Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably on songs recorded by
the Rolling Stones
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,
the Kinks
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,
the Who
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,
the Beatles
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, the
Steve Miller Band
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,
Jefferson Airplane,
Rod Stewart
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,
George Harrison
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,
John Lennon
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,
Paul McCartney
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,
Ringo Starr
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,
The Hollies
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,
Cat Stevens
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,
Carly Simon
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,
Harry Nilsson
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,
Joe Walsh
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,
Peter Frampton
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,
Jerry Garcia
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,
Jeff Beck
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,
Joe Cocker
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,
Art Garfunkel
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Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top-10 ...
,
Badfinger
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,
Graham Parker
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,
Gary Moore
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, and
Donovan
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. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest studio pianists in the history of popular rock music.
Early life
Nicholas Christian Hopkins was born in
Perivale
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Perivale is mostly residential, with a library, community centre, a number of parks and open ...
,
Middlesex
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, England, on 24 February 1944. He began playing the piano at the age of three. He attended Sudbury Primary School in Perrin Road
and Wembley County Grammar School, which now forms part of
Alperton Community School
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, and was initially tutored by a local piano teacher; in his teens he won a scholarship to the
Royal Academy of Music
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in London.
He suffered from
Crohn's disease
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for most of his life.
His poor health and repeated surgery later made it difficult for him to tour, and he worked mainly as a
session musician
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for most of his career. Hopkins's studies were interrupted in 1960 when he left school at 16 to become the pianist with
Screaming Lord Sutch
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's
Savages until, two years later, he and fellow Savages Bernie Watson, Rick Brown (aka
Ricky Fenson
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The Rolling Stones
He briefly played with an early version of The Rolling Stones before he was replaced by Bill Wym ...
) and
Carlo Little
Carl O'Neil Little (17 December 1938 – 6 August 2005), better known by his stage name Carlo Little, was a rock and roll drummer, based in the London nightclub scene in the 1960s. He played in an early version of the Rolling Stones. Little ...
joined the renowned blues harmonica player
Cyril Davies
Cyril Davies (23 January 1932 – 7 January 1964) was an English blues musician, and one of the first blues harmonica players in England.
Biography
Born at St Mildred's, 15 Hawthorn Drive, Willowbank, Denham, Buckinghamshire, he was the son ...
, who had just left
Blues Incorporated
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, and became the
Cyril Davies (R&B) All-Stars.
Hopkins played piano on their first single, Davies's much-admired theme tune "Country Line Special".
However, he was forced to leave the All Stars in May 1963 for a series of operations that almost cost him his life and he was bed-ridden for 19 months in his late teenage years. During Hopkins's convalescence Davies died of
leukemia
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and the All Stars disbanded.
Hopkins's frail health led him to concentrate on working as a session musician instead of joining bands, although he left his mark performing with a wide variety of famous bands.
He quickly became one of London's most in-demand session pianists and performed on many hit recordings from this period.
With the Rolling Stones
Hopkins played with the Rolling Stones on all their studio albums from ''
Between the Buttons
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'' in 1967 through until ''
Tattoo You
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'' in 1981, except for ''
Some Girls
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'' (1978). Among his contributions, he supplied the prominent piano parts on "
We Love You
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" and "
She's a Rainbow
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" (both 1967), "
Sympathy for the Devil
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It is consi ...
", "
No Expectations
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", and "
Salt of the Earth" (1968), "
Gimme Shelter
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" and "
Monkey Man
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" (1969), "
Sway" (1971), "
Loving Cup
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Loving cups ...
" and "
Ventilator Blues" (1972), "
Coming Down Again", "
Angie", and "
Winter
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" (1973), "
Time Waits for No One
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" (1974), "
Fool to Cry
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The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Taylor had just left the band and the Stones were left without a lead guitar ...
" (1976), and "
Waiting on a Friend" (recorded 1972, released in 1981). When working with the band during their critical and commercial zenith in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hopkins tended to be employed on a wide range of slower ballads, uptempo rockers and acoustic material; conversely, longtime ''de facto'' Stones keyboardist
Ian Stewart only played on traditional
major key
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The group features a '' tonic note'' and its corresponding '' chords'', ...
blues rock
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numbers of his choice, while
Billy Preston
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often featured on soul- and funk-influenced tunes. Hopkins's work with the Rolling Stones is perhaps most prominent on their 1972 studio album, ''
Exile on Main St.
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'', where he contributed in a variety of musical styles.
Along with
Ry Cooder
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,
Mick Jagger
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,
Bill Wyman
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and
Charlie Watts
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Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...
