Navigating the music industry often requires artists to go above and beyond in hopes that their effort will be worth the reward. Playing countless gigs until the right “big break” person is in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And yet when the first undeniable, clanging chords of Lola rang out on its release 50 years ago, it was clear The Kinks had come ...

Fifty years ago, the Kinks hit the charts with a catchy song about a romantic encounter in a London nightclub between a clueless young rube and an ingenue who “walked like a woman but talked like a ...

It’s been decades since the Kinks notched a Top 10 hit with “Lola,” but Dave Davies believes the song is more relevant than ever. The 1970 single was controversial upon release because of lyrical ...

There was perhaps no band of the 1960s' British Invasion more British than the Kinks, with their story-songs that pined intensely for the Merry Olde England of the Davies brothers’ lost North London ...

To promote the Dec. 18 release of the 50th anniversary edition of Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, the Kinks have released a video for the record's standout single, "Lola." The ...

The Kinks' 1970 hit "Lola" may not have become the iconic song that it did if not for one minor lyric change. Lead vocalist Ray Davies claimed in his autobiography that he was aiming to write ...

The Kinks are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their album ‘Lola Versus Powerman and The Moneygoround Part One’ with a special set of reissues. Commonly abbreviated to either ‘Lola Versus Powerman… ...

The Kinks are not, and have never been, your typical rock band. From the groundbreaking garage rock of early singles like “You Really Got Me” to lengthy dalliances with concept albums and high-concept ...

Dave Davies recalls the making of 1970's "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One" as a period of transition for the Kinks, who were "forging ahead" into a future whose trajectory they ...

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, commonly abbreviated to Lola Versus Powerman, or just Lola, is the eighth studio album by The Kinks, recorded and released in 1970. A concept album ...