The Kinks
Artist Type: Group
Group Formed:
1964
Group Dissolved:
1996
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Artist Biography
The Kinks (1963– 1996) are a British rock group that came out of the British R&B/Garage Rock scene of the early 1960s.
Formed in 1963 in London, UK, they first gained prominence on the heels of the well-received and highly influential single "You Really Got Me" (1964). The group originally consisted of lead singer/guitarist Ray Davies, his brother lead guitarist Dave Davies, drummer Mick Avory and bassist Peter Quaife. Quaife left (twice) in the late 1960s, and Avory finally left in 1984 due to a long-running dispute with Dave Davies, leaving only the Davies brothers as the core of the original group.
With Ray's splendid songwriting skills and 'mockney' vocals, Dave's impressive guitar work and Avory's tight and steady drumming, the band became one of the best and most influential groups of British rock and the "British Invasion" of America, lasting longer than any of their competitors, apart from the Rolling Stones, as they broke up in 1996. Their impressive back catalogue of songs have been covered by Van Halen, The Pretenders, The Black Keys, The Stranglers and Queens of The Stone Age to name but a few.
Artist Discography
Albums
Arthur (17 September 2001)
Everybody's in Show-Biz (14 July 1998)
Everybody's in Show-Biz - Everybody's a Star (1 September 1972)
Face to Face (20 August 2001)
Give the People What They Want (15 January 1982)
Kinda Kinks (14 February 2000)
Kinkdom (November 1965)
Kinks (December 1987)
Kinks-Size (March 1965)
Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (27 November 1970)
Low Budget (7 September 1979)
Misfits (19 May 1978)
Muswell Hillbillies (26 November 1971)
"Percy" / The Album That Never Was (1997)
Phobia (29 March 1993)
Preservation, Act 1 (16 November 1973)
Preservation, Act 2 (26 July 1974)
Schoolboys in Disgrace (23 January 1976)
Sleepwalker (25 February 1977)
Soap Opera (16 May 1975)
Something Else by The Kinks (20 August 2001)
State of Confusion (10 June 1983)
The Great Lost Kinks Album (25 January 1973)
The Kink Kontroversy (December 1986)
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (18 December 1989)
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society: Special Deluxe Edition (28 June 2004)
Think Visual (17 November 1986)
UK Jive (2 October 1989)
Word of Mouth (27 April 1999)
You Really Got Me (27 September 1988)
EPs
Dead End Street
Dedicated Kinks (15 July 1966)
Did Ya (1991)
From the Soundtrack of the Film 'Percy' (2 April 1971)
Kinksize Hits (15 January 1965)
Kinksize Session (27 November 1964)
Kwyet Kinks (17 September 1965)
Mister Pleasant (May 1967)
The Kinks (19 April 1968)
The Kinks in Sweden
The Village Green Preservation Society
Waterloo Sunset
Singles
All Day and All of the Night (23 October 1964)
Apeman (20 November 1970)
Autumn Almanac / David Watts (1967)
Autumn Almanac / Mister Pleasant (13 October 1967)
A Well Respected Man / Such a Shame (October 1965)
Come Dancing / Destroyer / Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (3 January 1989)
Days / She's Got Everything (28 June 1968)
Dead End Street / Big Black Smoke (18 November 1966)
Dedicated Follower of Fashion / Sittin' on My Sofa (25 February 1966)
Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy / Who'll Be the Next in Line (19 March 1965)
Father Christmas / (3 January 1989)
Lola (12 June 1970)
Plastic Man / King Kong (28 March 1969)
See My Friends / Never Met a Girl Like You Before (30 July 1965)
Set Me Free / I Need You (21 May 1965)
Sunny Afternoon (June 1966)
Till the End of the Day / Where Have All the Good Times Gone (19 November 1965)
Tired of Waiting for You (15 January 1965)
Waterloo Sunset (5 May 1967)
Wonderboy / Polly (5 April 1968)
You Really Got Me / It's All Right (4 August 1964)