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"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by the Kinks, written by Ray Davies [7] and released as a single in June 1966. The track was included on the Face to Face album released in late October, and served as the title track for a 1967 compilation album .
Sunny Afternoon is the second UK budget-priced compilation album by British rock group the Kinks released in 1967. The album consists of some of the most popular singles and B-sides released by the Kinks from 1965 and 1966.
Face to Face is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released on 28 October 1966.The album marked a shift from the hard-driving style of beat music that had catapulted the group to international acclaim in 1964, instead drawing heavily from baroque pop and music hall.
The Kinks' most recent single "Sunny Afternoon" topped the British charts in mid-1966, but contractual issues delayed the August release of their next album Face to Face; Pye assembled the compilation in order to maintain the band's popularity before Face to Face could be released in late October. [5]
Sunny Afternoon is a jukebox musical with music and lyrics by Ray Davies and a book by Joe Penhall.Based on the formation and career of the English rock band The Kinks, the musical was commissioned and produced by Sonia Friedman and made its world premiere in 2014 at the Hampstead Theatre, London, before transferring to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre.
The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums. [1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due ...
The satirical single "Sunny Afternoon" was the biggest UK hit of summer 1966, topping the charts and displacing the Beatles' "Paperback Writer". [54] Before the release of The Kink Kontroversy, Ray Davies suffered a nervous and physical breakdown, caused by the pressures of touring, writing and ongoing legal squabbles. [55]
Song: Artist: 4:19: 3 January ... "Sunny Afternoon" The Kinks: 6:6: 3 October ... List of Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1966; References. Notes