The Kinks are an English rock band formed in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat. They were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United States until their touring ban in 1965. In 1990, the original four members of The Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They gave its last public performance in 1996 and broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers.
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The Kinks are an English rock band formed in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat. They were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United States until their touring ban in 1965. Their third single, the Ray Davies-penned \”You Really Got Me\”, became an international hit, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and reaching the Top 10 in the U.S. After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the band experienced a revival during the late 1970s and early 1980s with their albums Sleepwalker, Misfits, Low Budget, Give the People What They Want and State of Confusion. In 1990, the original four members of The Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2018, after years of ruling out a reunion, Ray Davies andDave Davies announced they were working to reform the Kinks. They gave its last public performance in 1996 and broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers. In the UK, they have had seventeen Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums. Four Kinks albums have been certified gold by the RIAA and the band have sold over 50 million records worldwide. Among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for \”Outstanding Service to British Music\”. The band have had five top 10 singles on the US Billboard chart, and nine of their albums charted in the Top 40.
They have had 17 Top 20 hits in the UK and five in the US, and have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Their music was influenced by a wide range of genres, including American R&B and rock and roll initially, and later adopting British music hall, folk, and country. They gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies’ wittily observational writing style. The brothers were born in suburban North London on Huntingdon Road, East Finchley, the youngest and the only boys among their family’s eight children. At home the brothers were immersed in a world of varied musical styles, from the music hall of their parents’ generation to the jazz and early rock and Roll their older sisters enjoyed. Both Ray and his brother Dave, younger by almost three years, learned to play guitar, and they played skiffle andRock and roll together. In December 1962 Ray Davies left home to study at Hornsey College of Art, Hornsey, and pursued interests in film, sketching, theatre and music, including jazz and blues. He then formed his own group, The Ray Davies Quartet, which performed with the lead vocalists, including Alexis Korner, Rod Stewart and the Moonrakers, who became a local rival to the late Rod Stewart. The group went on to play at local pubs through a series of gigs.
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