Richard Wright

Richard Wright

Birthday: 1943-07-28

Deathday: 2008-09-15

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Also known as: Rick Wright, Pink Floyd

imdb_id: nm0942739

Biography:

Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English musician who co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He played keyboards and sang, appearing on almost every Pink Floyd album and performing on all their tours. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Pink Floyd. Wright grew up in Hatch End, Middlesex, and met his future Pink Floyd bandmates Roger Waters and Nick Mason while studying architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London. After being joined by frontman and songwriter Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd found commercial success in 1967. Barrett was replaced by David Gilmour in 1968, who, along with Waters and Wright, took over songwriting. Initially contributing more as a singer-songwriter, Wright later acted mainly as an arranger on compositions by Waters and Gilmour. He began to contribute less towards the end of the 1970s and left the band after touring The Wall in 1981. He rejoined as a session player in 1987 for A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and rejoined full-time for The Division Bell in 1994. Sessions with Wright during this period were later released on the 2014 album The Endless River. Away from Pink Floyd, Wright recorded two solo albums and was briefly active in the pop duo Zee with Dave Harris of Fashion. Following Pink Floyd's Live 8 appearance in 2005, he became part of Gilmour's touring band, singing occasional lead vocals on songs such as "Arnold Layne". Wright died from lung cancer in London in September 2008, aged 65. Wright's jazz influences and distinctive keyboard playing were an important part of the Pink Floyd sound. As well as playing Farfisa and Hammond organs and Kurzweil synthesisers, he sang regularly in the band and took lead vocals on songs such as "Remember a Day" (1968), "Time" (1973) and "Wearing the Inside Out" (1994).

Played in movies:

Pink Floyd: The Story

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 7: 1967–1972: Continu/ation

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 6: 1972: Obfusc/ation

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 1: 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 3: 1969: Dramatis/ation

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 2: 1968: Germin/ation

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary Blu-ray)

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd: Live Anthology

Score: 10.0

Pink Floyd ‎– KQED

Score: 9.2

Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972

Score: 9.0

Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert

Score: 9.0

Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez

Score: 9.0

Pink Floyd - The Wall, Live At The Earl's Court

Score: 9.0

Pink Floyd: Pulse

Score: 8.4

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

Score: 8.1

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

Score: 8.1

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987-2019

Score: 8.0

Pink Floyd: Live at Knebworth

Score: 8.0

Pink Floyd: The Endless River

Score: 8.0

Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996

Score: 8.0

The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74

Score: 8.0

Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder

Score: 8.0

The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

Score: 7.8

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

Score: 7.8

David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Score: 7.7

Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd

Score: 7.5

Live 8

Score: 7.4

Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

Score: 7.3

The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth

Score: 7.3

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon

Score: 7.3

Pink Floyd - Live in Toronto

Score: 7.0

Pink Floyd - Live in Moscow 1989

Score: 7.0

Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

Score: 7.0

Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)

Score: 7.0

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

Score: 7.0

Sound of the City: London 1964-73

Score: 7.0

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Score: 7.0

David Gilmour : Live In Gdańsk

Score: 7.0

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

Score: 7.0

A Technicolor Dream

Score: 7.0

Pink Floyd - Divided We Fall - The Wall: Live At Earl‘s Court

Score: 6.8

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

Score: 6.7

Stamping Ground

Score: 6.7

Pink Floyd - The Later Years Vol 4: Knebworth Concert 1990

Score: 6.3

Pink Floyd: Live in Venice

Score: 6.2

Pink Floyd: Hangar Rehearsals

Score: 6.0

Richard Wright: Wet Dream (2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)

Score: 6.0

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle

Score: 6.0

Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review

Score: 6.0

Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour

Score: 6.0

Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974

Score: 5.9

Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floyd

Score: 5.8

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)

Score: 5.0

Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Remixed & Updated)

Score: 3.0

Pink Floyd (Live at Brighton Dome) 1972

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Immersion Box Set)

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - The Later Years Vol 5: Ian Emes Endless River Film

Score: 0.0

David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - Would You Buy A Ticket To This Show?

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Rehearsal 1987

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - The Later Years: Venice Concert 1989 & Knebworth Concert 1990

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 5: 1971: Reverber/ation

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 4: 1970: Devi/ation

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wall

Score: 0.0

Chit Chat with Oysters

Score: 0.0

David Gilmour at London Mermaid Theatre

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: The Division Bell (20th Anniversary Box Set)

Score: 0.0

Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971

Score: 0.0

Superstars in Concert

Score: 0.0

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - The Later Years Vol 3 - Pulse

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd - The Later Years: Documentaries and unreleased material

Score: 0.0

David Gilmour - Gdansk Diary

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2

Score: 0.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1

Score: 0.0

Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Seven Ages of Rock

Score: 9.0

Classic Albums

Score: 7.7

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Score: 6.0