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Richard Wright
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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 a…
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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).
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2026
Pink Floyd Live Dortmund 1981
Movie Self - Keyboard / Backing Vocals
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2026
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Movie Self - Keyboard / Backing Vocals
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2025
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary)
Movie Keyboards, Vocals
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2025
Eternal Return - PINK Edition
Movie Music
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2024
Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd
Movie Self
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2023
Richard Wright: Wet Dream
Movie Vocals, Keyboards
- 2023
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2023
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2023
- 2023
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2022
Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)
Movie Self
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2022
Pink Floyd - P.U.L.S.E. Restored & Re-edited
Movie Self
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2021
Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971
Movie Self
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2020
Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Pink Floyd: Knebworth Concert 1990
Movie Self
- 2019
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2019
Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 3 - Pulse
Movie Self
- 2019
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2019
Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987-2019
Movie Self
- 2019
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2016
Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972
Movie Self
- 2016
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2014
Pink Floyd: The Endless River
Movie Self
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2014
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1
Movie himself
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2014
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2
Movie himself
- 2014
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2013
Chit Chat with Oysters
Movie Self
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2012
Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)
Movie Self
- 2011
