English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ray Davies

Sir Raymond Douglas Davies is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led, with his younger brother Dave providing lead guitar and backing vocals, and both of them were the only consistent members during the band's existence. He has also acted in, directed and produced shows for theatre and television. Known for focusing his lyrics on rock bands, English culture, nostalgia and social satire, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Britpop", though he disputes this title.

Born

1944

June 21

Died

Living

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1940s

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Key dates

1944 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

533 A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
1307 Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
1529 French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
1582 Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.

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The world in 1944

When Ray arrived

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on June 21

Alois Hába 1893– Czech composer and educator (died 1973) Benazir Bhutto 1953–2007 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953) Claude Auchinleck 1884– English field marshal (died 1981) Dimitris Papaioannou 1964– Greek director and choreographer Heinrich Wölfflin 1864– Swiss historian and critic (died 1945) John Paul Young 1950– Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey 1985– American singer-songwriter Lana Wachowski 1965– American director, producer, and screenwriter Luis Antonio Tagle 1957– Filipino cardinal

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1944

Al Kooper 1944– American singer-songwriter and producer Al Michaels 1944– American sportscaster Angélica María 1944– American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Anne Robinson 1944– English journalist and game show host António Variações 1944–1984 Portuguese musician (died 1984) Azizan Abdul Razak 1944–2013 Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013) Ban Ki-moon 1944– South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations Barry White 1944–2003 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944) Carlos Alberto Torres 1944–2016 Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016)

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