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Ray Davies

Rock music
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Pop rock
The seventh of eight children, Ray Davies was a student at Hornsey College of Art in 1962 when he became lead singer and main songwriter with one of the seminal British 1960s bands, The Kinks. He initially proved his songwriting pedigree with the early R&B hits 'You Really Got Me' and 'All Day and All of the Night' before developing a quintessentially English style influenced by music hall and vaudeville that manifested itself in sardonic lyrics like 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion', and marked him out as a cut above most of the other artists of the era. His solo projects beg...
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I Go to Sleep 

Demo; Demo Version

The Kinks and Ray Davies
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A Place in Your HeartRay Davies
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Better ThingsRay Davies and Bruce Springsteen
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The Man UpstairsRay Davies
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AmericanaRay Davies
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I've Heard That Beat BeforeRay Davies
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I Go to Sleep 

Demo; Demo Version

The Kinks and Ray Davies

Kinda Kinks

2:43

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A Place in Your HeartRay Davies

Americana

5:03

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Better ThingsRay Davies and Bruce Springsteen

See My Friends

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The Man UpstairsRay Davies

Americana

1:37

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AmericanaRay Davies

Americana

4:02

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I've Heard That Beat BeforeRay Davies

Americana

4:03

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