Timeline The Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society

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• 1963 The Kinks form in Muswell Hill The Ravens Ray and Dave Davies' school band, renamed the Kinks at the end of 1963.
• 1964 The Kinks sign with Pye Records Record deal Their first two singles flop.
• 1964 The Kinks release You Really Got Me UK number one A distorted power-chord riff that points the way to hard rock and punk.
• 1964 The Kinks release All Day and All of the Night Second riff hit Reaches number two in Britain.
• 1965 The Kinks top the charts with Tired of Waiting for You UK number one Their second British number one.
• 1965 – 1969 The Kinks banned from performing in the US Musicians' union ban A four-year ban after a troubled US tour keeps them out of America at their peak.
• 1966 The Kinks top the charts with Sunny Afternoon Summer number one A wry song about a ruined aristocrat.
• 1967 The Kinks release Waterloo Sunset London song Often called the most beautiful song in the English language.
• 1968 The Kinks release The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Concept album A flop on release, now seen as their masterpiece.
• 1969 The Kinks release Arthur Rock opera Written as the soundtrack to a TV play that was never made.
• 1970 The Kinks release Lola Comeback hit A comeback hit about a nightclub encounter in Soho.
• 1971 The Kinks release Muswell Hillbillies Music hall and country A tribute to their working-class north London roots.
• 1973 The Kinks' Ray Davies quits on stage at White City Brief farewell Announces from the stage that he is leaving — he is back within weeks.
• 1979 The Kinks release Low Budget Arena rock years Their biggest US album, part of a late-70s American revival.
• 1983 The Kinks score a US hit with Come Dancing Last big hit Their highest-charting US single in nearly two decades.
• 1990 The Kinks inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted with the original line-up.
• 1996 The Kinks play their last concert Quiet ending The band plays its final show and fades away without a formal split.
• 2017 The Kinks' Ray Davies knighted Sir Ray Knighted for services to the arts.