Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story and music of The Kinks belong on Broadway. No question. We’ve had “Jersey Boys,” “The Who’s Tommy,” Beatlemanias, The ...

The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of “Sunny Afternoon,” the jukebox musical about 1960s Brit-rockers The Kinks, they thoughtfully provided ear ...

When discussing the most quintessentially English pop bands, The Kinks is usually one of the first names mentioned. Sunny Afternoon, The Very Best of The Kinks is being put out to tie in with the ...

Two sun-kissed songs square off against each other in the first round of Ultimate Classic Rock's quest to find the Greatest Summer Song. You can vote for either the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the ...

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Ray Davies is more than a songwriter. He's a storyteller, and that goes beyond the band's late-1960s/early-1970s concept records. Even as a singles band, The Kinks' songs were perfectly-formed ...

Charting the career of Ray Davies and the Kinks at their peak, “Sunny Afternoon” is a jukebox musical in the mold of Buddy Holly bio-tuner “Buddy.” Trouble is, no one dies at the end. And the odd ...

Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" continues an impressive run thorugh each bracket of our Greatest Summer Song battle – but there's a difficult challenge ahead in the Kinks. After starting with 32 of ...