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  1. The artist who made The Kinks’ Dave Davies a guitar hero

    Credit: Far Out / Alamy Given the well-known fact that all rock ‘n’ roll roads lead to the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #DaveDavies #EddieCochran #Entertainment #raydavies #TheKinks #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/565408/

  2. when Ray Davies knew he had trounced ‘Sgt Pepper’

    (Credits: Far Out / Apple Corps / Bent Rej) Tue 28 April 2026 14:00, UK There’s nothing quite…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #1967 #Entertainment #raydavies #SgtPepper #TheBeatles #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/555294/

  3. The best American rock ‘n’ roll songs, according to Ray Davies

    (Credits: Bent Rej) Tue 28 April 2026 6:20, UK Sun-kissed cricket fields, well-kept village greens and gossiping neighbours,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #AU #Australia #Entertainment #raydavies #TheKinks
    newsbeep.com/au/636033/

  4. The best American rock ‘n’ roll songs, according to Ray Davies

    (Credits: Bent Rej) Tue 28 April 2026 6:20, UK Sun-kissed cricket fields, well-kept village greens and gossiping neighbours,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #AU #Australia #Entertainment #raydavies #TheKinks
    newsbeep.com/au/636033/

  5. The best American rock ‘n’ roll songs, according to Ray Davies

    (Credits: Bent Rej) Tue 28 April 2026 6:20, UK Sun-kissed cricket fields, well-kept village greens and gossiping neighbours,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #Entertainment #raydavies #TheKinks #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/554766/

  6. 1964 Classic Rock Hit Ranked Among ‘The Greatest Songs of All Time’ Became a Career-Defining Anthem for the Kinks

    In 1964, the Kinks released what would become their breakthrough hit with the song “You Really Got Me.”…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Music #DaveDavies #Englishrockband #Entertainment #Kinks #Kinkshit #raydavies #RayDavies-penned
    newsbeep.com/us/581006/

  7. 1964 Classic Rock Hit Ranked Among ‘The Greatest Songs of All Time’ Became a Career-Defining Anthem for the Kinks

    In 1964, the Kinks released what would become their breakthrough hit with the song “You Really Got Me.”…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Music #DaveDavies #Englishrockband #Entertainment #Kinks #Kinkshit #raydavies #RayDavies-penned
    newsbeep.com/us/581006/

  8. "Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI

  9. "Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI

  10. "Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI

  11. "Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI

  12. "Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI

  13. #MondayRandom10 In which we once again see my shameless appreciation for some massively popular artists, but also encounter my obsession with tracking down every recorded version of #RayDavies' “This Strange Effect” by anyone, ever. (Thank you, #bandcamp.)

    1. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - When The Storm Comes

    2. St. Petillo - Reimpressions

    3. Madonna - Secret [Edit]

    4. Sting - I Burn For You

    5. Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River

    6. Mazzy Star - Does Someone Have Your Baby Now?

    7. Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye

    8. k.d. lang - So In Love

    9. Morphine - I Know You, Part I

    10. Silva de Alegría - Efecto Extraño (This Strange Effect)

  14. In which we once again see my shameless appreciation for some massively popular artists, but also encounter my obsession with tracking down every recorded version of #RayDavies' “This Strange Effect” by anyone, ever. (Thank you, #bandcamp.)

    1. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - When The Storm Comes

    2. St. Petillo - Reimpressions

    3. Madonna - Secret [Edit]

    4. Sting - I Burn For You

    5. Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River

    6. Mazzy Star - Does Someone Have Your Baby Now?

    7. Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye

    8. k.d. lang - So In Love

    9. Morphine - I Know You, Part I

    10. Silva de Alegría - Efecto Extraño (This Strange Effect)

  15. #MondayRandom10 In which we once again see my shameless appreciation for some massively popular artists, but also encounter my obsession with tracking down every recorded version of #RayDavies' “This Strange Effect” by anyone, ever. (Thank you, #bandcamp.)

    1. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - When The Storm Comes

    2. St. Petillo - Reimpressions

    3. Madonna - Secret [Edit]

    4. Sting - I Burn For You

    5. Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River

    6. Mazzy Star - Does Someone Have Your Baby Now?

    7. Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye

    8. k.d. lang - So In Love

    9. Morphine - I Know You, Part I

    10. Silva de Alegría - Efecto Extraño (This Strange Effect)

  16. #MondayRandom10 In which we once again see my shameless appreciation for some massively popular artists, but also encounter my obsession with tracking down every recorded version of #RayDavies' “This Strange Effect” by anyone, ever. (Thank you, #bandcamp.)

    1. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - When The Storm Comes

    2. St. Petillo - Reimpressions

    3. Madonna - Secret [Edit]

    4. Sting - I Burn For You

    5. Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River

    6. Mazzy Star - Does Someone Have Your Baby Now?

    7. Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye

    8. k.d. lang - So In Love

    9. Morphine - I Know You, Part I

    10. Silva de Alegría - Efecto Extraño (This Strange Effect)

  17. #MondayRandom10 In which we once again see my shameless appreciation for some massively popular artists, but also encounter my obsession with tracking down every recorded version of #RayDavies' “This Strange Effect” by anyone, ever. (Thank you, #bandcamp.)

    1. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - When The Storm Comes

    2. St. Petillo - Reimpressions

    3. Madonna - Secret [Edit]

    4. Sting - I Burn For You

    5. Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River

    6. Mazzy Star - Does Someone Have Your Baby Now?

    7. Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye

    8. k.d. lang - So In Love

    9. Morphine - I Know You, Part I

    10. Silva de Alegría - Efecto Extraño (This Strange Effect)

  18. The greatest guitar riff The Kinks ever came up with

    (Credits: Bradford TImeline) Fri 23 January 2026 18:30, UK The Kinks are arguably the most important band in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #Entertainment #raydavies #TheKinks #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/387621/

  19. 🎼 ■ Ray Davies, el líder de The Kinks, persiguió a un atracador y acabó con una bala alojada en la pierna ■ Cuando Isabel II le nombró CBE, asistió a Buckingham Palace apoyado en un bastón... todavía con secuelas del disparo
    los40.com/2026/01/07/ray-davie

    #thekinks #gruposmusica #isabeliideinglaterra #musica #raydavies

  20. #OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  21. #OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  22. #OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  23. #OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  24. #OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  25. The Kinks song that Ray Davies wanted to quit after making

    (Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Fri 2 January 2026 6:00, UK Things often don’t go to plan within…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #Entertainment #raydavies #TheKinks #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/347803/

  26. The Kinks song about the “camouflage” of the 1960s

    (Credits: Far Out / Public Domain) Thu 1 January 2026 1:00, UK “I never knowingly sat down and…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #1960s #Entertainment #kinks #raydavies #TheKinks #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/345767/

  27. #OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.

  28. #OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.

  29. #OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.

  30. #OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.

  31. #OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.

  32. "A Well Respected Man" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British #upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
    youtube.com/watch?v=mRd_CnrwPL0

  33. "A Well Respected Man" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British #upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
    youtube.com/watch?v=mRd_CnrwPL0

  34. "A Well Respected Man" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British #upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
    youtube.com/watch?v=mRd_CnrwPL0

  35. "A Well Respected Man" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British #upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
    youtube.com/watch?v=mRd_CnrwPL0

  36. "A Well Respected Man" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British #upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
    youtube.com/watch?v=mRd_CnrwPL0