Throughout their long, varied career, the core of The Kinks remained Ray and Dave Davies, who were born and raised in Muswell Hill, London. In their teens, the brothers began playing skiffle and rock & roll. Soon, the brothers recruited a schoolmate of Ray's, Peter Quaife, to play with them. Like the Davies brothers, Quaife played guitar, but he switched to bass. By the summer of 1963, the group had decided to call itself The Ravens and had recruited a new drummer, Mickey Willet. Eventually, their demo tape reached Shel Talmy, an American record producer who was under contract to Pye Records. Talmy helped the band land a contract with Pye in 1964. Before signing to the label, The Ravens replaced drummer Willet with Mick Avory. The Ravens recorded their debut single, a cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally," in January 1964 but, before the single was released, the group changed their name to The Kinks. "Come On Now" featured on the 1965 album "Kinda Kinks".
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