Rick Wakeman
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
72
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-05-18 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Perivale, London, England
Rick Wakeman
Biography
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.
Known For
The One Show
Top Gear
Have I Got News for You
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Omnibus
Lisztomania
Moog
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
An Audience with...
YesYears
Yessongs
The Chase: Celebrity Special
Celebrity Mastermind
Roger Dean: Views
Rick Wakeman - Live Portraits
Prog Rock Britannia
Yes - Union Live
Yes: Acoustic
Rick Wakeman: The Legend - Live in Concert 2000
Rick Wakeman: The Classical Connection
Songs of Praise
Yes: Yesspeak
Perspectives
Crimes of Passion
Yes: Classic Artists
Countdown
Yes - Live at the Apollo
Prog Rock at the BBC
Rick Wakeman & English Rock Ensemble Live From Buenos Aires
What the Dickens?
The Alphabet Game
The Music Biz
Grumpy Old Men
David Bowie: Finding Fame
Top Gear: From A-Z
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Live at Jongleurs
Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs of a Madman
Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss
YES: Fragile
David Bowie: London Boy
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
Yes: The New Director's Cut
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Yes - Songs From Tsongas - 35th Anniversary Concert
Yes: Keys To Ascension
Yes - Union Tour Denver
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe In The Big Dream
Yes: Live In Philadelphia 1979
Keyboard Wizards - The Ultimate Anthology
Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Yes: Live at Montreux 2003
Yes: Close to the Edge
Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Rick Wakeman: Out There
The New Sound of Music
Celebrating Jon Lord - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World of the Concept Album
Tales from the Tour Bus: Rock 'n' Roll on the Road
A Week In The Life Of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Live at Hampton Court Palace
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus
Celebrating Jon Lord
Rick Wakeman: Made in Cuba
Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble , Special Guest Brian May – Live At Starmus
Eco Rock Festival
Yes: Greatest Video Hits
Synopsis (This is not music)
Rick Wakeman: The Return of the Caped Crusader Part 2
