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    The career of Ray & Dave Davies' peculiarly British band.

    1. The Kinks

      1. double-decker-bus-1964

      The Kinks, from Muswell Hill, joke around with a double decker bus on a London street. From left: Dave Davies, Mick Avory (in driver's seat), Pete Quaife and Ray Davies.

    2. The Kinks

      2. The Kinks 1964

      The Kinks visit a record store in Dusseldorf, Germany. L-R Pete Quaife, Mick Avory, Ray Davies and Dave Davies.

    3. The Kinks

      3. The Kinks 1965

      Television cameras crowd around to capture a Kinks performance for TV show 'Ready Steady Go', 1965.

    4. The Kinks

      4. The Kinks, 1968

      The Kinks, from left: Ray Davies, Dave Davies, Mick Avory, and Pete Quaife. Pictured in April 1968, a good-natured fight over a copy of a book entitled 'Pictures Of The Female Form'!

    5. Kinks

      5. Kinks, Press Shot

      It;s all smiles in this seventies press shot but The Kinks creative process was often tense and occasionally angry. The Davies brothers are famous for squabbling over leadership of the band

    6. The Kinks

      6. Dave Davies

      Dave Davies in 1988

    7. The Kinks

      7. The Kinks

      Ray Davies of The Kinks performing on stage, November 1994

    8. The Kinks

      8. Ray Davies

      With the advent of Britpop, Ray Davies found a whole new audience. Blur's Damon Albarn cited Ray as a major influence on their album 'Parklife' and Ray was in renewed demand as a performer

    9. Ray & Dave Davies

      9. Ray & Dave Davies

      Brothers Ray and Dave Davies, March 1996

    10. Ray Davies signs copies of his auto biography

      10. Ray Davies' Book Launch

      Ray Davies of The Kinks appears in Virgin Megastore to promote copies of his book 'Waterloo Sunset', Sept 1997

    11. The Kinks

      11. Ray Davies, Oxford Street, 1997

      Ray gives a rendition of Waterloo Sunset, at the HMV record store in London's Oxford Street as he promoted his album, 'To The Bone', a comprehensive selection of Kinks classics. March 1997

    12. The Kinks

      12. Ray Davies 2003

    13. The Kinks

      13. Ray Davies CBE, 2004

      Songwriter Ray Davies, 59, from the band The Kinks stands with his daughter, Eva, age 7, after he received a CBE for services to music in the New Year Honours List, during an Investiture ceremony held at Buckingham Palace, March 2004

    14. The Kinks at the Hall of Fame Awards

      14. The Kinks, Hall Of Fame Awards, 2005

      The Kinks pose with award at the Hall of Fame Awards at the Alexandra Palace, just a mile or two from where the band formed in North London. November 2005

    15. Ray Davies on stage

      15. Ray Davies In Concert

      Ray Davies in concert at the Roundhouse in London during the BBC Electric Proms. Oct 2007

    16. The Kinks

      16. Ray Davies, 2009

      Ray Davies sings Waterloo Sunset, one of The Kinks most renowned hits, on the south bank of the River Thames in the shadow of Waterloo Bridge central London, to promote his new album 'The Kinks Choral Collection'. June 2009

    17. The Kinks Stage Show

      17. The Kinks Stage Show

      Sunny Afternoon, a musical based on Ray Davies's early life and featuring Kinks songs opened to critical acclaim at Hampstead Theatre. The musical moved to the Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End in October 2014.

    18. Ray Davies and the cast of Sunny Afternoon

      18. Ray Davies joins the Sunny Afternoon cast on stage after their multiple Olivier Awards win

      Sunny Afternoon, the hit musical based on the music of The Kinks, won four Olivier Awards in 2015. Ray Davies triumphantly joined the show’s cast on stage for the encore the day after they picked up the awards.

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