Birthday of the Week: Ray Davies
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Ray Davies, who is best known as the frontman for The Kinks. On Friday (June 21), Davies turns 80. To commemorate his milestone, let us know...
Tagged: The Kinks
Daily Eighties Flashback: The Kinks “Come Dancing”
The Kinks hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times. Four of those hits came between 1964 and 1970. Then, thirteen years later, in 1983, the band climbed to the Top 10...
Daily Eighties Flashback: The Kinks “Better Things”
Two songs from The Kinks‘ 1981 album Give the People What They Want made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1982, the second of that pair of songs, “Better Things,” rose...
MOTW: Really Got To Get Back To My House
What do you get when you mashup the Beatles, LCD Sound System and Kinks? You get the MOTW, mashup of the week, entitled “Really Got To Get Back To My House”. The tune takes...
DEF: The Kinks “Do It Again”
London-based band The Kinks first hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1964, when they reached number 7 with “You Really Got Me.” Two decades later — in the winter of 1984/1985 —...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Kinks “All Day And All Of The Night”
London-based band The Kinks hit the Top 10 with their first three singles to reach Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The run began with “You Really Got Me,” which peaked at number 7 in late 1964....
