Today (June 21) marks the 80th birthday of Ray Davies, best known as the longtime frontman of The Kinks. During his band’s 30-year career, the insightful and prolific singer/songwriter composed dozens ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. British artist Ray Davies, left, performs at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park, Saturday, June 25, 2011. This ...

Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave began gigging around North London as teenagers, playing with other future stars such as Rod Stewart and Charlie Watts before settling into a quartet called the ...

American music changed in 1964, when British rock bands “invaded” the U.S. charts. The so-called British Invasion was led by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and The Hollies, among others.

“There was The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks,” says Arnold Engelman, the New York producer who has been pursuing the story of the last band on that list for some 20 years. “And ...