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Posts Tagged ‘the kinks’
Song of the Week #63 – “Waterloo Sunset”
Written by admin on July 18, 2011 – 9:10 am - |
The Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
Tags: David Bowie, Kinks - Something Else, Peter Gabriel, ray davies, the kinks, Waterloo Sunset
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Test your knowledge of the British Invasion bands
Written by admin on July 7, 2011 – 8:19 am - |
Welcome to the first Classic Pop Icons “Rock and Pop Quiz.” This week’s quiz focusses on the British Invasion bands of the 1960s. For each of the 20 questions, you are asked to choose the correct answer from four possibilities. Once all 20 have been selected, click the “See results” button to find out how well you did. |
Tags: British Invasion, Dusty Springfield, Manfred Mann, The Animals, The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, the kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who
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Ray Davies cancels tour
Written by admin on November 23, 2010 – 7:36 pm -Ray Davies has cancelled tour dates in the US on the advice of doctors.
A spokesperson for the former Kinks frontman said:
| “Ray personally did not want to cancel this tour but was ordered by his doctors not to fly or travel until his medical condition has stabilized to their satisfaction. At this moment, his doctors could not provide a time frame as to when he could travel to the US.” |
Tags: ray davies, Ray Davis tour, See My Friends, the kinks
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Song of the Week #25 – “You Really Got Me”
Written by admin on October 25, 2010 – 6:42 am -| The Kinks’ innovative 1964 rocker “You Really Got Me” is this week’s Song of the Week.
The song was released as a single in August 1964, backed with “It’s All Right.” It also closed side one of their debut album “Kinks”, which was released in October 1964 in the UK. The US version of the album was shortened and retitled “You Really Got Me.” |
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Tags: Robert Palmer, the kinks, Van Halen, You Really Got Me
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Ray Davies returns to Glastonbury
Written by admin on June 27, 2010 – 11:36 pm - |
Ray Davies performed an emotional set at Glastonbury today, during which he paid tribute to Pete Quaife, who died on Wednesday, June 23. Quaife was the original bassist with the Kinks. |
Tags: Glastonbury Festival, ray davies, the kinks
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