Death of a Clown

July 7, 1967

Death of a Clown ( German: Death of a Clown ) is a rock ballad, who has written 1967 Dave Davies, lead guitarist of the English rock band The Kinks, together with his older brother Ray Davies. It was the first single, the Dave Davies published as a solo artist, she was released on July 7, 1967 at Pye Records.

Background

The song wrote Dave Davies at his home in Fortis Green in London's Borough of Haringey. Own account, he played in a melancholy mood with a different melody, while he thought about his just -contracted marriage and his life before marriage, as everyone expected of him that he is the center of every party why he had often seemed like a circus clown. On the recordings, all members of The Kinks were involved, it was produced by Ray Davies. Although a solo album and for winter 1967/1968 a solo tour of Davies was announced for September 1967, after but failed the following singles commercially to Davies limited to the playback presentation of the song in various television programs, including in August 1968 at Top of the Pops.

Publication

The song was first released as a solo single by Dave Davies on July 7, 1967. The single version has a running time of 2:58 minutes on the B - side was the also written by Dave Davies Love Me Till the Sun Shines. The single reached # 3 on the UK included on the Top 40, published in September 1967 album by The Kinks, entitled Something Else by The Kinks, the song was in a three- to four -second version. The album reached # 35 in the UK album charts. In order to exploit the commercial success of the current tour for the album, Pye Records released the end of 1967 the EP Dave Davies Hits, however, proved to be a failure.