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The Kinks in 1969:

Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies and John Dalton.

Photograph: Ivan Keeman

Redferns

Kinks 1969 epic chimes with Britain’s mood today,

says singer Ray Davies

As ‘pop documentary’ Arthur

is reissued and turned into a radio drama,

the singer explains why it is more relevant than ever

G

Sat 19 Oct 2019    13.35 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/19/
ray-davies-kinks-brexit-mood-album-arthur

The Kinks’ “Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One,”

the album that contained their enduring hit “Lola,” turned 50 this year.

Photograph: Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images

Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’

Two years before an official Gay Pride rally arrived in the United Kingdom,

the Kinks released one of pop’s first big hits with an L.G.B.T. theme.

NYT

Dec. 1, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/
arts/music/kinks-lola-ray-davies.html

The Kinks

Years active 1963-1997

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