All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks

Genre: Rock
Year: 1964

"All Day and All of the Night" is a song by the British band The Kinks from 1964. It reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart and #7 on the United States Charts. Like their previous hit "You Really Got Me", the song relies on a simple sliding power chord riff, although this songs riff is slightly more complicated, incorporating a B Flat after the chords F and G. Otherwise, the recordings are similar in beat and structure, with similar background vocals, progressions, and guitar solos. In 2003 it appeared as #57 on Pure Pops list of The 100 Best Singles of All. The guitar solo break by Dave Davies is truly inspired and difficult to copy, and deemed to be so excellent that for many years it was claimed that Jimmy Page played the break - however, it has been documented, and Read full article at wikipedia.org

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