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Post by HollyH on Aug 12, 2013 8:52:19 GMT -5
August 9, 1969 -- While the rest of the Kinks head off for their traditional August two-week holiday break, Ray Davies flies to California, holes up in an apartment on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, and makes plans for the band's upcoming return tour of the USA in October.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 12, 2013 8:53:13 GMT -5
August 10, 1964 -- With "You Really Got Me" zooming up the charts (it enters at #22, well above either of the Kinks' previous two singles), Pye Records -- which had been on the verge of dropping the Kinks entirely -- now informs the band that they would like an LP from them. The company hopes to release it in late September -- which means that band has to throw together a dozen LP tracks before the end of this month.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 12, 2013 9:03:06 GMT -5
August 11, 1965 -- The Kinks' second album, Kinda Kinks, is released in the US. Unlike its predecessors, You Really Got Me (as this slightly abbreviated version of The Kinks was titled in the US), and Kinks-Size (a US-only album cobbled together from singles and leftover album tracks), Kinda Kinks fails to chart in the US, though the UK version released in March climbed all the way to #3 on the LP charts. The Kinks US label, Reprise, nevertheless plows ahead with plans for a fourth Kinks release, Kinkdom, in December, which will get the Kinks onto the charts again.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 12, 2013 9:04:16 GMT -5
August 12, 2012 -- Ray Davies performs at the closing ceremony of London's Olympic Games, stepping out of a black taxicab to sing "Waterloo Sunset" amid models of various central London landmarks. His performance pays beautiful tribute to the city that has hosted the world for 17 days.
When it is shown in the United States, the NBC television network decides to trim out Ray's performance to make room for commercials, although performances by such luminaries as George Michael (who?), bad boy Russell Brand, and Fatboy Slim (who who?) are allowed to remain.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 13, 2013 12:00:09 GMT -5
August 13, 1976 -- At Konk Studios, the Kinks do an overdub and vocal session for the new track "Brother," which Arista Records head Clive Davis believes could be their next hit single.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 15, 2013 10:13:47 GMT -5
August 14, 1965 -- The Kinks perform at Die Waldbuhne in Berlin, where the crowd of 20,000 starts to riot. Fans chase the Kinks through a backstage tunnel from the dressing room, while security police do nothing; opening act Lord Sutch accidentally stabs his sax player; and after the show, several local restaurants refuse to serve these rock & roll ruffians from England.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 15, 2013 10:14:25 GMT -5
August 15, 1968 -- Appearing on BBC’s Top of the Pops, the Kinks lip-synch their new single, “Days” – which has just peaked at #10 on the Melody Maker chart.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 18, 2013 14:38:27 GMT -5
August 16, 1964 – At the Blackpool Opera House, the Kinks are last-minute additions to a concert bill that includes the Beatles (as the headliners) and the High Numbers – soon to change their name to The Who.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 18, 2013 14:39:09 GMT -5
August 17, 1977 -- The music world is rocked by the death of Elvis Presley. Living in New York, Ray Davies is inspired by this event to write a new song, “Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy.”
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Post by HollyH on Aug 18, 2013 14:39:52 GMT -5
August 18, 1995 – Ray Davies brings his solo show (with Pete Mathison on guitar) to the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh for a week as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 21, 2013 16:10:11 GMT -5
August 19, 1964 – The Kinks make their first appearance on BBC’s Top of the Pops, lip-synching their new hit single, “You Really Got Me.” This will be the first of 60-plus appearances they will make on this programme.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 21, 2013 16:11:00 GMT -5
August 20, 1966 -- The Kinks appear at the Big Beat Festival, a charity event held at the Rutland County Agricultural Showground in Oakham. The show is promoted by a local civic booster, Major David Watts. Though the festival draws far fewer fans than expected (other acts include the Tremeloes and the Applejacks), Major Watts invite the Kinks to a party at his house afterward, which runs way into the wee hours of the night. Watts makes drunken advances to Dave Davies -- possibly encouraged by brother Ray.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 21, 2013 16:11:39 GMT -5
August 21, 1970 -- The Kinks perform at an outdoor festival in Bilzen, Belgium -- the Jazz Bilzen 70 Festival, supporting headliner Arthur Conley, best known for his hit song "Sweet Soul Music." Other acts on the bill include Golden Earring and Black Sabbath. A film of the concert will be aired on Belgian TV in October
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Post by HollyH on Aug 22, 2013 17:42:13 GMT -5
August 22, 1981 -- The Kinks wind up the first leg of their North American Give The People What They Want tour with a two-night date at the Greek Theatre on the UC Berkeley campus. Joe Ely is the opening act.
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Post by HollyH on Aug 23, 2013 11:27:31 GMT -5
August 23, 1972 -- A crowd of nearly 7,000 fans have the time of their lives as the Kinks perform at the Schaefer Music Festival at New York City's Wollman Rink in Central Park. At least half an hour of encores are demanded by the boisterous audience, which the Kinks fill with extra songs like "You Are My Sunshine," "Twist and Shout," "Louie Louie," and "Hang On Sloopy." "Kinks mania," is how the Melody Maker reviewer describes it.
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