November 19th, 1965 - English rock group The Kinks released "Till The End Of The Day" as a single, with "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" as the B-Side.

November 26th, 1965 - British rock group The Kinks released their third studio album, The Kink Kontroversy. The album was recorded over one week at Pye Studios in London.

September 1st, 1965 - British band The Kinks released their single "A Well Respected Man" on the Pye record label. It was later released on their November 1965 album, Kinkdom.

​The Rolling Stones entered the arena to the biggest ovation of the first-half of the NME Pollwinners concert in 1965. Jagger swung directly into his moody pomp routine and the band

Journalist Alan Smith called the NME Poll Winners’ Concert, held on April 16th 1965 at London’s Wembley Empire Pool, “The biggest array of pop stars ever assembled on one great day.”

​It could be said that success on the Billboard Singles chart dictated terms in the early-mid 60s even more so than it does now.

The low-fidelity approach to writing and recording has produced many a rock and roll masterpiece over the years:

Ray Davies’ distorted guitar tone is maybe the Kinks’ greatest legacy. That’s a big call considering their catalogue of three-minute hits, but I’m sticking to it.