Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  RAY DAVIES: Ndụ Dị Mgbagwoju Anya, nke Johnny Rogan dere. (Bodley Head £ 25) Ọgwụgwụ na-akpali akpali nke otu egwú a kpọrọ Sunny Afternoon na-enye otu n'ime ihe nkiri ndị kasị ukwuu a na-eme n'abalị na London nke a na-akpọ <unk>theatreland<unk>, ka ọtụtụ narị ndị na-agba chaa chaa, ndị ọtụtụ n'ime ha nọ n'agbata afọ iri na ụma, na-awụli elu ma ọ bụ, n'ọnọdụ ụfọdụ, na-ebili ọtọ, na-eme mkpọtụ ma na-eme mkpọtụ n'egwú The Kinks. Nanị izu ole na ole gara aga, abụ m otu n'ime ha, ma kpebisie ike ka m na-apụ ịmatakwu banyere ndụ pụrụ iche nke Ray Davies, onye na-eduzi ìgwè ahụ nke na-egbukepụ egbukepụ ma dị mwute, bụ onye dere ụdị egwu dị egwu dị ka Waterloo Sunset, Ị Nwetara M n'Ezie, Lola na, n'ezie, Sunny Afternoon. Ray Davies (n'ihe osise) bụ onye na-egbuke egbuke, ma mgbe ụfọdụ na-enwe mwute, onye na-eduzi ndị Kinks. Ọfọn, akụkọ ndụ dị egwu nke Johnny Rogan emejupụtawo oghere niile dị na ihe ọmụma m banyere otu n'ime ndị ikom mere ka afọ iri isii ahụ na-agagharị (ma n'otu oge ahụ na-eme ka afọ iri isii ahụ na-agagharị agagharị na mickey-na-ewere Carnaby Street dandies, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion). Ọ bụ ezie na ọ na-adọrọ mmasị n'ụzọ dị ebube, ihe ngosi ihe nkiri ahụ na-eme ka o sie ike ime ezi omume nye ihe mgbagwoju anya nke bụ Raymond Douglas Davies. N'ịbụ onye na-achọ ịmata ihe, onye na-eleba anya n'ime onwe ya, mgbe ụfọdụ obi ọjọọ na n'ụzọ dị egwu, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ onye sociopathic, na-eji ego eme ihe, kamakwa ọ na-enwe mmetụta, ụkpụrụ ma nwee ike ịdị obiọma dị ukwuu, Davies bụ otu n'ime ndị amamihe okike nke oge anyị. Ndị ha na ya na-akpachi anya, gụnyere nwanne ya nwoke bụ Dave na onye na-agụ egwú bụ Chrissie Hynde (nne nke otu n'ime ụmụ ya nwanyị anọ), nwere ike ha agaghị ekwughachi echiche ahụ mgbe nile, ma anyị nwere obi ụtọ inwe ya. A mụrụ Davies na 1944 na Muswell Hill, North London, n'abalị nke mwakpo ụgbọelu. Ọ bụ mmalite na-agbawa obi. Ọ bụ nwa nke asaa n'ezinụlọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike nke na-eme mkpọtụ, ma, nke ka mkpa, ọ bụ nwa nwoke mbụ. Otu n'ime oge ndị dị oké mkpa n'ịkpụzi àgwà ya dị mgbagwoju anya mere tupu ya eruo afọ atọ, mgbe nwa ọhụrụ bụ́ Devid bịara, jiri obi ọjọọ mebie ọnọdụ ya. Ka oge na-aga, egwu Dave ga-abụkwa isi ihe na-eme ka ndị Kinks nwee ihe ịga nke ọma, mana Ray kpọrọ ya asị site n'ụbọchị...
Ray Davies bụ onye na-eduzi otu egwu a ma ama bụ The Kinks. O dere egwu dị ka Waterloo Sunset, You Really Got Me na Lola. A kpọwo ya otu n' ime ndị kasị nwee ọgụgụ isi n' oge anyị a.