, Hopkins released the 1972 album ''
Jamming with Edward!'' It was recorded in 1969, during the Stones' ''
Let It Bleed
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'' sessions, when guitarist
Keith Richards
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was not present in the studio. The eponymous "Edward" was an
alias
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of Nicky Hopkins derived from studio banter with
Brian Jones
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. It was also incorporated into the title of Hopkins's instrumental song "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder", recorded with
Quicksilver Messenger Service
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and released on ''
Shady Grove'' in December 1969. Hopkins also contributed to the ''Jamming With Edward!'' cover art.
One memorable tale about Hopkins' repute among fellow keyboard players was during his tenure with the Rolling Stones. According to Small Faces keyboard player
Ian McLagan
Ian Patrick McLagan (; 12 May 1945 – 3 December 2014) was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was in ...
,
Ian Stewart played McLagan the album ''The Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends'', and in particular the track Ghetto. Both were thrilled by the piano work performed by
Leon Russell. Stewart then told McLagan he had played it to Hopkins once, who then promptly sat at the piano and played the entire song perfectly. Stewart's comment was "that's what I hate about him". McLagan further elaborated that "I understood his frustration, as neither of us could compete with Nicky as a piano player. Our talents are our own, but we couldn't just play something that brilliant after hearing it for the first time. He really was annoyingly, incredibly talented".
Hopkins was added to the Rolling Stones touring line-up for the
1971 Good-Bye Britain Tour, as well as the
1972 North American tour and the
1973 Pacific tour. He contemplated forming his own band with multi-instrumentalist
Pete Sears
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and drummer
Prairie Prince
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around this time but decided against it after the Stones tour. Hopkins failed to make the Rolling Stones'
1973 European tour due to ill health and, aside from a guest appearance in 1978, did not play again with the Stones live on stage.
With the Kinks
Hopkins was invited in 1965 by producer
Shel Talmy
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Talmy arranged and produced hits such as "You Really Got Me" ...
to record with
the Kinks
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. He recorded four studio albums: ''
The Kink Kontroversy
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'' (1965), ''
Face to Face'' (1966), ''
Something Else by The Kinks'' (1967) and ''
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society'' (1968).
The relationship between Hopkins and the Kinks deteriorated after the release of ''The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society'', however Hopkins maintained that "about seventy percent" of the keyboard work on the album was his and was incensed when
Ray Davies
Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voca ...
apparently credited himself for most of the keyboard playing.
Despite Hopkins's grudge against him, Davies spoke positively of his contributions in a ''
New York Times
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'' interview in 1995, a few months after Hopkins' death:
Nicky, unlike lesser musicians, didn't try to show off; he would only play when necessary. But he had the ability to turn an ordinary track into a gem – slotting in the right chord at the right time or dropping a set of triplets around the back beat, just enough to make you want to dance. On a ballad, he could sense which notes to wrap around the song without being obtrusive. He managed to give "Days," for instance, a mysterious religious quality without being sentimental or pious.
Nicky and I were hardly bosom buddies. We socialized only on coffee breaks and in between takes. In many ways, I was still in awe of the man who in 1963 had played with the Cyril Davies All Stars on the classic British R & B record, "Country Line Special." I was surprised to learn that Nicky came from Wembley, just outside of London. With his style, he should have been from New Orleans, or Memphis.
... His best work in his short spell with the Kinks was on the album ''Face to Face.'' I had written a song called "Session Man," inspired partly by Nicky. Shel Talmy asked Nicky to throw in "something classy" at the beginning of the track. Nicky responded by playing a classical-style harpsichord part. When we recorded "Sunny Afternoon," Shel insisted that Nicky copy my plodding piano style. Other musicians would have been insulted but Nicky seemed to get inside my style and he played exactly as I would have. No ego. Perhaps that was his secret.
With the Who
Hopkins was first invited to join
the Who
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by Shel Talmy in 1965, while recording their debut album ''
My Generation
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''. Due to his ill health, he never performed with the band on stage and appeared only sporadically in the next decade, performing select tracks on ''
Who's Next
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'' (1971), before making a full return in 1975 on ''
The Who by Numbers
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''.
Hopkins, given his long association with the Who, was a key instrumentalist on the soundtrack for
Ken Russell
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’s 1975 film, ''
Tommy
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''. Hopkins played piano on several tracks and is acknowledged in the album's liner notes for his work on arrangements for most of the songs.
Solo albums and soundtrack work
In 1966, Hopkins released ''The Revolutionary Piano of Nicky Hopkins,'' produced by
Shel Talmy
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Talmy arranged and produced hits such as "You Really Got Me" ...
