"Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" is the opening track on The Kinks' poorly received 1975 concept album, Soap Opera. It was written by The Kinks' primary...

presentation "a revelation". Soap Opera is the third concept album in the band's "theatrical period". It tells the story of a musician named Starmaker who changes...

another project for Granada Television, a musical called Starmaker. After a broadcast with Ray Davies in the starring role and the Kinks as both back-up band...

1972's Everybody's in Show-Biz and 1996's To the Bone. The Lola character also appears in the lyrics of the band's 1981 song "Destroyer". It was a real...

"I'm Not Like Everybody Else" is a song written by Ray Davies and first recorded by the Kinks in 1966 and released that year as the B-side of "Sunny Afternoon"...

(2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-93563-7. Jovanovic, Rob (2014). God Save The Kinks: A Biography. Aurum Press Ltd...

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Lydon, Joe Jackson, Chris Bell of Big Star, and Jimi Hendrix, who, according to Dave Davies, described the song as "a landmark record". In 1999, "You Really...

New York: Universe. p. 174. Kitts, Thomas (2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Hasted, Nick (1 October 2017). You Really Got Me: The Story of The...

Size". AllMusic. Thomas M. Kitts (23 January 2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Routledge. p. 64. "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts...

included as a track on the double LP Everybody's in Show-Biz, which was released on 25 August 1972, in the US and on 1 September in the UK. Everybody's in Show-Biz...

album is a continuation of the band's "arena rock" phase, resulting in a more rock-based sound and more modern production techniques. Despite being a relative...

"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by the Kinks, written by frontman Ray Davies. The track later featured on the Face to Face album as well as being the title...

is a song performed by the Kinks and written by their lead vocalist and principal songwriter, Ray Davies. It debuted on their 1972 album Everybody's in...

Club Paradise starring Robin Williams (although it's a different mix than the album, more Caribbean to fit the movie), and Link starring Terence Stamp...

"Living on a Thin Line" is a track written by Dave Davies and performed by The Kinks on their 1984 album, Word of Mouth. "Living on a Thin Line" is one...

Jovanovic, Rob. God Save the Kinks: A Biography. Aurum Press. p. 74. Kitts, T.M. (2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Routledge. pp. 44, 187–188...

Christmas" is a song by English rock band the Kinks, released in 1977. It tells of a department store Father Christmas who is beaten up by a gang of poor...

2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-86795-9. Rogan, Johnny (March 5, 2015). Ray Davies: A Complicated Life. Random House...

"Victoria" is a song written by Ray Davies of the Kinks. It is the opening track on the band's 1969 concept album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the...

God Save the Kinks: A Biography. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-84513-671-0. Kitts, Thomas M. (2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. New York City:...

"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by the Kinks. It was released as the B-side to "Till the End of the...

"Tired of Waiting for You" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released as a single on 15 January 1965 in the UK and on 17 February 1965...

"David Watts" is a song written by Ray Davies that originally appeared on the Kinks' 1967 album Something Else by the Kinks. It was also the American...

"Strangers" is a song written by Dave Davies and performed by British rock group the Kinks. It was released in November 1970 on the Kinks' LP record album...

the single as a "rollicking, fast-moving, bluesy romancer about a fella who is especially hung-up on his gal." A cover version by Big Star appeared on the...

and 19 in Sweden. I think everybody copies to a certain extent. I'm not really annoyed when groups copy us – it happened a lot in the past. One thing...

"Destroyer" is a song by British rock band the Kinks, written by Ray Davies. It was released as a track on the group's nineteenth album, Give the People...

right, and I struggled with the sound for a while. I never liked Marshalls, because they sounded like everybody else. Then in the mid '70s I started using...