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English rock band (1963–1996) |their eponymous album|Kinks (album)!''Kinks'' (album)|other uses|Kink (disambiguation)!Kink featured article October 2024 Use British English June 2012 Infobox musical artist | name = The Kinks | image = Helmfrid-sofa4 Touched.JPG | caption = Original lineup in 1965
From left: Pete Quaife, Dave Davies, Ray Davies and Mick Avory | alt = Four smiling men look around wearing moptops while standing behind a bench. | background = group_or_band | alias = plainlist| * The Ray Davies Quartet (1962–1963) * The Ramrods (1963) * The Pete Quaife Band (1963) * The Bo-Weevils (1964) * The Ravens (1963–1964) | origin = London, England | genre = hlist|Rock music|Rock|Pop music|pop | years_active = 1963–1997 | label = hlist|Pye Records|Pye|Cameo Parkway Records|Cameo|Reprise Records|Reprise|RCA Records|RCA|Arista Records|Arista|London Records|London|MCA Records|MCA|Sony Records|Columbia|Koch Records|Koch|Konk (recording)|Guardian|Universal Records|Universal | associated_acts = hlist|Mike Cotton (musician)|The Mike Cotton Sound|Argent (band)|Argent|The Creation (band)|The Creation|The Kast Off Kinks | past_members = * Ray Davies * Dave Davies * Mick Avory * Pete Quaife * John Dalton (musician)|John Dalton * John Gosling (The Kinks musician)|John Gosling * Andy Pyle * Gordon John Edwardssfn|Hinman|2004|p=219 * Jim Rodford * Ian Gibbons (musician)|Ian Gibbons * Bob Henrit * Mark Haleysfn|Hinman|2004|p=298 | website = [https://thekinks.info/ thekinks.info] ''The Kinks'' were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray Davies|Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United States until their The Kinks' 1965 US tour#Ban|touring ban in 1965. Their third single, the Ray Davies-penned "You Really Got Me",cite web |year=2007 The Kinks https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-kinks live https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005251/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-kinks 27 June 2018 20 November 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Famecite web https://www.blender.com/guide/48163/kinks.html?blenderpublickey=6LcX_AgAAAAAAOmIZ3eYQ09FvLIaVVTBvUNc4zLf The Kinks Blender.com 8 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100713081355/https://www.blender.com/guide/48163/kinks.html?blenderpublickey=6LcX_AgAAAAAAOmIZ3eYQ09FvLIaVVTBvUNc4zLf 13 July 2010 became an international hit, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and reaching the top 10 in the United States.cite web Charts And Awards https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4690 Allmusic 20 November 2009 4 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120505/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4690live The Kinks' music drew from a wide range of influences, including American R&B and rock and roll initially, and later adopting British music hall, Folk music|folk, and country music|country. The band gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' observational and satirical lyricism,cite web Erlewine Stephen The Kinks Biography on All Music.com https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4690 20 November 2009 AllMusic 28 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240728120313/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-kinks-mn0000100160 live cite magazine The Kinks Biography |magazine=Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/biography 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080621074342/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/biography 21 June 2008 and made apparent in albums such as ''Face to Face (The Kinks album)|Face to Face'' (1966, ''Something Else by the Kinks|Something Else'' (1967, ''The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society|The Village Green Preservation Society'' (1968, ''Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)|Arthur'' (1969, ''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One|Lola Versus Powerman'' (1970, and ''Muswell Hillbillies'' (1971, along with their accompanying singles including the transatlantic hit "Lola (song)|Lola" (1970). After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the band experienced a revival with their albums ''Sleepwalker (The Kinks album)|Sleepwalker'' (1977, ''Misfits (The Kinks album)|Misfits'' (1978, ''Low Budget (album)|Low Budget'' (1979, ''Give the People What They Want (The Kinks album)|Give the People What They Want'' (1981) and ''State of Confusion'' (1983, the last of which produced one of the band's most successful US hits, "Come Dancing (song)|Come Dancing". The band's original line-up comprised Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals, Mick Avory (drums, percussion) and Pete Quaife (bass). The Davies brothers remained with the band throughout its history. Quaife briefly left the band in 1966 and was replaced by John Dalton (musician)|John Dalton, though Quaife returned by the end of that year before leaving permanently in 1969, once again being replaced by Dalton. Keyboardist John Gosling (The Kinks musician)|John Gosling joined in 1970 (prior to this, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins played on many of their recordings). After Dalton's 1976 departure, Andy Pyle briefly served as the band's bassist before being replaced by Argent (band)|Argent bassist Jim Rodford in 1978. Gosling quit in 1978 and was first replaced by ex-Pretty Things member Gordon John Edwards, then more permanently by Ian Gibbons (musician)|Ian Gibbons in 1979. Avory left the group in 1984 and was replaced by another Argent member, Bob Henrit. The band gave its last public performance in 1996 and broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers.sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=340–342 The Kinks have had five top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Nine of their albums charted in the top 40 of the Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200. In the UK, they have had seventeen top 20 singles and five top 10 albums.Rogan, Johnny (2004). passim ("Chart Positions" data) Four Kinks albums have been certified RIAA certification|gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA, and the band has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music".sfn|Hinman|2004|p=303 In 1990, the original four members of the Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In addition, groups such as Van Halen, the Jam, the Knack, the Pretenders and the Romantics covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 1990s, Britpop acts such as Blur (band)|Blur and Oasis (band)|Oasis cited the band as a major influence.
