For a song that’s two minutes and change in length, “You Really Got Me” has kept guitarists entertained for decades with stories about its creation and recording. The 1964 Kinks classic rose to the ...

The Kinks’ breakthrough hit “You Really Got Me” arrived 60 years ago this summer. In celebration of the milestone anniversary, the legendary British Invasion band is releasing a limited-edition 7-inch ...

The Kinks’ You Really Got Me is one of the greatest rock songs ever committed to tape, but the history surrounding its actual recording is the subject of some intense debate. One key issue surrounds ...

The musicians who were billed on an album weren’t always the ones who physically played the instruments for the record. Session musicians were and are commonplace in the popular music industry, and ...

Shel Talmy, the influential rock producer who cut such classics as The Kinks‘ “You Really Got Me” and “Waterloo Sunset” and The Who‘s “My Generation” and “I Can’t Explain,” died during Wednesday at ...