 2010, Davies was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award at the <i><a href="/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> Men of the Year Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 26 October 2010, Davies was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at his <a href="/wiki/Avo_Session_Basel" class="mw-redirect" title="Avo Session Basel">AVO Session</a> concert in Basel; the concert was televised internationally.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 12 June 2014, Davies was inducted into the American <a href="/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 12 April 2015, Davies won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Achievement for his West End musical <i>Sunny Afternoon</i>, which garnered 3 additional Olivier's.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In August 2015, Davies was voted 27th greatest songwriter of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine in their "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time" list.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 3 October 2016, Davies was awarded with a <a href="/wiki/BASCA" class="mw-redirect" title="BASCA">BASCA</a> Gold Badge award for his unique contribution to music.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Davies was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2017_New_Year_Honours" title="2017 New Year Honours">2017 New Year Honours</a> for services to the arts.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davies has been married three times and has four daughters. </p><p>In 1964, he married Rasa Didzpetris. The couple had two daughters, Louisa and Victoria.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-First_Marriage_details_at_freebmd.org.uk_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_Marriage_details_at_freebmd.org.uk-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He changed his legal name by <a href="/wiki/Deed_poll" title="Deed poll">deed poll</a> to Raymond Douglas for five years, which allowed him anonymity for his second marriage in 1974 to Yvonne Gunner.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple had no children and divorced in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s, Davies had a relationship with <a href="/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde" title="Chrissie Hynde">Chrissie Hynde</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders">the Pretenders</a>. The couple had a daughter, Natalie Rae Hynde.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His third marriage was to Irish ballet dancer Patricia Crosbie, with whom he had a daughter named Eva.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2004, Davies was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who had snatched his companion's purse as they walked through the <a href="/wiki/French_Quarter" title="French Quarter">French Quarter</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A man was arrested, but the charges were dropped because Davies had already returned to London and did not come back to New Orleans for the trial.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2011, Davies' doctor ordered him to stay at home and rest for six months after <a href="/wiki/Thrombus" title="Thrombus">blood clots</a> were discovered in his lungs.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solo_discography">Solo discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Solo discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_discography" title="The Kinks discography">The Kinks discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solo_albums">Solo albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Solo albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Waterloo" title="Return to Waterloo">Return to Waterloo</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i>The Storyteller</i> (1998) (UK No. 105)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Other_People%27s_Lives" title="Other People's Lives">Other People's Lives</a></i> (2006) (UK No. 36, US No. 122)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Working_Man%27s_Caf%C3%A9" title="Working Man's Café">Working Man's Café</a></i> (2007) (UK No. 179, US No. 140)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Americana_(Ray_Davies_album)" title="Americana (Ray Davies album)">Americana</a></i> (2017) (UK No. 15, US No. 79)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Country:_Americana_Act_II" title="Our Country: Americana Act II">Our Country: Americana Act II</a></i> (2018) (UK No. 58)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collaborative_albums">Collaborative albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Collaborative albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Choral_Collection" title="The Kinks Choral Collection">The Kinks Choral Collection</a></i> (2009) (UK No. 28) (with the <a href="/wiki/Crouch_End_Festival_Chorus" title="Crouch End Festival Chorus">Crouch End Festival Chorus</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/See_My_Friends_(album)" title="See My Friends (album)">See My Friends</a></i> (2010) (UK No. 12)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilation_albums">Compilation albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Compilation albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Collected</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>Waterloo Sunset — The Very Best of The Kinks and Ray Davies</i> (2012) (UK No. 14)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chart_singles_written_by_Davies">Chart singles written by Davies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Chart singles written by Davies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of Davies compositions that were chart hits for artists other than The Kinks i.e. covers. Some were originally hits for The Kinks themselves. (See <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_discography" title="The Kinks discography">The Kinks discography</a></i> for hits by The Kinks.) </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th rowspan="2">Artist </th> <th colspan="3">Chart positions </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:70px;"><small><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </th> <th style="width:60px;"><small>Canada</small> </th> <th style="width:60px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US Hot 100</a></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1965 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/This_Strange_Effect" title="This Strange Effect">This Strange Effect</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Berry_(musician)" title="Dave Berry (musician)">Dave Berry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Something Better Beginning" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Honeycombs" title="The Honeycombs">The Honeycombs</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">39 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1966 </td> <td>"A House in the Country" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Pretty_Things" class="mw-redirect" title="The Pretty Things">The Pretty Things</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Dandy_(song)" title="Dandy (song)">Dandy</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herman%27s_Hermits" title="Herman's Hermits">Herman's Hermits</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1978 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/You_Really_Got_Me" title="You Really Got Me">You Really Got Me</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Van_Halen" title="Van Halen">Van Halen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">49 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/David_Watts_(song)" title="David