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Guest DJ Ray Davies : All Songs Considered Ray Davies, former frontman for The Kinks, shares some of the songs that have inspired him over the years with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Hear music from Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Berry and more, as well as selections from Ray Davies' latest solo album, Working Man's Cafe.

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Guest DJ Ray Davies

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Ray Davies, former frontman for The Kinks, shares some of the songs that have inspired him over the years with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Hear music from Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Berry and more, as well as selections from Ray Davies' latest solo album, Working Man's Cafe.

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Guest DJ Ray Davies

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Guest DJ Ray Davies

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Jesse Fuller

  • Song: San Francisco Bay Blues
  • from San Francisco Bay Blues
Cover for The Very Best of Ray Charles [Rhino]

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Ray Charles

  • Song: What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2
  • from The Very Best of Ray Charles [Rhino]
Cover for Champ [Bonus Tracks]

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Dizzy Gillespie

  • Song: The Champ
  • from Champ [Bonus Tracks]
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Ray Davies

  • Song: Working Man's Cafe
  • from Working Man's Cafe
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Bill Doggett

  • Song: Honky Tonk
  • from All His Hits
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The Kinks

  • Song: Celluloid Heroes
  • from Everybody's in Show-Biz [Original Master Recording]
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Ray Davies

  • Song: Peace in Our Time
  • from Working Man's Cafe
Cover for His Best, Vol. 1

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Chuck Berry

  • Song: Sweet Little Sixteen
  • from His Best, Vol. 1

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