Richard Wright

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Age

Movies

100

Born: July 28, 1943 – September 15, 2008
From: London, England, UK

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).

Works

100 films

Live 8

20057.4

David Gilmour: Live In Gdańsk

20087.0

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

19728.0

Pink Floyd: Pulse

19958.4

Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983

2007

David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine

2007

David Gilmour: Remember That Night

20077.7

Pink Floyd: Live in Venice

19896.9

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

20107.5

Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez

19709.0

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's The Wall (The Ultimate Critical Review)

20076.0

Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder

19898.2

Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 2 - Delicate Sound of Thunder

2019

Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert

20059.0

Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

20127.3

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2

2004

Stamping Ground

19716.2

Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder [Remastered]

2026

Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 7 - Continu/ation

201610.0

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1

2014

Pink Floyd: Live at Knebworth

19908.0

Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival

1970

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

2016

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5

2004

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1

2004

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

2016

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

20037.3

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

20237.3

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

201610.0

Superstars in Concert

1984

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

20118.1

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4

2004

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

20037.8

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3

2004

Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes

2006

David Gilmour - Gdansk Diary

2008

Pink Floyd: Knebworth Concert 1990

20196.3

Sound of the City: London 1964-73

19737.0

Richard Wright: Wet Dream

2023

The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

20077.8

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

201610.0

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

201610.0

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

2023

Pink Floyd: The Endless River

20148.0

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

201610.0

Pink Floyd - Live in Moscow 1989

19897.0

Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 5 - Unreleased Live Films, Music Videos & Concert Screen Films

2019

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2

2014

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

20057.0

A Technicolor Dream

20086.7

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary)

2025

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

20056.8

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary)

2023

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

2011

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle

20076.3

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

20048.0

Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR

1971

Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)

202210.0

Pink Floyd: Live In Venice

1989

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

200810.0

Chit Chat with Oysters

2013

Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972

20169.0

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

20008.0

Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 4 - Venice Concert 1989/Knebworth Concert 1990

2019

Pink Floyd - P.U.L.S.E. Restored & Re-edited

2022

Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd

2024

David Gilmour at London Mermaid Theatre

2006

Pink Floyd: The Story

199410.0

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

2014

Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum

1980

Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 1 - Surround and Hi-Res Audio Mixes

2019

Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 3 - Pulse

2019

Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)

19707.0

Pink Floyd: Hangar Rehearsals

19876.0

Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice

2020

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

19707.0

Pink Floyd: Live Anthology

200510.0

Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)

20127.0

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

20116.0

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

2007

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987-2019

20198.0

Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 6 - Documentaries & Unreleased Material

2019

Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968

1968

Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971

2021

Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary

2004

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

2011

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

20105.8

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

19748.0

Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Rehearsal 1987

2019

Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974

20055.9

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

20115.0

Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

19757.0

Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court

1980

Pink Floyd (Live at Brighton Dome) 1972

2026

Pink Floyd - Live in Toronto

19947.0

Pink Floyd: KQED

19709.2

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

1988

Pink Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd

2011

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

20193.0

Pink Floyd Live Dortmund 1981

2026