![Image in QuizMyDay Ultimate Kinks Trivia: Hits, History & Facts Now trivia quiz featuring A 1964 promotional photograph of the Kinks. London's Tower Bridge is in the background.<br>In band biographer Doug Hinman's 2004 book <i>All Day and All of the Night</i>, p. 31, he dates this photograph to around August 2, 1964. He further writes: "It is likely that classic red-hunting-jacket shots with The Kinks in various poses around the Tower Of London [<i>sic</i>] and sitting on a cannon are taken at this time. They are used extensively in early promotional material. The session may well have been at the urging of new press officer Brian Sommerville upon the launch of his campaign to smarten up the band's image. Also, Summerville seeks to represent them as symbols of Englishness, a notion that will in time sell well to the American market."](https://d3le1x71fx28bd.cloudfront.net/27041438-5708-4b78-932a-e80557444285/70285ece-2780-45e6-93fd-325249299c37.jpg "Image in QuizMyDay Ultimate Kinks Trivia: Hits, History & Facts Now trivia quiz featuring A 1964 promotional photograph of the Kinks. London's Tower Bridge is in the background.<br>In band biographer Doug Hinman's 2004 book <i>All Day and All of the Night</i>, p. 31, he dates this photograph to around August 2, 1964. He further writes: \"It is likely that classic red-hunting-jacket shots with The Kinks in various poses around the Tower Of London [<i>sic</i>] and sitting on a cannon are taken at this time. They are used extensively in early promotional material. The session may well have been at the urging of new press officer Brian Sommerville upon the launch of his campaign to smarten up the band's image. Also, Summerville seeks to represent them as symbols of Englishness, a notion that will in time sell well to the American market.\"")
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| Inception | Formed in London, England in 1964. |
| Members | Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Nicky Hopkins, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife |
| Key Albums | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968), Kinks (1964), Face to Face (1966), Something Else by The Kinks (1967), Kinda Kinks (1965), Muswell Hillbillies (1971), The Kink Kontroversy (1965), Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970), Everybody’s in Show‐Biz (1972), Give the People What They Want (1981). |
| Key Tracks | You Really Got Me (1964), Lola (1970), All Day and All of the Night (1964), Sunny Afternoon (1966), Waterloo Sunset (1967), A Well Respected Man (1965), Strangers (1970), This Time Tomorrow (1970), Tired of Waiting for You (1965), Picture Book (1968). |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 5 Top-10 Hits |
| Hall of Fame | Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. |
