The Kinks

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by
brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a
British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important
and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a wide
range of genres, including rhythm and blues, British music hall, ... read more

Old music: The Zombies – She's Not There

You hear a song in the background during a bar scene in a movie. Next thing, you're in loveIn the mid 70s, I knew nothing about the Zombies other than that they had been ...
Posted 31 January 10.13am — Comment on this

411 Music Ten Deep 01.27.12 : The Top 10 Songs About Girls

From the Rolling Stones' "Angie" and Eric Clapton's "Layla" to "Lola" by the Kinks, the Ramones' "Judy Is A Punk" and more, 411's Christopher Bell breaks down the top 10 ...
Posted 27 January 7.02am — Comment on this

This Week's Interesting Music Releases - December 27th, 2011

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo soundtrack is the highlight of the year's smallest music release list. The only other new release I can re...
Posted 26 December 2011 3.12pm — Comment on this

Readers recommend: songs about newspapers – results

From the front page to the crossword, you sent us songs about the printed pressThe first thing we see when we look at a newsstand are the headlines. And a memorable headl...
Posted 17 November 2011 4.14pm — Comment on this

'Everybody has sung about all the good things' – a classic Black Sabbath interview from the vaults

Following our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview...
Posted 15 November 2011 5.14pm — Comment on this

Hear a previously unreleased version of The Kinks' 'Beautiful Delilah' on NME.COM – audio

The track is taken from the band's new 'The Kinks In Mono' collection
Posted 2 November 2011 5.35pm — Comment on this

Do It Again: Reuniting the Kinks

Public television in Boston showed an edited version of Do It Again, a movie about the Kinks, last night. The story revolves around Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter ...
Posted 16 September 2011 2.00pm — Comment on this

Radio review: They Did It Their Way – the Story of Reprise Records

Frank Sinatra's own label had a wide variety of stars and this show made good use of its back catalogueThey Did It Their Way: the Story of Reprise Records (Radio 2) was a...
Posted 12 September 2011 8.29pm — Comment on this

The Kinks turn tracks into school musical

Former The Kinks rocker Ray Davies has shunned the bright lights of London's West End theatre district and turned the band's classics into a school musical.
Posted 3 September 2011 3.48pm — Comment on this

The Kinks hits used in new school play

world entertainment news - Former The Kinks rocker Ray Davies has shunned the bright lights of London's West End theatre district and turned the band's classics into a s...
Posted 3 September 2011 1.29pm — Comment on this

The Kinks' Ray Davies pens school musical 'Child's Play'

Production to make its debut in London this weekend
Posted 3 September 2011 9.29am — Comment on this

The Frontman Of Our Generation Liam Gallagher

Site visitor and friend Andrew Poole was fortunate enough to interview Liam Gallagher ahead of Beady Eye's appearance at the Bochum Festival in Germany.Bead...
Posted 26 August 2011 6.24am — Comment on this

Gilbert O'Sullivan: time for a reappraisal?

I always considered Gilbert O'Sullivan as a fey songwriter more suited to people like Jerry from the Good Life. Then I heard a song that knocked me sideways …In 197...
Posted 25 August 2011 11.26am — Comment on this

Alice Cooper – review

100 Club, LondonNo one illustrates the way social threats transmute into beloved treasures better than Alice Cooper. Forty years ago, when he began singing of death and o...
Posted 28 June 2011 6.01pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played The Kinks songs in the past year.

  • Lola  348 plays
  • Waterloo sunset  302 plays
  • You really got me  272 plays
  • All day and all of the night  271 plays
  • Tired of waiting for you  214 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Kinks over the past year.

  1. Absolute Classic Rock 1147 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 60s 907 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 192 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 70s 70 plays
  5. Absolute 80s 12 plays
  6. Absolute Radio 90s 4 plays
  7. Absolute Radio 00s 3 plays

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