. His next solo project released was ''
The Tin Man Was a Dreamer *
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'' in 1973 under the aegis of producer
David Briggs, best known for his work with
Neil Young
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and
Spirit
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. Other musicians appearing on the album include
George Harrison
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(credited as "George O'Hara"),
Mick Taylor
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of the Rolling Stones, and
Prairie Prince
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. Re-released by Columbia in 2004, the album features rare Hopkins vocal performances.
His next solo album, entitled ''No More Changes'', was released in 1975. Appearing on the album are Hopkins (lead vocals and all keyboards), David Tedstone (guitars), Michael Kennedy (guitars), Rick Wills (bass), and Eric Dillon (drums and percussion), with back-up vocals from Kathi McDonald, Lea Santo-Robertie,
Doug Duffey and Dolly. A third album, ''Long Journey Home'', has remained unreleased. He also released three
soundtrack albums in Japan between 1992 and 1993, ''The Fugitive'', ''Patio'' and ''Namiki Family''.
Other groups
In 1967, he joined
the Jeff Beck Group
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First ...
. Intended as a vehicle for former
Yardbirds guitarist
Jeff Beck
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, the band also included vocalist
Rod Stewart
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, bassist
Ronnie Wood
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Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a nu ...
and drummer
Micky Waller
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. He remained with the ensemble through its dissolution in August 1969, performing on ''
Truth
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'' (1968) and ''
Beck-Ola'' (1969). He also began to record for several
San Franciscan groups, including the
New Riders of the Purple Sage
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, the
Steve Miller Band
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and
Jefferson Airplane, with whom he recorded the album ''
Volunteers
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'' and also performed in the
Woodstock
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. ...
Festival. From 1969 to 1970, Hopkins was a full member of
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, ...
, appearing on ''
Shady Grove'' (1969), ''
Just for Love
''Just for Love'' is the fourth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Released in August 1970, it marks the culmination of a transition from the extended, blues- and jazz-inspired improvisations of their first tw ...
'' (1970) and ''
What About Me'' (1970). In 1975, he contributed to the ''
Solid Silver
''Solid Silver'' is the eighth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service and their mid-1970s comeback album, reuniting the band's entire core lineup.
Though the album charted slightly higher than their previous two rel ...
'' reunion album as a session musician.
By this point Hopkins was one of Britain's best-known session players, particularly through his work with the Rolling Stones and after playing electric piano on
the Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
' "
Revolution
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". Further raising his profile, he contributed to several
Harry Nilsson
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who reached the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal ove ...
albums in the early 1970s, including ''
Nilsson Schmilsson
''Nilsson Schmilsson'' is the seventh studio album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records in November 1971. It was Nilsson's most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the numbe ...
'' and ''
Son of Schmilsson'', and recordings by
Donovan
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...
.
![Quicksilver Messenger Service 1970](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Quicksilver_Messenger_Service_1970.JPG)
In 1969, Hopkins was a member of the short-lived
Sweet Thursday, a quintet comprising Hopkins,
Alun Davies (who worked with
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in ...
),
Jon Mark
Jon Mark (born John Michael Burchell; 8 May 1943 – 10 February 2021) was an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his recordings with Marianne Faithfull, Sweet Thursday, John Mayall and Mark-Almond. Mark, who received a ...
, Harvey Burns and Brian Odgers. The band completed their
eponymous debut album; however, the project was doomed from the start. Their American record label,
Tetragrammaton Records
Tetragrammaton Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by music industry executives Roy Silver, Bruce Post Campbell, Marvin Deane, and comedian Bill Cosby. Silver, at the time, was also Cosby's manager. The term "Tetragrammaton" ref ...
, abruptly declared bankruptcy
[, ] (by legend, the same day the album was released)
with promotion and a possible tour never happening.
In August 1975, he joined the
Jerry Garcia Band
The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975; it remained the most important of his various side projects until his death in 1995. The band regularly tour ...
, envisaged as a major creative vehicle for the guitarist during the mid-seventies hiatus of the
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...
. His increasing use of alcohol precipitated several erratic live performances, resulting in him leaving the group by mutual agreement after a December 31 appearance. During 1979–1989, he was playing and touring with Los Angeles-based
Night
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, who had a hit with a cover of
Walter Egan
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
's "Hot Summer Nights". In addition to recording with the Beatles in 1968, Hopkins worked with each of the four when they went solo. Between 1970 and 1975, he appeared on many projects by
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
,
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...
and
Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...
