Rick Wakeman
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-05-18
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.
Also Known For
When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World of the Concept Album
May 06, 2016
Yes: Live at Montreux 2003
Mar 27, 2007
Yes - Songs From Tsongas - 35th Anniversary Concert
Jan 01, 2005
Yessongs
Mar 12, 1975
Yes: Close to the Edge
Nov 13, 2013
Rick Wakeman: Made in Cuba
Jul 17, 2006
Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble , Special Guest Brian May – Live At Starmus
Lisztomania
Oct 10, 1975
A Week In The Life Of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Oct 20, 1989
The New Sound of Music
Jan 01, 1979
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus
Oct 12, 1993
Rick Wakeman & English Rock Ensemble Live From Buenos Aires
Feb 03, 2001
Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss
Oct 01, 2004
Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Live at Hampton Court Palace
Oct 13, 2009
Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Oct 05, 2009
Eco Rock Festival
Sep 20, 2004
Rick Wakeman: The Legend - Live in Concert 2000
Jun 01, 2000
Moog
Sep 17, 2004
Celebrating Jon Lord: Deep Purple and Friends
Sep 01, 2014
Rick Wakeman: Out There
Jan 01, 2004
Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Apr 24, 1975
YesYears
Aug 06, 1991
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Oct 22, 1994
Prog Rock Britannia
Jan 02, 2009
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
May 09, 2017
Yes: The New Director's Cut
Aug 01, 2008
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe In The Big Dream
Dec 04, 1989
Rick Wakeman: The Classical Connection
Sep 07, 1991
Yes: Live In Philadelphia 1979
Jun 21, 1979
Yes - Live at the Apollo
Sep 07, 2018
Yes: Classic Artists
Jun 18, 2007
YES: Fragile
Dec 02, 2002
Yes: Keys To Ascension
Jan 01, 1996
Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs of a Madman
Oct 14, 2014
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Aug 20, 2013
Crimes of Passion
Oct 19, 1984
Roger Dean: Views
Sep 15, 2001
Yes: Yesspeak
Nov 24, 2003
David Bowie: London Boy
Jan 10, 2021
Rick Wakeman - Live Portraits
Jan 08, 2019
Celebrating Jon Lord - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Sep 26, 2014
Yes: Greatest Video Hits
Jun 12, 2005
David Bowie: Finding Fame
Feb 09, 2019
Tales from the Tour Bus: Rock 'n' Roll on the Road
Apr 25, 2015
Prog Rock at the BBC
Jan 01, 2009
Yes - Union Live
Jan 06, 2011
Yes - Union Tour Denver
May 09, 1991
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
May 03, 2015
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Countdown
Nov 02, 1982
Celebrity Mastermind
Dec 26, 2003
The Alphabet Game
Aug 05, 1996
Live at Jongleurs
Jun 18, 1997
What the Dickens?
May 28, 2008
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Nov 12, 1996
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Oct 24, 2011
Grumpy Old Men
Oct 10, 2003
Songs of Praise
Feb 04, 2001
Perspectives
Apr 24, 2011
The Chase: Celebrity Special
Oct 29, 2011
Have I Got News for You
Sep 28, 1990
Omnibus
Oct 13, 1967