The Story of Ray Davies and the Kinks

Tim Sincere tells the story of Ray Davies and his band the Kinks. Ray Davies was the principal songwriter and lead singer for the Kinks. He is considered by his peers, to be one of the finest songwriters of the rock era. In this mini-documentary, you'll hear the stories behind some of Ray's hit songs, and about Ray's upbringing in the post-war London of the 1940's. The Kinks had hits all over the world starting in the early 1960's, as part of the British Invasion of the USA, through the 1970's, and into the early 1980's.

00:00 Introduction
00:42 Without Ray Davies there would be no Jam, Madness, Squeeze or Blur
02:17 Ray Davies' early years
02:48 Big Bill Broonzy
03:09 Ray Davies becomes lead singer with the Kinks
03:22 The Kinks release Long Tall Sally
03:48 You Really Got Me
04:35 Dave Davies invents guitar distortion
05:26 All Day and All of the Night
05:50 Tired of Waiting for You
06:14 Kinks banned in US
07:06 A Well Respected Man
07:40 Dedicated Follower of Fashion
08:28 England win World Cup / Sunny Afternoon
09:53 Dead End Street
10:11 Waterloo Sunset
12:05 Autumn Almanac
13:48 Days
14:37 The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
15:08 Shangrila
15:30 Lola
16:39 Apeman
17:29 Supersonic Rocket Ship
17:45 Punk Rock explodes in the UK
18:16 Clive Davis relaunches their US career
18:44 Come Dancing
20:03 Covers of Ray Davies songs
21:30 Sir Ray
21:38 Record sales and awards
22:07 The Kinks - Come Dancing (Official Music Video)

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