From left: Pete Quaife, Dave Davies, Ray Davies and Mick Avory | alt = Four smiling men look around wearing moptops while standing behind a bench. | background = group_or_band | alias = plainlist| * The Ray Davies Quartet (1962–1963) * The Ramrods (1963) * The Pete Quaife Band (1963) * The Bo-Weevils (1964) * The Ravens (1963–1964) | origin = London, England | genre = hlist|Rock music|Rock|Pop music|pop | years_active = 1963–1997 | label = hlist|Pye Records|Pye|Cameo Parkway Records|Cameo|Reprise Records|Reprise|RCA Records|RCA|Arista Records|Arista|London Records|London|MCA Records|MCA|Sony Records|Columbia|Koch Records|Koch|Konk (recording)|Guardian|Universal Records|Universal | associated_acts = hlist|Mike Cotton (musician)|The Mike Cotton Sound|Argent (band)|Argent|The Creation (band)|The Creation|The Kast Off Kinks | past_members = * Ray Davies * Dave Davies * Mick Avory * Pete Quaife * John Dalton (musician)|John Dalton * John Gosling (The Kinks musician)|John Gosling * Andy Pyle * Gordon John Edwardssfn|Hinman|2004|p=219 * Jim Rodford * Ian Gibbons (musician)|Ian Gibbons * Bob Henrit * Mark Haleysfn|Hinman|2004|p=298 | website = [https://thekinks.info/ thekinks.info] ''The Kinks'' were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray Davies|Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United States until their The Kinks' 1965 US tour#Ban|touring ban in 1965. Their third single, the Ray Davies-penned "You Really Got Me",cite web |year=2007 The Kinks https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-kinks live https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005251/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-kinks 27 June 2018 20 November 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Famecite web https://www.blender.com/guide/48163/kinks.html?blenderpublickey=6LcX_AgAAAAAAOmIZ3eYQ09FvLIaVVTBvUNc4zLf The Kinks Blender.com 8 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100713081355/https://www.blender.com/guide/48163/kinks.html?blenderpublickey=6LcX_AgAAAAAAOmIZ3eYQ09FvLIaVVTBvUNc4zLf 13 July 2010 became an international hit, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and reaching the top 10 in the United States.cite web Charts And Awards https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4690 Allmusic 20 November 2009 4 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120505/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4690live The Kinks' music drew from a wide range of influences, including American R&B and rock and roll initially, and later adopting British music hall, Folk music|folk, and country music|country. The band gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' observational and satirical lyricism,cite web Erlewine Stephen The Kinks Biography on All Music.com https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4690 20 November 2009 AllMusic 28 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240728120313/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-kinks-mn0000100160 live cite magazine The Kinks Biography |magazine=Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/biography 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080621074342/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/biography 21 June 2008 and made apparent in albums such as ''Face to Face (The Kinks album)|Face to Face'' (1966, ''Something Else by the Kinks|Something Else'' (1967, ''The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society|The Village Green Preservation Society'' (1968, ''Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)|Arthur'' (1969, ''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One|Lola Versus Powerman'' (1970, and ''Muswell Hillbillies'' (1971, along with their accompanying singles including the transatlantic hit "Lola (song)|Lola" (1970). After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the band experienced a revival with their albums ''Sleepwalker (The Kinks album)|Sleepwalker'' (1977, ''Misfits (The Kinks album)|Misfits'' (1978, ''Low Budget (album)|Low Budget'' (1979, ''Give the People What They Want (The Kinks album)|Give the People What They Want'' (1981) and ''State of Confusion'' (1983, the last of which produced one of the band's most successful US hits, "Come Dancing (song)|Come Dancing". The band's original line-up comprised Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals, Mick Avory (drums, percussion) and Pete Quaife (bass). The Davies brothers remained with the band throughout its history. Quaife briefly left the band in 1966 and was replaced by John Dalton (musician)|John Dalton, though Quaife returned by the end of that year before leaving permanently in 1969, once again being replaced by Dalton. Keyboardist John Gosling (The Kinks musician)|John Gosling joined in 1970 (prior to this, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins played on many of their recordings). After Dalton's 1976 departure, Andy Pyle briefly served as the band's bassist before being replaced by Argent (band)|Argent bassist Jim Rodford in 1978. Gosling quit in 1978 and was first replaced by ex-Pretty Things member Gordon John Edwards, then more permanently by Ian Gibbons (musician)|Ian Gibbons in 1979. Avory left the group in 1984 and was replaced by another Argent member, Bob Henrit. The band gave its last public performance in 1996 and broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers.sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=340–342 The Kinks have had five top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Nine of their albums charted in the top 40 of the Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200. In the UK, they have had seventeen top 20 singles and five top 10 albums.Rogan, Johnny (2004). passim ("Chart Positions" data) Four Kinks albums have been certified RIAA certification|gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA, and the band has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music".sfn|Hinman|2004|p=303 In 1990, the original four members of the Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In addition, groups such as Van Halen, the Jam, the Knack, the Pretenders and the Romantics covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 1990s, Britpop acts such as Blur (band)|Blur and Oasis (band)|Oasis cited the band as a major influence.
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