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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 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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Films Featuring Richard Wright

A Technicolor Dream

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

Pink Floyd: Pulse

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

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

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

Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974

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

Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

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

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2

Pink Floyd: Live Anthology

David Gilmour - Gdansk Diary

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

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

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

Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder

Pink Floyd: The Later Years, Vol 3 - Pulse

Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)

Pink Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd

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

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

Superstars in Concert

Live 8

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

Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971

Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd

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

David Gilmour: Remember That Night

Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez

Pink Floyd: The Endless River

David Gilmour at London Mermaid Theatre

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

Chit Chat with Oysters

David Gilmour: Live In Gdańsk

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

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

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

Stamping Ground

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: The Early Years, Vol 3 - Dramatis/ation

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

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

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

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

Pink Floyd: Live in Venice

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

Sound of the City: London 1964-73

The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert

Pink Floyd: The Story

Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes

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

Pink Floyd: Live at Knebworth

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987-2019

Pink Floyd: KQED

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

Pink Floyd: Knebworth Concert 1990

Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Rehearsal 1987

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

David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine

Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972

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

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3

Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4

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

Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary

Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum