The Kinks

The Kinks were an English rock band. They first became popular in the 1960s. The band had a lot of hits during the 1960s and 70s. The band was formed in 1962 by the brothers Ray and Dave Davies.

The Kinks are one of the most important and influential rock acts of their era. Their music was influenced by a wide range of genres, including rhythm and blues, British music hall, folk and country. Between the mid-1960s and early 1970s, the group released a lot of commercially and critically successful singles and LPs. The group reached a reputation for songs and concept albums which show English culture and lifestyle. Albums such as Face to Face, Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround and Muswell Hillbillies, are considered among the most influential recordings of the period. The Kinks had five Top 10 singles on the US Billboard chart. Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40. In the UK, the group had seventeen Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums.Rogan, Johnny (1998). The Complete Guide to the Music of The Kinks. London, UK: Omnibus Press. .

In 1990 the original four members of the Kinks were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and in the UK Music Hall of Fame in November 2005.http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/the-kinks

Bandmembers
Ray Davies
Active: Feb 1964–1996Instruments: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, keyboards
Release contributions: all Kinks releases
Ray Davies was a member of the original band formed in 1964.

Dave Davies
Active: Feb 1964–1996
Instruments: lead guitar, vocals
Release contributions: all Kinks releases
Dave Davies was a member of the original band formed in 1964.

Mick Avory
Active: Feb 1964–1984
Instruments: drums and percussion
Release contributions: all Kinks releases from Kinks (1964) to Word of Mouth (1984)
Mick Avory was a member of the original band formed in 1964.

 Pete Quaife
Active: Feb 1964–June 1966, Nov 1966–Mar 1969
Instruments: bass guitar, backup vocals
Release contributions: from Kinks (1964) to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
Pete Quaife was a member of the original band formed in 1964.

John Dalton
Active: June–Nov 1966, Apr 1969–1976, 1978
Instruments: bass guitar, vocals
Release contributions: all releases from Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) to Misfits
Dalton briefly covered for Quaife in 1966 only to replace him full-time in 1969 after the latter quit.

John Gosling
Active: 1970–1978
Instruments: keyboards, vocals
Release contributions: all releases from Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) to Misfits (1978)
The band expanded into a five piece in 1970.

Andy Pyle
Active: 1976–1978
Instruments: bass guitar, vocals
Release contributions: Sleepwalker (1977) and Misfits (1978)
Andy Pyle replaced John Dalton after the latter quit the band in 1976, only in turn to be replaced by Dalton.

Gordon John Edwards
Active: 1978
Instruments: keyboards, vocals
Release contributions: none
Gordon John Edwards briefly toured with the band during 1978.

Jim Rodford
Active: 1978–1996
Instruments: bass guitar, backup vocals
Release contributions: all releases from Low Budget (1979) to To the Bone (1996)
Jim Rodford stepped in when Dalton finally left the band in 1978

Ian Gibbons
Active: 1979–1989, 1993–1996
Instruments: keyboards, backup vocals
Release contributions: all releases from Give the People What They Want (1981) to To the Bone (1996), apart from Phobia (1993)
Ian Gibbons joined the band after the band recorded Low Budget.

Bob Henrit
Active: 1984–1996
Instruments: drums and percussion
Release contributions: all releases from Think Visual (1986) to To the Bone (1996)
Bob Henrit replaced Mick Avory in 1984 after Avory and Davies quarreled in the studio.

Mark Haley
Active: 1989–1993
Instruments: keyboards, backup vocals
Release contributions: none
After Gibbons left the band Mark Haley toured with them.

Positions in UK charts
 You Really Got Me - No. 1 (1964)
 All Day and All of the Night - No. 2 (1964)
 Tired of Waiting for You - No. 1 (1965)
 Dedicated Follower of Fashion - No. 4 (1966)
 Sunny Afternoon - No. 1 (1966)
 Dead End Street - No. 5 (1966)
 Waterloo Sunset - No. 2 (1967)
 Autumn Almanac - No. 3 (1967)
 Lola - No. 2 (1970)
 Apeman - No. 5 (1970)

Discography
Studio albums
Year  Album Title  Highest UK Chart Position  Highest US Chart Position1964  Kinks(Released in the US as You Really Got Me)  #3  #291965  Kinks-Size(US-only album)  -  #131965  Kinda Kinks  #3  #601965  Kinkdom(US-only album)  -  #471965  The Kink Kontroversy  #9  #951966  Face to Face  #12  #1361967  Something Else by The Kinks  #35  #1531968  The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society  -  -1969  Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)  -  #1051970  Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One  -  #351971  Percy (soundtrack)  -  -1971  Muswell Hillbillies  -  #1001972  Everybody's in Show-Biz  -  #701973  Preservation: Act 1  -  #1771974  Preservation: Act 2  -  #1141975  Soap Opera  -  #511975  Schoolboys in Disgrace  -  #451977  Sleepwalker  -  #211978  Misfits  -  #401979  Low Budget  -  #111981  Give the People What They Want  -  #151983  State of Confusion  -  #121984  Word of Mouth  -  #571986  Think Visual  -  #811989  UK Jive  -  #1221993  Phobia  -  #166

Live and other albums
 1968 – Live at Kelvin Hall (Released in the US as The Live Kinks in 1967) #162 US
 1980 – One for the Road #14 US
 1988 – Live: The Road
 1994 – To the Bone

Compilation albums
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|1966 || Greatest Hits! (US-only album) || align="center" | - || align="center" | #9
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|1966 || Well Respected Kinks || align="center" | #5 || align="center" | -
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|1967 || Sunny Afternoon(UK-only album) || align="center" | #9 || align="center" | -
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|1970 || The Hit Collection || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1971 || Golden Hour of the Kinks(UK-only album) || align="center" | #21 || align="center" | -
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|1972 || The Kink Kronikles(US-only album) || align="center" | - || align="center" | #94
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|1973 || The Great Lost Kinks Album || align="center" | - || align="center" | #145
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|1974 || Golden Hour of the Kinks Vol. 2(UK-only album) || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1974 || Lola, Percy and the Apeman Come Face to Facewith the Village Green Preservation Society || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1976 || The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes || align="center" | - || align="center" | #105
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|1978 || 20 Golden Greats || align="center" | #19 || align="center" | -
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|1980 || Second Time Around || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1981 || The Kinks Collection || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1983 || Candy from Mr. Dandy(US-only album) || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1983 || Dead End Street: Kinks Greatest Hits || align="center" | #96 || align="center" | -
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|1984 || Kinks Kollectables || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1984 || The Kinks: A Compleat Collection20th Anniversary Edition || align="center" | - || align="center" | #209
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|1985 || The Kinks: Backtrackin' (The Definitive Double Album Collection) || align="center" | - || align="center" |
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|1986 || Come Dancing with the Kinks: The Best of 1977-1986 || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1988 || The Kinks Are Well Respected Men || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1989 || 25 Years: The Ultimate Collection || align="center" | #35 || align="center" | -
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|1992 || The Kinks Story Vol. 1: 1964-1966 || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1992 || The Kinks Story Vol. 2: 1967-1971 || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1993 || The Definitive Collection: The Kinks Greatest Hits || align="center" | #18 || align="center" | -
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|1994 || You Really Got Me: The Very Best of The Kinks || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1997 || The Singles Collection || align="center" | #42 || align="center" | -
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|1998 || God Save The Kinks, Vol. 1 || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1998 || God Save The Kinks, Vol. 2 || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1998 || God Save The Kinks, Vol. 3 || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|1999 || You Really Got Me: The Best of The Kinks || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|2001 || BBC Sessions: 1964-1977 || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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|2002 || The Ultimate Collection || align="center" | #32 || align="center" | -
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|2007 || The Ultimate Collection(re-released as a 2-CD set) || align="center" | #1(Indie Chart) || align="center" | -
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|2008 || Picture Book (6-CD box set) || align="center" | - || align="center" | -
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EPs
 1964 – Kinksize Session 1965 – Kinksize Hits 1965 – Kwyet Kinks 1966 – Dedicated Kinks 1968 – The Kinks 1991 – Did Ya''

Singles
 Release Date(UK unless noted) TitleChart positions UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock Australia Belgium Canada Germany Netherlands New Zealand Sweden 7 February 1964"Long Tall Sally"-#129 17 April 1964"You Still Want Me"  4 August 1964"You Really Got Me"#1#7#2#4#39#23#11 23 October 1964"All Day and All of the Night"#2#7#18#12#22#17#1815 January 1965"Tired of Waiting for You"#1#6#24#3#27#18#619 March 1965"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" #11#2821 May 1965"Set Me Free"#9#23#2#1230 July 1965"See My Friends"#10#111#26#1914 August 1965"Who'll Be the Next in Line"#34#25October 1965"A Well Respected Man"  #13#18#20#8#319 November 1965"Till the End of the Day"#8#50#25#34#4#325 February 1966"Dedicated Follower of Fashion"#4#36#13#11#11#1#1#6March 1966 (Sweden)"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight?"#73 June 1966"Sunny Afternoon"#1#14#12#14#1#7#1#2#2October 1966 (Europe)"Dandy"#2#1#318 November 1966"Dead End Street"#5#73#11#28#5#5#4#1221 April 1967 (Europe)"Mister Pleasant"#80#3#12#25 May 1967"Waterloo Sunset"#2#6#8#7#1#7#147 July 1967"Death of a Clown"#3#31#5#3#213 October 1967"Autumn Almanac"#3#5#13#6#1724 November 1967"Susannah's Still Alive"#20#18#27#10#185 April 1968"Wonderboy"#36#29#628 June 1968"Days"#12#17#28#7#1130 August 1968"Lincoln County" #158 January 1969 (US)"Starstruck"#1317 January 1969"Hold My Hand" 28 March 1969"Plastic Man"#31#1720 June 1969"Drivin'"30 July 1969 (US)"The Village Green Preservation Society"12 September 1969"Shangri-La"#2712 December 1969"Victoria"#33#62#57#3312 June 1970"Lola"#2#9#4#2#2#1#1#520 November 1970"Apeman"#5#45#5#19#9#14#5April 1971"God's Children"#53#21December 1971 (US)"20th Century Man"#106#895 May 1972"Supersonic Rocket Ship"#16#111#2924 November 1972"Celluloid Heroes"20 April 1973 (US)"One Of The Survivors"#10829 June 1973"Sitting In The Midday Sun"21 September 1973"Sweet Lady Genevieve"16 November 1973"Where Have All the Good Times Gone"April 1974 (US)"Money Talks"26 July 1974"Mirror Of Love"11 October 1974"Holiday Romance"November 1974 (US)"Preservation"18 April 1975"Ducks On The Wall"April 1975 (US)"Starmaker"23 May 1975"You Can't Stop The Music"January 1976 (US)"I'm In Disgrace"23 January 1976"No More Looking Back"18 March 1977"Sleepwalker"#48#543 June 1977"Juke Box Music"25 November 1977"Father Christmas"19 May 1978"A Rock 'N Roll Fantasy"#30#3014 July 1978"Live Life"29 September 1978"Black Messiah"26 January 1979"(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"#41#71#4328 September 1979"Moving Pictures"August 1979 (US)"A Gallon Of Gas"September 1979 (US)"Catch Me Now I'm Falling"30 November 1979"Pressure"July 1980 (US)"Lola (Live)"#81#69#2#129 October 1980 (US)"You Really Got Me (Live)"19 June 1981"Better Things"#46#92#1228 September 1981 (US)"Destroyer"#85#3#3530 October 1981"Predictable"19 November 1982"Come Dancing"#12#6#17#36#18#6#25#1830 September 1983"Don't Forget to Dance"#58#29#16#20#3810 August 1984"Good Day"March 1985 (US)"Summer's Gone"19 April 1985"Do It Again"#41#4#9117 November 1986 (US)"Rock 'n' Roll Cities"#3722 December 1986"How Are You"3 April 1987"Lost and Found"#3716 May 1988"The Road"25 September 1989"Down all the Days (Till 1992)"19 February 1990"How Do I Get Close"1991Did Ya EP#4812 July 1993"Scattered"15 November 1993"Only a Dream"#79January 1997The Days EP#35September 2004"You Really Got Me"#42May 2007"Waterloo Sunset"#88(#1 Indie)

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