Ray Davies didn't originally want the Kinks to release “Waterloo Sunset” because he wanted to keep the classic song for his family. Released in 1967, the track has achieved wide acclaim over the years ...

IT was the perfect pop song; three minutes of sheer musical genius which is still regarded by many as the apogee of the swinging sixties single. Quite simply, nothing better ever revolved around a ...

Ray Davies of the Kinks literally dreamed up one of his band's biggest hits, 'Waterloo Sunset' from 1967's 'Something Else by the Kinks' album. In fact, the singer says he simply "woke up and it was ...

The Kinks are to re-release their 1967 number two hit "Waterloo Sunset" on the 40th anniversary of it's original chart placing. A 7" version will come backed with "Act Nice And Gentle" and a limited ...

The Kinks’ Ray Davies has said he never wanted to release ‘Waterloo Sunset’. The track was released as a single in May 1967 and went on to feature on the album ‘Something Else’ later that year.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Waterloo Sunset joins a long list of Kinks compilations: there have been over 30 over the decades. A two-CD ...

Ray Davies: ‘I’d had a breakdown. At first, I didn’t show the lyrics to the band in case they sniggered’ Waterloo is a part of London that has always had a lot of significance for me. When I was a kid ...

Ironically, this most London of songs started its life as ‘Liverpool Sunset’: Ray Davies’ reflection on the decline of the Merseybeat boom. But while the head Kink was still mulling his song over, The ...

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