The Bathroom Wall Music Blog - All The Important Dates in Music

Post “Face To Face”, Ray Davies started to look beyond the hit single with his writing stating he wanted to do “Something Else”, giving The Kinks the title for their 5th album. Released in September 1967 in the UK and January 1968 in the USA, it was not a big hit, but is now considered a classic album, ranked 288 on Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Albums of all Time and spawning the classic singles “Waterloo Sunset” and “Death of a Clown”

The Kinks released “The Kink Kontroversy” on November 26th, 1965 in the UK with the US release coming on March 30th, 1966. By now The Kinks were blossoming and coming into their own as musicians and Ray Davies was finding his voice as a song-writer. However it is called “The Kink Kontroversy” for a reason.
By now the Davies brothers were at each others throats with their on-stage fall-outs spilling over into audience riots. On top of this, for reasons that have never been made entirely clear, the American Federation of Musicians banned The Kinks from touring the U.S between 1965 to 1969.