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- GeburtsnameRaymond Douglas Davies
- Spitzname
- The Godfather of Britpop
- Größe1,82 m
- Ray Davies wurde am 21 Juni 1944 in London, England, UK geboren. Er ist Musiker und Schauspieler, bekannt für End of Watch (2012), Avengers: Endgame (2019) und Hot Fuzz - Zwei abgewichste Profis (2007). Er war mit Patricia Crosbie, Yvonne Gunner und Rasa Dicpetris verheiratet.
- EhepartnerPatricia Crosbie(1985 - 1998) (geschieden, 1 Kind)Yvonne Gunner(1. November 1974 - 1981) (geschieden)Rasa Dicpetris(12. November 1964 - 1973) (geschieden, 2 Kinder)
- His introspective songwriting method.
- Songs often deal with the changing values of his native England and the decline of the British Empire.
- Often wrote songs about the music business.
- Sizeable gap in between his front teeth.
- Distinctive English accent
- His British rock contemporary Pete Townshend has said that Ray Davies is probably his favorite songwriter of all time.
- In an early stage of The Kinks, before Davies was willing to be the lead singer, they recruited Rod Stewart (who grew up in the same area as the Davies brothers, Muswell Hill) as a singer. After a couple of weeks of trying to be a band, Stewart and the future Kinks found that they did not get along that well, with their musical tastes being too different, and parted ways.
- When The Kinks opened a show on the same bill as The Beatles, The Beatles (in particularly John Lennon) behaved rudely and dismissively towards them. However, when The Kinks released their more introspective album "Face to Face", Lennon was said to have listened to it obsessively.
- Despite its heavy guitar sound, he actually wrote "You Really Got Me" on his parent's piano.
- One of the most admired British songwriters, his songs have been covered by hundreds of artists. Well known versions of his songs include The Jam's "David Watts", The Pretenders' "Stop Your Sobbing", The Stranglers' "All Day and All of the Night", David Bowie's "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" and Van Halen's "You Really Got Me".
- If I had to my life to do over, I would change every single thing I have done.
- We had a singing family. If we had been in Appalachia, we would have been a Country and Western family. We had all that inbreeding, too - the Second World War was quite a time.
- When in doubt, trust your paranoia.
- The Kaiser Chiefs are funny, "Employment" was good, though I'm not quite sure whether they're supposed to be The Pretty Things or The Rolling Stones.
- Keep you nose clean and your chin up, even if it requires surgery.
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