, making key contributions to their critically acclaimed respective solo albums ''
Imagine
Imagine may refer to:
* Imagination
Music Albums
* ''Imagine'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2008
* ''Imagine'' (Eva Cassidy album), 2002
* ''Imagine'' (Janice Vidal album), 2012
* ''Imagine'' (John Lennon album), 1971
** ''Imagine: John Lennon' ...
'', ''
Living in the Material World
''Living in the Material World'' is the fourth studio album by English musician George Harrison, released in 1973 on Apple Records. As the follow-up to 1970's critically acclaimed ''All Things Must Pass'' and his pioneering charity project, th ...
'' and ''
Ringo''. He worked only once with
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
, on the latter's 1989 album ''
Flowers in the Dirt
''Flowers in the Dirt'' is the eighth studio solo album by Paul McCartney. The album was released on 5 June 1989 on Parlophone, as he was embarking on his first world tour since the Wings Over the World tour in 1975–76. It earned McCartney som ...
''.
Hopkins also performed with
Graham Parker
Graham Thomas Parker (born 18 November 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
Life and career Early career (1960s–1976)
Parker was born in Hackney, East L ...
's backing band
the Rumour
The Rumour was an English rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known as the backup band for Graham Parker, whose early records (from 1976 to 1980) were credited to Graham Parker & The Rumour. However, The Rumour also ...
after their keyboardist
Bob Andrews left the band.
Later life
Hopkins lived in
Mill Valley, California
Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States, located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge and from Napa Valley. The population was 14,231 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 ...
, for several years. During this time he worked with several local bands and continued to record in San Francisco. One of his complaints throughout his career was that he did not receive
royalties
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from any of his recording sessions, because of his status at the time as merely a "hired hand", as opposed to
pop star
A pop icon is a celebrity, character, or object whose exposure in popular culture is regarded as constituting a defining characteristic of a given society or era. The usage of the term is largely subjective since there are no definitively object ...
s with agents. He received songwriting credit for his work with the Jeff Beck Group, including an instrumental, "Girl From Mill Valley", on the 1969 album ''
Beck-Ola''.
His precarious health, a consequence of Crohn's disease and its complications, made touring very difficult, limiting him largely to studio work. Only Quicksilver Messenger Service, through its manager
Ron Polte
Ronald Thomas Polte (April 24, 1932 – September 14, 2016) was an American manager in the California Bay Area rock and roll scene. He was well known as the manager of the psychedelic music groups, The Ace of Cups quintet, one of the earliest a ...
, who went to great lengths to treat his musicians fairly, as well as with assent of the band's members, included Hopkins in an ownership stake. Towards the end of his life Hopkins worked as a composer and orchestrator of
film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...
s, with considerable success in Japan.
In the early 1980s, Hopkins credited the
Church of Scientology
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-affiliated
Narconon
Narconon International (commonly known as Narconon) is a Scientology organization which promotes the theories of founder L. Ron Hubbard regarding substance abuse treatment and addiction. Its parent company is the Association for Better Li ...
rehabilitation program with curing his drug and alcohol addiction so he ultimately remained a
Scientologist
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for the rest of his life. As a result of his religious affiliation, he contributed to several of
L. Ron Hubbard
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author, primarily of science fiction and fantasy stories, who is best known for having founded the Church of Scientology. In 1950, Hubbard authored '' Dianeti ...
's musical recordings.
In 1993, Hopkins,
Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr B ...
,
Terry Reid
Terrance James Reid (born 13 November 1949) is an English rock vocalist and guitarist. He has performed with high-profile musicians, as a supporting act, session musician, and sideman.
Biography
Reid was born in Paxton Park Maternity Home, L ...
,
Rick Rosas
Rick "Rick the Bass Player" Rosas (September 10, 1949 – November 6, 2014) was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles. Though largely known for his long collaboration with Neil Young, throu ...
, and
Phil Jones put together an informal group called The Flew. They played one show at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. This was Hopkins's last public performance before his death.
Death
![Nicky Hopkins Commemorative Plaque](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Nicky_Hopkins_Commemorative_Plaque.jpg)
Hopkins died on 6 September 1994, at the age of 50, in
Nashville, Tennessee
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, from complications resulting from intestinal surgery related to his lifelong battle with Crohn's disease. At the time of his death, he was working on his autobiography with
Ray Coleman
Ray Coleman (15 June 1937, Leicester – 10 September 1996, Shepperton) was a British author and music journalist.
Career
Coleman was the former editor-in-chief of '' Melody Maker'' known for his biographies of The Beatles. Besides ''Melody ...
