Ray Davies Ray Davies & The Kinks hold a unique place in the history of popular music. Alongside contemporaries The Beatles and The Stones, The Kinks, with songwriter and driving force Ray Davies, burst out of North London to rule the world with a string of global number one hits. Ray Davies as a composer is responsible for some of the finest pop songs ever written, including Waterloo Sunset, Lola, Days and Dedicated Follower of Fashion. Inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of fame in 1990 (the same year they were awarded the Ivor Novello Award for 'outstanding services to popular music') Ray Davies & The Kinks remain a seminal influence on today's singer songwriters.