‘Pretenders’ premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 13 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'He wanted to be contrary': Ray Davies in 1967 - Getty For Ray Davies, lead singer of The Kinks, the British Invasion was not all ...

While The Kinks may have stirred up controversy with their raucous early singles, Ray Davies set out to appeal to his parents' generation with one 1965 song.

Nobody told Ray Davies that there was a somewhat limited range of topics about which most songwriters were expected to write. Davies, frontman of The Kinks, tended to stray far from the rock and roll ...

Released in Britain on Jan. 15, 1965, the single climbed to No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart, becoming the Kinks' second ...

Nobody was better at the detailed character sketch than Ray Davies of The Kinks during that band’s late ‘60s, early ‘70s heyday. Davies often delivered these snapshots as part of the concept albums ...

The Kinks broke up in 1996, and the Davies brothers last shared a stage in 2015 Dave Davies of the Kinks said “never say never” when it comes to a reunion with brother Ray Davies The brothers are ...

The Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset” turned a London landmark into a timeless classic, earning a spot among the Greatest Songs of All Time.

The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of “Sunny Afternoon,” the jukebox musical about 1960s Brit-rockers The Kinks, they thoughtfully provided ear ...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Considering the storms he's weathered, the sheer joviality expressed by Ray Davies onstage is positively rejuvenating. On a short tour to promote his excellent second ...

The Kinks broke up in 1996, and the Davies brothers last shared a stage in 2015 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work ...