His song "Waterloo Sunset" won the 2005
Q Classic Song Award.
The
Kinks' single, "See My Friends", was the first
British songs (and possibly Western) to integrate a Indian,
sitar-like sound. This song and, shortly thereafter, the similarly
sitar-based "Fancy" preceded the first Beatles song with
an Indian feel, "Norwegian Wood", by a year. (IMDb)
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