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Ray Davies was very much the charming Kinksman at the Tower Theater on Saturday night, working the crowd like a schooled British vaudevillian, even going so far as to cheekily tell the fired-up Upper Darby crowd that he had just come from New York, "that suburb of Philadelphia." Plus, he kissed a baby who, naturally, was named "Lola." Lots of ...

EDDIE LEDESMA/CONTRA COSTA TIMES/MCT/file Ray Davies was in good spirits Tuesday night at Berklee Performance Center.

As a young boy in the early 1950s, Ray Davies attended a church school in his native north London suburb of Muswell Hill - and that meant singing in the choir, whether you liked it or not.

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After reinterpreting his past for "The Kinks Choral Collection," which comes out Nov.

As music critics, the most common question we get asked is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and we'll speak with two of the foremost experts on Soviet and Eastern European affairs: Stephen Kotkin and Stephen Cohen.

Caption: The Kinks lead vocalist Ray Davies outside Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' - Departures New York City, USA .... THE KINKS star RAY DAVIES is considering launching a reality TV talent hunt to find the stars of his planned new musical about the cult 1960s band.

In 1964, the scorching five-chord chorus of "You Really Got Me" changed rock music forever.

The news as of the first coffee this morning, and the music is an iTunes shuffle of The Kinks.

Written and directed by Ray Davies of the Kinks, this 1984 rock opera contains songs unavailable on any Kinks album.

The Kinks frontman Ray Davies has announced plans to tour the U.S. later this year in support of The Kinks Choral Collection , which hits stores on November 10th.

12 in San Francisco, mixes shows featuring the support of select choirs with concerts alongside Davies' backing band.

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Ray Davies performed Monday at Jack Singer Concert Hall. Attendance about 800. How cutting could an old Kinks rabble-rouser like I'm Not Like Everybody Else really be when stripped of all the glorious rock din that originally drove that tune home? Razor sharp, actually, with the song's writer Ray Davies at the helm.

The Waterloo Sunset hitmakers were approached by the British criminals asking if they could look after the group's affairs during its heyday.

Thrifty Tunes 07.25.09: The Kinks - The Kinks Posted by Paul Hollingsworth on 07.25.2009 The oldest question in rock and roll finally has an answer.

What do Oasis, Katherine Jenkins and Ray Davies have in common? They have all performed with the Crouch End Festival Chorus, which, this year, celebrates its 25th anniversary.

June 30, 1:27 PM Comment RSS The Kinks Legendary music-video veteran Julien Temple will be directing a feature length film about The Kinks .

The Kinks frontman Ray Davies has announced a North American tour this spring in support of his second solo album... The Kinks frontman rolls out the classics at the festival Huge crowds swelled to see Ray Davies 's headline set in the Acoustic Tent at Glastonbury tonight .