Watts (song)">David Watts</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Jam" title="The Jam">The Jam</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Stop_Your_Sobbing" title="Stop Your Sobbing">Stop Your Sobbing</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders">The Pretenders</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>"I Go To Sleep" </td> <td>The Pretenders </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1988 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/All_Day_and_All_of_the_Night" title="All Day and All of the Night">All Day and All of the Night</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Stranglers" title="The Stranglers">The Stranglers</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Victoria_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Victoria (The Kinks song)">Victoria</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_(band)" title="The Fall (band)">The Fall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Days_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Days (The Kinks song)">Days</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirsty_MacColl" title="Kirsty MacColl">Kirsty MacColl</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Sunset" title="Waterloo Sunset">Waterloo Sunset</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Dennis" title="Cathy Dennis">Cathy Dennis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Village_Green_Preservation_Society" title="The Village Green Preservation Society">The Village Green Preservation Society</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kate_Rusby" title="Kate Rusby">Kate Rusby</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">102 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Davies&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/11/09/segments/144019">"Ray Davies"</a>. <i>The Leonard Lopate Show</i>. 9 November 2009. Event occurs at 1:32–1:40<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Leonard+Lopate+Show&rft.atitle=Ray+Davies&rft.date=2009-11-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnyc.org%2Fshows%2Flopate%2Fepisodes%2F2009%2F11%2F09%2Fsegments%2F144019&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARay+Davies" class="Z3988"></span> "[Davies:] Think of it as 'viz', v-i-z".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMendelsohn1969" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Mendelsohn_(musician)" title="John Mendelsohn (musician)">Mendelsohn, John</a> (19 December 1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039869">"Kinks"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Free_Press" title="Los Angeles Free Press">Los Angeles Free Press</a></i>. Vol. 6, no. 283. p. 38. <q>Ray Davies (pronounced his last name, by the way, as if it had no 'e')<span class="nowrap"> </span>...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Kinks&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=283&rft.pages=38&rft.date=1969-12-19&rft.aulast=Mendelsohn&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fcommunity.28039869&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARay+Davies" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHasted2017" class="citation book cs1">Hasted, Nick (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eDv_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT309"><i>You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks</i></a>. Omnibus Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85712-991-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85712-991-8"><bdi>978-0-85712-991-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=You+Really+Got+Me%3A+The+Story+of+The+Kinks&rft.pub=Omnibus+Press&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0-85712-991-8&rft.aulast=Hasted&rft.aufirst=Nick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeDv_AgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT309&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARay+Davies" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/16/ray-davies-kinks-not-godfather-of-britpop-concerned-uncle">"Ray Davies: 'I'm not the godfather of Britpop … more a concerned uncle'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>the Guardian</i>. 16 July 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Four Tops">Four Tops</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renaldo_Benson" title="Renaldo Benson">Renaldo Benson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duke_Fakir" title="Duke Fakir">Abdul "Duke" Fakir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Payton" title="Lawrence Payton">Lawrence Payton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Levi_Stubbs" title="Levi Stubbs">Levi Stubbs</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Avory" title="Mick Avory">Mick Avory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Davies" title="Dave Davies">Dave Davies</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ray Davies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Quaife" title="Pete Quaife">Pete Quaife</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Platters" title="The Platters">The Platters</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Lynch_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Lynch (singer)">David Lynch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herb_Reed" title="Herb Reed">Herb Reed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Robi" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Robi">Paul Robi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zola_Taylor" title="Zola Taylor">Zola Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Williams_(singer)" title="Tony Williams (singer)">Tony Williams</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_Garfunkel" title="Art Garfunkel">Art Garfunkel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" title="Roger Daltrey">Roger Daltrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Entwistle" title="John Entwistle">John Entwistle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Moon" title="Keith Moon">Keith Moon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Townshend" title="Pete Townshend">Pete Townshend</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early influences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Christian" title="Charlie Christian">Charlie Christian</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey" title="Ma Rainey">Ma Rainey</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-performers<br />(Ahmet Ertegun Award)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Goffin" title="Gerry Goffin">Gerry Goffin</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Holland%E2%80%93Dozier%E2%80%93Holland" title="Holland–Dozier–Holland">Holland–Dozier–Holland</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Holland" title="Brian Holland">Brian Holland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lamont_Dozier" title="Lamont Dozier">Lamont Dozier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Holland" title="Eddie Holland">Eddie Holland</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-group" aria-labelledby="The_Kinks480" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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href="/wiki/John_Dalton_(musician)" title="John Dalton (musician)">John Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gosling_(The_Kinks_musician)" title="John Gosling (The Kinks musician)">John Gosling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Pyle" title="Andy Pyle">Andy Pyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rodford" title="Jim Rodford">Jim Rodford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gibbons_(musician)" title="Ian Gibbons (musician)">Ian Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Henrit" title="Bob Henrit">Bob Henrit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinks_(album)" title="Kinks (album)">Kinks</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinks-Size" title="Kinks-Size">Kinks-Size</a></i> (1965; US-only)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinda_Kinks" title="Kinda Kinks">Kinda Kinks</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinkdom" title="Kinkdom">Kinkdom</a></i> (1965; US-only)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kink_Kontroversy" title="The Kink Kontroversy">The Kink Kontroversy</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Face to Face (The Kinks album)">Face to Face</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Something_Else_by_the_Kinks" title="Something Else by the Kinks">Something Else</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Are_the_Village_Green_Preservation_Society" title="The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society">Village Green Preservation Society</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(Or_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_British_Empire)" title="Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)">Arthur</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lola_Versus_Powerman_and_the_Moneygoround,_Part_One" title="Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One">Lola Versus Powerman</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Percy_(soundtrack_album)" title="Percy (soundtrack album)">Percy</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hillbillies" title="Muswell Hillbillies">Muswell Hillbillies</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_in_Show-Biz" title="Everybody's in Show-Biz">Everybody's in Show-Biz</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Act_1" title="Preservation Act 1">Preservation Act 1</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Act_2" title="Preservation Act 2">Preservation Act 2</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soap_Opera_(album)" title="Soap Opera (album)">Soap Opera</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Schoolboys_in_Disgrace" title="Schoolboys in Disgrace">Schoolboys in Disgrace</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sleepwalker_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Sleepwalker (The Kinks album)">Sleepwalker</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Misfits_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Misfits (The Kinks album)">Misfits</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Low_Budget_(album)" title="Low Budget (album)">Low Budget</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Give_the_People_What_They_Want_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Give the People What They Want (The Kinks album)">Give the People What They Want</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Confusion" title="State of Confusion">State of Confusion</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Word_of_Mouth_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Word of Mouth (The Kinks album)">Word of Mouth</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Think_Visual" title="Think Visual">Think Visual</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UK_Jive" title="UK Jive">UK Jive</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phobia_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Phobia (The Kinks album)">Phobia</a></i> (1993)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Kelvin_Hall" title="Live at Kelvin Hall">Live at Kelvin Hall</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(The_Kinks_album)" title="One for the Road (The Kinks album)">One for the Road</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live:_The_Road" title="Live: The Road">Live: The Road</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_the_Bone_(The_Kinks_album)" title="To the Bone (The Kinks album)">To the Bone</a></i> (1994/1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sessions:_1964%E2%80%931977" title="BBC Sessions: 1964–1977">BBC Sessions: 1964–1977</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">EPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinksize_Session" title="Kinksize Session">Kinksize Session</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kwyet_Kinks" title="Kwyet Kinks">Kwyet Kinks</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Greatest_Hits!" title="The Kinks Greatest Hits!">The Kinks Greatest Hits!</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Well_Respected_Kinks" title="Well Respected Kinks">Well Respected Kinks</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunny_Afternoon_(album)" title="Sunny Afternoon (album)">Sunny Afternoon</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Then_Now_and_Inbetween" title="Then Now and Inbetween">Then Now and Inbetween</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kink_Kronikles" title="The Kink Kronikles">The Kink Kronikles</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Lost_Kinks_Album" title="The Great Lost Kinks Album">The Great Lost Kinks Album</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Come_Dancing_with_The_Kinks" title="Come Dancing with The Kinks">Come Dancing with The Kinks</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Are_Well_Respected_Men" title="The Kinks Are Well Respected Men">The Kinks Are Well Respected Men</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Collection_(The_Kinks_album)" title="The Ultimate Collection (The Kinks album)">The Ultimate Collection</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Picture_Book_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Picture Book (The Kinks album)">Picture Book</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Sunset:_The_Very_Best_of_The_Kinks_%26_Ray_Davies" title="Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies">Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Kinks" title="The Essential Kinks">The Essential Kinks</a></i> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unreleased projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_More_Respected_Gentlemen" title="Four More Respected Gentlemen">Four More Respected Gentlemen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Hole_in_the_Sock_of_(Dave_Davies)" title="A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)">A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concert tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks%27_1965_UK_tour" title="The Kinks' 1965 UK tour">1965 UK tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks%27_1965_US_tour" title="The Kinks' 1965 US tour">1965 US tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_discography" title="The Kinks discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Kinks_band_members" title="List of the Kinks band members">Band members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konk_(recording_studio)" title="Konk (recording studio)">Konk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kast_Off_Kinks" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kast Off Kinks">The Kast Off Kinks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argent_(band)" title="Argent (band)">Argent</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/X-Ray_(book)" title="X-Ray (book)">X-Ray</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Do_It_Again_(film)" title="Do It Again (film)">Do It Again</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Give_the_People_What_We_Want:_Songs_of_The_Kinks" title="Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks">Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Where_I_Belong_%E2%80%93_The_Songs_of_Ray_Davies_%26_The_Kinks" 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