Ray Davies has written 1 shows including 80 Days (Composer/Lyricist). What awards has Ray Davies been nominated for? and Outstanding Achievement in Music (Olivier Awards) for Sunny Afternoon.

But The Kinks? Well, the clue was right there in their name. Lead singer and songwriter Ray Davies was a lot more complicated but was as big a talent as Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger or any of ’em.

The 1960s was one long party for Dave Davies. While his older brother, Ray, observed and wrote about Swinging London from a distance, The Kinks’ guitarist was aptly dubbed Dave The Rave.

Ray Davies’ band was a poetic paradox and thus far more interesting theatrically than all of ’em. Where to start? We have a British invasion pop band that refused to entertain teenagers with ...

Still, Davies didn’t stray too far from the more tender writing of those earlier years. “Misfits,” found on the album of the same name released in 1978, was just such a song.