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RAY DAVIES (born June 21, 1944)
Many of Ray Davies songs become hits for bands like The Jam, Van Halen, The Pretenders and The Stranglers. Ray Davies has also produced two albums by Claire Hamill and wrote the music for the films The Virgin Soldiers and Percy. Ray also had a daughter, Natalie, with Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders in 1983.
He got the lead part in the television play The Long Distance Piano Player and was resident composer for the BBC television series 'The 11th Hour' and Where Was Spring'. In 1981 Davies worked together with Barrie Keefe on the musical Chorus Girls, and in 1988 wrote 80 days with Snoo Wilson, produced and directed by Des McAnuff at the La Jolla Playhouse. Ray Davies wrote, composed and directed the award winning television movie 'Return To Waterloo'. He composed and performed the song 'Quiet Life' for the film Absolute Beginners which was directed by Julien Temple.
In 1995 Davies published his unauthorized autobiography, X-Ray and toured with his one-man show 'The Storyteller'. His first solo album, 'The Storyteller' contains music and prose from that show. The idea for the Storyteller show came while Davies was doing signings to promote X-Ray'. Someone suggested that, since his songs were closely linked to his life, it would be a good idea to record some of these songs with the readings.
The New Millenium
Ray did four shows in Dublin in May 2000 and has been working on the script for the "Come Dancing" musical at The National Theatre in London to be staged in late 2000 or early 2001.
Ray has a demo ready for his new label, Capitol/EMI and hopes to be in the US in July and August. He was scheduled to play The Blues and Jazz festival in Reykjavik, Iceland on June 10th
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