.
Legacy and recognition
Songwriter and musician
Julian Dawson
Julian Dawson (born 4 July 1954 in London) is a British singer–songwriter, guitarist and author. His style has been compared to Wilco and Ron Sexsmith. He is fluent in German and French. Outside his solo work, acts he has recorded with (as si ...
collaborated with Hopkins on one recording, the pianist's last, in spring 1994, a few months before his death. After Ray Coleman's death, the connection led to Dawson working on a definitive biography of Hopkins, first published by
Random House
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in German in 2010, followed in 2011 by the English-language version with the title ''And on Piano ... Nicky Hopkins'' (a hardback in the UK via Desert Hearts, and a paperback in North America via Backstage Books/Plus One Press).
On 8 September 2018, the Nicky Hopkins "piano" park bench memorial, crowdfunded through
PledgeMusic
PledgeMusic was an online direct-to-fan music platform, launched in August 2009. It was started to facilitate musicians looking to pre-sell, market, and distribute projects; such as recordings and concerts. It bore similarities to other artist p ...
, was unveiled in
Perivale
Perivale () is an area of Greater London, west of Charing Cross. It is the smallest of the seven towns which make up the London Borough of Ealing.
Perivale is mostly residential, with a library, community centre, a number of parks and open ...
Park near Hopkins' birthplace.
The campaign offered the opportunity for pledgers to have their name inscribed on the bench and contribute towards funding a music scholarship at London's
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...
, where Hopkins himself won a scholarship in the 1950s. Names that have pledged in the campaign include
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...
,
Keith Richards
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,
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.
Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...
,
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a nu ...
,
Bill Wyman
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,
Yoko Ono Lennon,
Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the Rock music, rock band The Who.
Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Ge ...
,
Jimmy Page
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,
Hossam Ramzy
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,
Johnnie Walker
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and
Kenney Jones
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. A quote about Hopkins by
Bob Harris appears on the bench.
On what would have been Hopkins' 75th birthday (24 February 2019), th
Nicky Hopkins Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Musicwas created, and on 19 October 2019, a commemorative plaque on his childhood home, 38 Jordan Road,
Perivale
Perivale () is an area of Greater London, west of Charing Cross. It is the smallest of the seven towns which make up the London Borough of Ealing.
Perivale is mostly residential, with a library, community centre, a number of parks and open ...
, donated by the
Ealing Council
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History
There have previously been a number of ...
and Ealing Civic Society, was unveiled.
In 2021, it was announced that a documentary about his life, called
The Session Man', was in production.
Discography
Solo albums
*''
The Revolutionary Piano of Nicky Hopkins'' (1966)
*''
The Tin Man Was a Dreamer *
''The Tin Man Was a Dreamer'' is a studio album by English musician Nicky Hopkins, released in 1973 on Columbia Records. While Hopkins had long been well known for his distinctive, melodic style on piano and Wurlitzer electric piano, the al ...
'' (1973)
*''No More Changes'' (1975)
Soundtracks
* ''The Fugitive'' (1992)
* ''Patio'' (1992)
* ''Namiki Family'' (1993)
Selected performances and collaborations
;with
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically d ...
*''
Their Satanic Majesties Request
''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' is the 6th British and 8th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in December 1967 by Decca Records in the UK and by London Records in the US. It is their first to be relea ...
'' (1967);
*"
We Love You
"We Love You" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones that was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It was first released as a single on 18 August 1967, with "Dandelion" as the B-side. The song peaked at number eight in Bri ...
" (1968)
*"
She's a Rainbow
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" (1968)
*"
Sympathy for the Devil
"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones and the opening track from the band's 1968 album ''Beggars Banquet''. The song is a product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership.
It is consi ...
" (1968)
*"
Street Fighting Man
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" (1968)
*"
Gimme Shelter
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. Released as the opening track from band's 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. The song covers topics of war, murder, rape and fear. It features prominent guest vocals by American singe ...
" (1969)
*"
Monkey Man
Monkey Man may refer to:
Fiction
*Monkey Man (film), ''Monkey Man'' (film), a film starring and directed by Dev Patel
* Axwell Tiberius, the eponymous simian character in the 1993–1999 comic book series ''Monkeyman and O'Brien''
Songs
*Monkey M ...
" (1969)
*"
Sway" (1971)
*''
Exile on Main St.
