“He hugged me”: the only singer Elvis Presley was ever in awe of
The king of kings.
The Kinks
The hospital stay that gave Ray Davies his best song: “I was badly injured”
“The secret to successful songwriting”.
The 10 greatest British invasion songs ever released, according to Tom Petty
“Just the phrase is worth a million bucks”.
The Kinks song that helped Ray Davies find his voice again: “Rat-arsed drunk on wine”
The Kinks frontman reflects on one of his late career favourites.
The 1967 Kinks song about Ray Davies’ jealousy of his brother
“One brother stays in, and the other goes out and has fun.”
Five family bands that ended in a blood feuds
Shared DNA has rarely prevented the bitterness and jealousy of a rock and roll fallout.