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  The Kinks: Ray and Dave Davies’s 20 greatest songs, from Autumn Almanac to Lola

  There’s no record of Romulus and Remus, or Cain and Abel, ever forming a band. If they had, the discord between those brothers would not have come close to matching that of pop’s greatest sibling rivalry, Ray and Dave Davies. The fractious relationship between the north London-born duo makes the Gallagher brothers’ antics look like playground spats.But what music the brothers made as the driving forces of The Kinks, one of the most important and influential bands in music history. With drummer M

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  The Kinks: where to start in their back catalogue

  The Kinks: where to start in their back catalogueIn Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the band of feuding brothers who expanded pop’s horizons * Read all the other Listener’s digest pieces * The best arts and entertainment during self-isolation

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  Pub landlord throws a Christmas bash 135days EARLY

  Christmas came 135 days early for one pub after a big-hearted landlord threw a festive bash so staff can take the real day off to spend with their families. Dave Davies suggested hosting a mid-summer Christmas knees-up as a joke but the idea snowballed and more than 40 people booked in for a full turkey dinner.

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  The Kinks pay tribute to keyboardist Ian Gibbons following his death at 67

  The keyboardist was in the band on and off for the past 40 years.

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  Ian Gibbons dead: The Kinks pay tribute as band's keyboard player dies aged 67

  The Kinks keyboardist Ian Gibbons has died at the age of 67.Lead singer Ray Davies said Mr Gibbons passed away on August 1.In a statement, the rock legend said: "To simply say Ian will be missed would be an understatement. My first thoughts are for his family and loved ones."Bandmate Mick Avory said: "I’ve known and worked with Ian for 40 years and I shall always remember him as a good friend and great musician. I will miss him so much, especially as we were still working together.“It’s so sad h

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  The Kinks Pay Tribute To Keyboardist Ian Gibbons Following His Death Aged 67

  Band members Sir Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory have shared their condolences.

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  The Kinks reunion: Ray and Dave Davies recording new songs for possible album

  Dave Davies has confirmed that The Kinks are recording new music after more than two decades apart. After almost 10 years of teasing a reunion, Ray Davies told Channel 4 News last year that he was recording “a new Kinks record” with his brother Dave, and original Kinks drummer Mick Avory.“The trouble is, the two remaining members, my brother Dave and Mick, never got along very well,” Ray said. “But I’ve made that work in the studio and it’s fired me up to make them play harder, and with fire.”Da

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  Former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno treated in hospital for pneumonia

  Former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno has been treated in hospital for pneumonia. Bruno's agent Dave Davies revealed the news on the 57-year-old Londoner's Twitter account. Davies wrote: "Frank has contracted pneumonia.

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  Frank Bruno treated in hospital for pneumonia

  The 57-year-old beat American Oliver McCall to win the title at Wembley in September 1995.

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  The Kinks' Dave Davies: 'People didn't get Village Green Preservation Society'

  There’s a song, Dave Davies tells me, that defines The Kinks. It’s the 1966 B-side of “Sunny Afternoon”, itself one of the succession of peerless, perfect pop songs that made The Kinks famous – “You Really Got Me”, “All Day and All of the Night”, “Dedicated Follower of Fashion”, “A Well Respected Man”, “Tired of Waiting for You”… oh, and “Waterloo Sunset”. Dave Davies has his own special entry in the history of music, as the man credited with giving birth to heavy rock with his epic power-chor

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