the kinks

Given the startling number of original pop masterpieces the Kinks are responsible for composing, it is ironic to think that they began life primarily as an R&B cover band. Their 1964 debut album, in fact, featured several R&B classics, like Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" and Bo Diddly's "Cadillac", but it was the original material, like "You Really Got Me" and "So Mystifying" that made it a British pop classic and helped the Davies brothers take that first historic step in cementing their role as one of the most influential and innovative bands in pop history.