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Raymond Douglas Davies was born on June 21, 1944 in Muswell Hill, London,
ENGLAND; although he's best known as the chief songwriter singer+guitarist
for The Kinks, one of the most influential bands of the '60s British music
scene, Davies also composed several pioneering rock operas including,
"The Village Green Preservation Society", "Arthur (Or The
Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)" and "Preservation".
Following the initial British Invasion, further stateside success continued
with The Kinks becoming a major act over the next two decades; they were
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
In 1983 Davies wrote and directed his first film for Channel 4, "Return
To Waterloo" but the soundtrack album, the firs LP credited to Ray
Davies, failed to chart and went out of print the year after its summer
1985 release.
In 1995 he published his unauthorized autobiography, "X-Ray",
to critical acclaim and since then has been touring internationally with
his one-man show, "The Storyteller"; the album which accompanied
the project was released in March of 1998.
Ray Davies resurfaced with his first proper solo album, "Other People's
Lives", in February 2006; it reached #122 on the American Billboard
Top 200 chart spawning a minor Adult Contemporary hit single in "Things
Are Gonna Change".
Released free with every copy of The Sunday Times in October 2007, the
new LP, "Working Man's Café", is Davies' official second
solo album. Recorded in Nashville and mixed at London's Konk Studios the
disc is available to buy with two extra bonus tracks.
Ray Davies biography is an exclusive of 100xr.com
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