The Legends Of Music on Instagram: "The Kinks playing “All Day and All of The Night” Live on Shindig! in 1965 This song was written quickly as a follow up to their hit “You Really Got Me”. After the success of that single, their record company pressured them to follow up hits very quickly, which created what lead singer Ray Davies described as an “assembly line” of songs. In this case, the tactic worked well, with the sound-a-like tune scoring them another hit. Frontman and songwriter Ray Davies