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Rick Wakeman

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  • 1949 - Present Day

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for his solo albums, contributing to the BBC comedy series Grumpy Old Men and for Rick's Place, his former radio show on Planet Rock that aired until December 2010. Born in west London, Wakeman purchased his first electronic keyboard at 12 years of age. In 1968, he studied the piano, clarinet, orchestration and modern music at the Royal College of Music before leaving after a year in favour of session music work. He went on to feature on songs by artists including Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, T. Rex, Elton John and Cat Stevens. Wakeman joined the folk group Strawbs in 1969 and played on three of their albums. He first joined Yes in 1971 to replace Tony Kaye, and left the group in 1974 to work on his solo career. He returned in 1976 before leaving with lead vocalist Jon Anderson in 1980. Wakeman was part of the side project Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, a group of ex-Yes members formed in 1989, and the eight-member Yes lineup that followed until his third departure in 1992. He returned for two years in 1995 and once more in 2002, where he was part of the band's 35th anniversary tour until its end in 2004. Wakeman began his solo career during his first run with Yes. His perhaps most known records being his first three, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974) and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975). He has produced over 100 solo albums that have sold more than 50 million copies. In November 2010, Wakeman was awarded the Spirit of Prog award at the annual Marshall Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Wakeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Birthday: 1949-05-18

Born At: Perivale, London, England

Casted In:

Yessongs
29190
Yes: Live At Montreux
34938
Yes: Songs From Tsongas - 35th Anniversary Concert
34939
Lisztomania
67298
Rick Wakeman: Live From Buenos Aires
86424
YesYears
86450
Yes: Live In Philadelphia 1979
87585
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus
90706
Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss
128570
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
137879
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace
139129
Eco Rock Festival
203136
Yes: Classic Artists
252198
Prog Rock Britannia
262591
Celebrating Jon Lord: Deep Purple and Friends
300446
Rick Wakeman: Out There
311603
Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
431472
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
571745

Crewed In:

Midnight in Saint Petersburg
23608
The Burning
24124
Crimes of Passion
40814
She
47345
G'olé!
53810
Lisztomania
67298
In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley
75326
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
137879
White Rock
379363
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