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One version of the cover The Kinks’ album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
Song of the Day: Next in a week of songs dedicated to the First World War Armistice centenary, a deeply sad and vivid song by Ray Davies about the fleeting life of a young soldier killed in 1916 from the 1969 album, Arthur
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Marion Maerz
Song of the Day: After a recent run of German female solo artists and about seeking or not seeking solitude, a 1967 classic written by Ray Davies of the Kinks, and sung by Marion Maerz
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The Kinks in 1972 with Ray Davies on the right
Song of the Day: From a Bollywood tribute we move to Ray Davies’s beautiful, wistful classic of 1972 that highlights the longing and tragedy of fame and movie escapism
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ABBA in Stockholm, 1975
Song of the Day: A favourite of John Lennon, Pete Townsend and Ray Davies, this chord-change masterpiece of love falling apart is about as perfect as pop gets
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