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The Kinks ' early recordings of 1964 ranged from covers of R & B standards like " Long Tall Sally " and " Got Love If You Want It "; to the chiming, melodic beat music of Ray Davies ' earliest original compositions for the band, " You Still Want Me " and " Something Better Beginning "; to the more influential proto-metal, protopunk, power chord-based hard rock of the band's first two hit singles, " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ".
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Initially developing out of the trad jazz, skiffle and folk club scenes, early artists tended to focus on major blues performers and standard forms, particularly Alexis Korner, who acted as a mentor to members of The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, the Graham Bond Organisation and The Kinks.
He was inspired by the music of many of the rock artists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, The Kinks, T. Rex, David Bowie, Argent and The Alex Harvey Band.
Used widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became known in the western world through the work of Ravi Shankar beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s after The Kinks ' top 10 single " See My Friends " featured a low tuned drone guitar which was widely mistaken to be the instrument.
After the Kinks obtained a recording contract in early 1964, Davies emerged as the chief songwriter and de facto leader of the band, especially after the band's breakthrough success with his early composition " You Really Got Me ", which was released as the band's third single in August of that year.
By the early 80s, the Kinks revived their commercial fortunes considerably by adopting a much more mainstream arena rock style ; and the band's four remaining studio albums for Arista — Low Budget ( 1979 ), Give the People What They Want ( 1981 ), State of Confusion ( 1983 ) and Word of Mouth ( 1984 )— showcased a decidedly canny and opportunistic approach.
This is the reason why recordings of early Reprise artists ( Dean Martin, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, etc.
Their sound is often likened to that of The Jam and The Kinks ' early records as well as The Clash's first album and early singles.
By 1985 Temple was now well known for being a director of successful music videos by the Kinks, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and other British artists, several of which were early, groundbreaking, videos for the new MTV channel, but he was yet to direct a major film.
Bowie's influences at this stage of his career included the theatrical tunes of Anthony Newley, music hall numbers by acts like Tommy Steele, some of the more whimsical and ' British ' material by Ray Davies of The Kinks, Syd Barrett's slightly cracked nursery rhymes for the early Pink Floyd, and the Edwardian flam shared by such contemporary songs as The Beatles ' " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite ".
Cameo tried to keep pace by licensing a handful of early British beat group singles, notably the first two flop singles by The Kinks, but none made the US charts.
Many of his early songs feature a British garage sound comparable to that of Ray Davies of The Kinks.
The album sold poorly in the UK, in part because it competed with budget-priced compilation albums of early Kinks hits from 1964 – 1966 ; also, Pye Records had released " Waterloo Sunset ", " Death of a Clown " and other songs before the album appeared.
In early 1968, a combination of legal and family issues slowed Ray Davies ' songwriting output, and the song " Wonderboy ", released in April, was a chart failure, becoming the first Kinks single to not enter the NME Top 30.
" In a 2010 interview with Kinks biographer Nick Hasted he said Terry was his nephew Terry Davies, " who he was perhaps closer to than his real brother in early adolescence.
Dixieland stylings can be found here and there on records by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Small Faces and The Kinks, while The Who actually performed trad jazz in their early days.
The new group was heavily influenced both by British Invasion bands like The Beatles and The Kinks and early power pop groups such as Badfinger, Big Star, and Raspberries.
Apart from The Troggs and The Kinks, the Larry Page Orchestra gave Jimmy Page ( later of Led Zeppelin ) some early exposure when he played on Kinky Music.
Around late 1963 / early 1964, they changed their name to The Kinks, and hired Mick Avory as a drummer.
Before he joined The Kinks, Avory was asked twice to rehearse on drums at the Bricklayers Arms pub in London during late May / early June 1962 for a group of musicians who were later to become The Rolling Stones.
Despite his ability, early Kinks recordings ( including hits such as " You Really Got Me ") commonly did not feature Avory on drums ; producer Shel Talmy hired more seasoned session drummers ( most notably Clem Cattini and Bobby Graham ) for studio work well into 1965, but with Avory often providing supporting percussion.
Phil McNeil from the NME said Weller's songwriting " captures that entire teen frustration vibe with the melodic grace and dynamic aplomb of early Kinks and Who ".
In dramatic contrast, Bernard Sumner's guitar work is sharp and clipped, and bears a striking resemblance to Dave Davies ' work on early Kinks singles such as " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ".
