Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback! I'm Jumpin' John, and on this podcast I will discuss the English rock band called the Kinks!
Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave Davies were born in the mid 1940’s in London, England. After both learning to play guitar, the brothers formed the Ray Davies Quartet at school with Ray's friend and classmate Pete Quaife and Quaife's friend John Start. The band performed under several other names between 1962 and 1963—the Peter Quaife Band, the Bo-Weevils, the Ramrods, and the Ravens.
In 1963 record producer Shel Talmy began working with the band, and in early 1964 Talmy got them a contract with Pye (P-Y-E) Records. The Ravens added a new drummer, Mick Avory, and in early 1964 the Ravens changed their name to the Kinks. Ray Davies has said that the name was coined by Larry Page, and referenced their "kinky" fashion sense. Larry Page said, "The way you look, and the clothes you wear, you ought to be called the Kinks." The original Kinks line-up was Ray Davies (on lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dave Davies (on lead guitar, vocals), Mick Avory (on drums, percussion) and Pete Quaife (on bass).
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