On June 3rd, 1970, Ray Davies flew from New York to London to re-record one word in The Kinks’ “Lola.” Due to a BBC policy barring commercial references in songs, “Coca-Cola” had to be sung as “cherry cola” in order to receive airplay. The song was huge for the Kinks making it to number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ray Davies wrote “Lola” after his manager unknowingly went home with a man he thought was a woman at a club in Paris. Davies tells us the subject had interested him for a long time. Here is Ray Davies:
“Sexual ambiguity interests
