Artist
The Kinks
The Kinks appears once in our Merseybeat list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Merseybeat
- Year
- 1964
- Highest placing
- No. 5 in Merseybeat
- Updated
- 2026-08-31
Appears on
You Really Got Me
1964 · Pye
Ranked No. 5 in Merseybeat
Dave Davies slit his amplifier speaker with a razor blade and invented a guitar sound. The point where beat music stops being cheerful and starts being a threat.