Ray Davies

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Ray Davies is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the frontman and primary songwriter of the rock band The Kinks.

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Label Occurrences
Ray Davies canonical 8
Raymond Douglas Davies 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
musician
record producer
rock musician
singer
songwriter
activeYearsStart 1960s
associatedAct The Kinks
awardReceived CBE
birthName Ray Davies self-linksurface differs
surface form: Raymond Douglas Davies
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1944-06-21
familyName Davies
fieldOfWork rock music
songwriting
gender male
genre british rock
concept album
pop rock
rock
givenName Raymond
honour Commander of the Order of the British Empire
influenced Britpop musicians
alternative rock musicians
punk rock musicians
instrument guitar
piano
vocals
language English
lyricalStyle observational songwriting about English life
memberOf The Kinks
name Ray Davies self-link
nationality English
notableWork A Well Respected Man
All Day and All of the Night
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
Come Dancing
Days
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Lola
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Muswell Hillbillies
Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Victoria
Village Green Preservation Society
Waterloo Sunset
You Really Got Me
occupation musician
record producer
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Fortis Green, London, England
positionInBand frontman of The Kinks
lead vocalist of The Kinks
primary songwriter of The Kinks
residence London, England
surface form: London
sibling Dave Davies

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Big Bill Broonzy influenced Ray Davies
The Kinks member Ray Davies
The Kinks notableMember Ray Davies
The Kinks foundedBy Ray Davies
Ray Davies name Ray Davies self-link
Ray Davies birthName Ray Davies self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Raymond Douglas Davies