The Kinks often don't get enough credit for their contributions to music.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1967 song that quietly captured a fleeting moment between two strangers would go on to be ranked among the greatest songs of all ...

Perhaps one of life’s greatest ironies is just how connected we are in our mutual feelings of loneliness. Indeed, feeling like no one understands us is paradoxically the one thing we can all relate to ...

The Kinks ' acclaimed song, "Waterloo Sunset," turned 59 on May 5, 2026. American Songwriter reported that the hit, featured ...

Ray Davies didn't originally want the Kinks to release “Waterloo Sunset” because he wanted to keep the classic song for his family. Released in 1967, the track has achieved wide acclaim over the years ...

The Kinks released several singles that were largely ignored by US audiences. These four certainly should have received more ...

Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar for aspiring songwriters through England’s Arvon Foundation — a side hustle he landed, of course, as a result of the dozens of classic ...

The Kinks' 1967 single "Waterloo Sunset" has been ranked No. 14 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Best Songs of All Time, decades after initially failing to chart in the U.S. Written by Ray Davies ...