Richard Wright

Known for ActingBorn 1943-07-28Died 2008-09-15London, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pink Floyd: Live Anthology

Pink Floyd: The Story

Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972

Seven Ages of Rock

Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert

Pink Floyd: KQED

Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

Pink Floyd: Pulse

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987-2019

Pink Floyd: The Endless River

Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder

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

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

Pink Floyd: Live at Knebworth

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

Pink Floyd: The Wall

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

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

Classic Albums

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

Live 8

Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

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

Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)

David Gilmour: Live In Gdańsk

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd - Live in Toronto

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Planetarium Experience

Pink Floyd - Live in Moscow 1989

Omnibus

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

Pink Floyd: Live in Venice

A Technicolor Dream

Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

Sound of the City: London 1964-73

Zabriskie Point