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Dave Davies

real name David Russell Gordon Davies

lead guitarist, backing (and occasional lead) singer for The Kinks

United Kingdom · b. 1947-02-03

Dave Davies is credited on 1,625 releases across 311 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,625

Credits

311

Albums

7

Decades active

607

In collections

Biography

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Born: February 3, 1947, Muswell Hill, London, England
Dave Davies, brother of Ray Davies and father of Russel Davies, was one of the founding members of The Kinks in 1963. He has been the lead guitarist and occasional vocalist till the band stopped playing in 1996 and is part of the lineup reformed in 2018, too. During the years he has also done some solo projects: some singles in the sixties and a couple of albums in the beginning of the eighties.

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Credited work

1,625 releases · 311 albums · active 1964–2025

  • Performance · 2,893
  • Production · 163
  • Other credits · 67
  • Engineering · 33

Studios: Konk Studios · Pye Studios · Morgan Studios · Normandy Sound

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