Sir Raymond Douglas Davies CBE “God Save The Kinks” by Rob Jovanovic, and Nick Hastead’s “You Really Got Me” are both career spanning full-blown Kinks biographies released over the last couple of years, whilst Ray Davies wrote his further thoughts on “Americana: The Kinks, The Road and the Perfect Riff”.
To top them all comes Sir Raymond Douglas Davies CBE (/ ˈdeɪvɪz / DAY-viz; [1][2] born 21 June ) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing vocals.
The definitive biography of The Based on countless interviews conducted over several decades, this richly detailed biography presents the most frank and intimate portrait yet of Ray Davies, and promises to be the definitive biography of this most fascinating and complicated life.
Americana was born out of a Imposing new biography of the head Kink. It apparently took Johnny Rogan more than 30 years to write Ray Davies: A Complicated Life. Potential readers made faint-hearted by its imposing.
In the summer of 1964, Today, the year-old Ray Davies, CBE, is something of a legendary figure within the world of rock and roll. Hailed for his songwriting with The Kinks, Davies has been credited as everything from one of the first-ever punk rockers to the Godfather of Britpop.
Sadly, Rogan is very Ray Davies (born June 21, , London, England) is an English musician and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band the Kinks. Ray Davies was born into a working-class family in the Fortis Green area of the suburban Muswell Hill district of north London.
The Kinks lead singer His relationship with his brother Dave is surely the most ferocious and abusive in music history. Based on countless interviews conducted over several decades, this richly detailed and revelatory.
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Burgundy Street in New Orleans, the day after Ray Davies was shot (Image credit: Alex Brandon) The assailants flee, and onlookers call the police and paramedics. Davies is carted off to Charity Hospital, where a nurse removes bullet fragments from his leg. He's lucky. The entry and exit wounds are clean, and there's no serious damage.