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'' (1972)
*"
Angie" (1973)
*"
Time Waits for No One
Time Waits for No One may refer to:
* "Time Waits for No One" (Neil Sedaka song), 1970, popularized by the Friends of Distinction
* "Time Waits for No One" (Rolling Stones song), 1974
** '' Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977'', a compi ...
" (1974)
*"
Fool to Cry
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The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Taylor had just left the band and the Stones were left without a lead guitar ...
" (1976)
*"
Waiting on a Friend" (recorded 1972, released 1981)
;with
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...
*"
Morning Dew
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" (1967)
*''
Truth
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'' (1967)
*"Girl From Mill Valley" on ''
Beck-Ola'' (1969)
;with
Joe Cocker
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* ''
I Can Stand a Little Rain
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Background
In 1973, in the midst of uncertainty career-wise, Joe Cocker teamed up w ...
'' (1974)
*"
You Are So Beautiful
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" (1974)
* ''
Jamaica Say You Will
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'' (1975)
;with Art Garfunkel
* ''
Breakaway'' (1975)
* ''
Lefty
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*Lefty Bates (1920–2007), American Chicago blues guitarist
*Lefty Bertrand (1909–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher for one game
*Steve Carlton (born 1944), American ...
'' (1988)
;with
George Harrison
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* ''
Living in the Material World
''Living in the Material World'' is the fourth studio album by English musician George Harrison, released in 1973 on Apple Records. As the follow-up to 1970's critically acclaimed ''All Things Must Pass'' and his pioneering charity project, th ...
'' (1973)
* ''
Dark Horse
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Origin
Th ...
'' (1974)
* ''
Extra Texture (Read All About It)'' (1975)
;with
Jefferson Airplane
*"
Volunteers
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" (1969),
*"
Wooden Ships" (1969),
*"Eskimo Blue Day" (1969)
*"Hey Fredrick" (1969)
*
Woodstock
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Festival set
;with
The Kinks
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*''
The Kink Kontroversy
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'' (1965)
*''
Face to Face'' (1966)
*''
Something Else by The Kinks'' (1967)
*''
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society'' (1968)
; with
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
*''
Imagine
Imagine may refer to:
* Imagination
Music Albums
* ''Imagine'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2008
* ''Imagine'' (Eva Cassidy album), 2002
* ''Imagine'' (Janice Vidal album), 2012
* ''Imagine'' (John Lennon album), 1971
** ''Imagine: John Lennon' ...
'' (1971)
*"
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
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" (1971)
*''
Walls and Bridges
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'' album (1974)
;with
Quicksilver Messenger Service
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*''
Shady Grove'' (composer of "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder") (1969),
*''
Just for Love
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'' (1970)
*''
What About Me'' (composer of "Spindrifter") (1970)
;with
Ringo Starr
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* ''
Ringo'' (1973)
* ''
Goodnight Vienna
''Goodnight Vienna'' is the fourth studio album by Ringo Starr. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in Los Angeles, and released later that year. ''Goodnight Vienna'' followed the commercially successful predecessor '' Ringo'', and Starr used ...
'' (1974)
;with
Rod Stewart
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* ''
Foot Loose & Fancy Free
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The album is the second-to-last album of Stewart's acclaimed 1970s albums, beginning with ' ...
'' (1977)
* ''
Blondes Have More Fun
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'' (1978)
* ''
Every Beat of My Heart'' (1986)
;with
The Who
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*''
My Generation
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'' (1965),
*''
The Song Is Over
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'' and ''
Getting in Tune'' on ''
Who's Next
''Who's Next'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Who. It developed from the aborted '' Lifehouse'' project, a multi-media rock opera conceived by the group's guitarist Pete Townshend as a follow-up to the band's 1969 album '' ...
'' (1971),
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Let's See Action
"Let's See Action" is a song written and composed by Pete Townshend and recorded by the Who. It was released as a single in the UK in 1971 and reached #16 in the charts.
Song notes
The song is the first of three non-album singles by the Who, th ...
'' (1971)
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The Who by Numbers
''The Who by Numbers'' is the seventh studio album by English rock band the Who, released on 3 October 1975 in the United Kingdom through Polydor Records, and on 25 October 1975 in the United States by MCA Records. It was named the tenth-best a ...
'' (1975)
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Gene Clark - various recordings
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Amory Kane
Jack Daniel Kane Jr. (born March 28, 1946), known professionally as Amory Kane, is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for his work in Britain in the late 1960s.
Biography
He was born in San Francisco. His father was a military attachà ...
- various recordings
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Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in ...
- "
Matthew and Son
"Matthew and Son" is a single written, composed, and performed by Cat Stevens. It was selected as the title song for his 1967 debut album. Stevens was a newly signed teenage singer-songwriter, who performed to elaborate arrangements quite di ...
