The Kinks were nearly managed by the Krays

THE KINKS were once approached by notorious gangsters The Krays who told the band they wanted to manage them.

The 60s criminals Ronnie and Reggie asked the band if they could look after their affairs during their heyday.

According to Ray Davies, the twins even tried to set up a meeting to discuss the possibility but it never happened.

He said: "Our managers at the time were stockbroker types. They had a visit from someone in the Kray organisation saying they were interested in managing us.

"They also asked if Mick Avory (the band's drummer) would be available for a date. It wouldn't have been beneath our managers to strike a deal. The mind boggles."

Reggie Kray also contacted Davies from jail after he mentioned the brothers in his solo track, London Song, in 1998.

Davies adds, "I received a phone call from Her Majesty's Prison saying how much he liked it."

The Kray twins ruled the London underworld in the 1960s before they were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969 for the murders of two fellow gangsters.