Kinks and recordings
In some cases this was not credited at the time-many recordings by acts such as The Rolling Stones, The Small Faces, Donovan, The Kinks and The Who are credited to their various producers of the time, Andrew Loog Oldham.
* February 13 – Frank Sinatra forms his own record label, Reprise Records, which would later release recordings by The Beach Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix.
Warner-Reprise executives began targeting younger acts beginning by securing the American distribution rights to the Pye Records recordings by The Kinks in 1964.
In 2011, The Kinks ' mono recordings were issued as The Kinks in Mono box set, featuring the releases from the band's 1964 debut album to Arthur ( 1969 ), with a bonus two-disc set of non-album tracks that were issued as singles or EPs.
It owns and or administers the rights to music by Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, the Kinks as well as the Cameo Parkway label, which includes recordings by such artists as Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, the Orlons, the Dovells, Question Mark & The Mysterians, the Tymes and Dee Dee Sharp.
Reprise flourished in the late 1960s thanks to Sinatra's famous " comeback " and the hits by Sinatra and his daughter Nancy, and the label also secured the U. S. distribution rights to the recordings of The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix.
The album marks the final involvement of American producer Shel Talmy in The Kinks ' 1960s studio recordings ; henceforth Ray Davies would produce recordings.
After the summer of 1965 Mick played drums on the vast majority of Kinks recordings.
Kinks and 1964
In 1964 Dave Davies ( second from left ), lead guitarist of The Kinks, famously achieved a distorted sound on " You Really Got Me " by slashing the cones of his guitar amplifier with a razor blade.
The Kinks ' hit singles of 1964, " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ," have been described as " predecessors of the whole three-chord genre — the Ramones ' 1978 ' I Don't Want You ,' for instance, was pure Kinks-by-proxy ".
The Kinks formed in Muswell Hill in 1964.
Talmy wanted the successful sounds of The Kinks ' 1964 hits " You Really Got Me ", " All Day and All of the Night " and " Till the End of the Day " to be copied by The Who.
Examples are Elvis Presley's " Love Me Tender " from 1956 and " Just For You ", " Peace In The Valley " and " Jailhouse Rock " from 1957, and The Kinks ' Kinksize Session from 1964.
Beginning in 1964 and lasting until roughly 1966, a wave of British beat groups, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, Gerry & the Pacemakers, The Kinks, and Herman's Hermits amongst others, dominated the U. S. music charts.
The Troggs formed in 1964 and were signed by the manager of the Kinks, Larry Page in 1965.
In this period, Lord's session credits included playing the keyboards in " You Really Got Me ", The Kinks classic number one hit of 1964.
* 1964 Kinks ( The Kinks, " You Really Got Me ")
* The Beatles ' " And I Love Her " ( 1964 ) and The Kinks ' " No Return " ( 1967 ) are both in the style of bossa nova.
A detailed gear diagram of Dave's 1964 The Kinks guitar rig is well-documented.
The Kinks ' hit singles of 1964, " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ", have been described as " predecessors of the whole three-chord genre — the Ramones ' 1978 ' I Don't Want You ,' for instance, was pure Kinks-by-proxy ".
Throughout 1964, only British artists flew high at the top of the American charts ; including The Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Hollies and Herman's Hermits.
In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan ( 1956 – 69 ), Petula Clark ( 1957 – 71 ), The Searchers ( 1963 – 67 ), The Kinks ( 1964 – 71 ), Sandie Shaw ( 1964 – 1971 ) and Brotherhood of Man ( 1975 – 79 ).
Starting with the " British Invasion " of 1964, Pye placed their artists in the U. S. mostly on labels that they distributed in the UK: The Searchers to Mercury Records, Liberty Records, and finally Kapp Records, The Kinks to Cameo Records and then to Reprise Records, David Bowie, The Sorrows and Petula Clark to Warner Bros. Records, Donovan to Hickory Records, and Status Quo to Chess Records ( which issued their records on their newly created Cadet Concept Records label ).
* The Kinks ( 1964 – 1971 ; issued in the U. S. on Cameo and then Reprise )
In 1964 and 1965, Bell played lead guitar in a British Invasion-influenced group called the Jynx ( the name is a takeoff on The Kinks ) with local musicians, including lead vocalist Mike Harris, rhythm guitarist David Hoback, drummer DeWitt Shy, and bassist Bill Cunningham, and later, bassist Leo Goff.
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