" on the album ''
Matthew and Son
"Matthew and Son" is a single written, composed, and performed by Cat Stevens. It was selected as the title song for his 1967 debut album. Stevens was a newly signed teenage singer-songwriter, who performed to elaborate arrangements quite di ...
'' (1967)
*
The Easybeats
The Easybeats were an Australian rock band that formed in Sydney in late 1964. They enjoyed a level of success that in Australia rivalled The Beatles. They became the first Australian rock act to score an international hit, with the 1966 sing ...
- "
Heaven & Hell", and an unreleased album titled ''Good Times'' (1967)
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The Beatles
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- "
Revolution
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" (single version) (1968)
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The Move
The Move were a British rock band of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. They scored nine top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. For most of their caree ...
- "Hey Grandma", "Mist on a Monday Morning", "
Wild Tiger Woman" (all 1968)
* The Raisins - "Sahara", "Under the Plump Pears" (1968)
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Brewer & Shipley
Brewer & Shipley are an American folk rock duo who enjoyed their peak success in the late 1960s through the 1970s, consisting of singer-songwriters Mike Brewer (born on April 14, 1944) and Tom Shipley (born on April 1, 1941). They were known ...
- ''
Weeds'' (1969)
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Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California. The band is led by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group had a string of mid- to late-1970s hit singles that are staples of classic rock, as ...
- "
Kow Kow", "
Baby's House" (which Hopkins co-wrote with
Miller
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) (1969)
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Jackie Lomax
John Richard Lomax (10 May 1944 – 15 September 2013) was an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his association with George Harrison, who produced Lomax's recordings for the Beatles' Apple record label in the late 1 ...
- ''
Is This What You Want?
''Is This What You Want?'' is the debut album by English rock and soul singer Jackie Lomax, released in 1969 on the Beatles' Apple record label. It was produced by George Harrison and features contributions from Harrison's Beatles bandmates Paul ...
'' (1969)
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P. J. Proby
P. J. Proby (born James Marcus Smith; November 6, 1938) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Proby recorded the singles " Hold Me", " Somewhere", and "Maria". In 2008, EMI released the greatest hits album '' Best of the EMI Years 1961 ...
- Reflections of Your Face (
Amory Kane
Jack Daniel Kane Jr. (born March 28, 1946), known professionally as Amory Kane, is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for his work in Britain in the late 1960s.
Biography
He was born in San Francisco. His father was a military attachà ...
) from "
Three Week Hero" (1969)
*
The Iveys
Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (musician), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (gu ...
- "See-Saw Granpa" on the album ''
Maybe Tomorrow'' (1969)
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Donovan
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...
- "
Barabajagal
''Barabajagal'' is the seventh studio album and eighth album overall from British singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the United States on 11 August 1969 ( Epic Records BN 26481 (stereo)), but was not released in the United Kingdom be ...
" (1969), ''
Essence to Essence
''Essence to Essence'' is the eleventh studio album, and thirteenth album overall, from British singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in both the UK (Epic SEPC 69050) and the US (Epic KE 32800) in December 1973.
History
By late 1973, Donov ...
'' (1973)
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Jamming with Edward
''Jamming with Edward!'' is a 1972 album by three Rolling Stones band members (Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman) accompanied by Nicky Hopkins and Ry Cooder.
Background
The album was recorded at London's Olympic Studio on April 2 ...
'' (jam session with
Ry Cooder
Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, an ...
,
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...
,
Bill Wyman
William George Wyman (né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who achieved international fame as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member ...
and
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.
Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...
(recorded 1969, released 1972)
*
The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks are an American alternative country and country rock band that emerged from the Twin Cities music scene in the mid-1980s. Led by vocalists/guitarists/songwriters Gary Louris and Mark Olson (musician), Mark Olson, their country rock ...
- "Two Angels" and "Martin's Song" on the album ''
Hollywood Town Hall
''Hollywood Town Hall'' is the third studio album by American rock band The Jayhawks. It peaked at number 11 on the '' Billboard'' Heatseekers chart and number 192 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The cover art for the album was shot in Hollywood Townsh ...
'' (1992)
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Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), " The Right Thin ...
- ''
No Secrets'' (1972)
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New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969 and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. The band is sometimes referred ...
- ''
Powerglide
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'' (1972)
*
Harry Nilsson
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who reached the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal ove ...
- ''
Son of Schmilsson'' (1972)
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Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan was posthumously inducted int ...
- "Jasper C. Debussy" (recorded 1966–67, released 1974)
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Martha Reeves
Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American R&B and pop singer. She is the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas which scored over a dozen hit singles, including " Come and Get These Memories", " Nowhere to R ...
- ''Martha Reeves'' (1974)
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Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English musician and songwriter who was a member of the rock bands Humble Pie and the Herd. As a solo artist, he has released several albums, including his major breakthrough album, the live ...
- ''
Somethin's Happening
''Somethin's Happening'' is the third studio album by English rock musician Peter Frampton, released in 1974. It reached #125 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 album chart.
Background
Following the release of the 1973 album ''Frampton's Camel'', ke ...
'' (1974)
*
Jerry Garcia Band
The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975; it remained the most important of his various side projects until his death in 1995. The band regularly tour ...
- ''
Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2'' (1975), ''
Garcia Live Volume Five'' (1975)
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Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top-10 ...
- ''
Breakaway'' (1975)
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Jerry Garcia
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- ''
Reflections'' (1976)
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Bill Wyman
William George Wyman (né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who achieved international fame as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member ...
- ''
Stone Alone
''Stone Alone'' is the second solo album by the Rolling Stones' bass guitarist Bill Wyman. It was released in 1976 by Rolling Stones Records. The album reached number 166 on the Billboard 200.
Van Morrison plays the saxophone in "A Quarter to Th ...
'' (1976)
*
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager (born Carol Bayer on March 8, 1947) is an American lyricist, singer, and songwriter.
Early life and career
Bayer Sager was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She grad ...
- ''Carole Bayer Sager'' (1977)
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Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong" and in 1987 fo ...
- ''
Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong" and in 1987 fo ...
'' (1977)
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Badfinger
Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (guitar). They are rec ...
- ''
Airwaves'' (1979)
*
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...
- "
More Than You Deserve
''More Than You Deserve'' is a musical written by Jim Steinman and Michael Weller, produced by Joseph Papp and directed by Kim Friedman. After a workshop production lasting two weekends in April 1973 at the Other Stage (now known as the LuEsthe ...
" from ''
Dead Ringer'' (1981)
*
Ron Wood Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
Ron or RON may also refer to:
Arts and media
* Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character
* Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character
*Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...
- ''
1234'' (1981)
*
Graham Parker
Graham Thomas Parker (born 18 November 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
Life and career Early career (1960s–1976)
Parker was born in Hackney, East L ...
- ''
Another Grey Area'' (1982)
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Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known professionally as Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, Pop music, p ...
- ''
White Heat
''White Heat'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly and Steve Cochran. Written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts (writer), Ben Roberts, ''White Heat'' is base ...
'' (1982)
*
Buzzy Linhart
William Charles "Buzzy" Linhart (March 3, 1943 – February 13, 2020) was an American rock performer, composer, multi-instrumentalist musician and actor.
Early life
Linhart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio ...
- ''The Four Sides of Buzzy Linhart'' (1982, EP)
*
Carl Wilson
Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's ''de ...
- ''
Youngblood'' (1983)
*
Belinda Carlisle
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Raised in ...
- ''
Belinda
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'' (1986)
*
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
- ''
Flowers in the Dirt
''Flowers in the Dirt'' is the eighth studio solo album by Paul McCartney. The album was released on 5 June 1989 on Parlophone, as he was embarking on his first world tour since the Wings Over the World tour in 1975–76. It earned McCartney som ...
'' (1989)
*
The Dogs D'Amour
The Dogs D'Amour are an English bluesey hard rock band formed in London in 1983. Over the years the band has had various line-ups, the only constant being vocalist Tyla. Their music has been described as a mixture of the Rolling Stones, the ...
- ''
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...
'' (1989)
*
Adam Bomb - ''New York Times'' (recorded in 1990, released in 2001)
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Spinal Tap - "Rainy Day Sun" on the album ''
Break like the Wind
''Break Like the Wind'' is a 1992 album by the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap. The songs include a range of genres, from the glam metal anthem "Bitch School" down to the skiffle satire of "All the Way Home". The title, and the album's tit ...
'' (1991)
*
Izzy Stradlin
Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born April 8, 1962), best known as Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist. He was a co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of their fame in 1991, and with whom he ...
- ''
Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds'' (1992)
*
Matthew Sweet
Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...
- ''
Altered Beast
''Altered Beast'' is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character chosen by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the demonic ruler of the underworld ...
'' (1993)
*
Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr B ...
- "Guilty of the Crime" on the album ''
A Future to This Life: Robocop – The Series Soundtrack'' (1994)
References
External links
Audio samples of some great Hopkins momentsThe official Nicky Hopkins website
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