Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s. Born and raised ...

is an English

keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instr ...

, composer and songwriter, most known as the keyboard player for

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

group

Yes Yes or YES may refer to: * An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no Education * YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US * YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...

. His solo albums have sold over 50 million copies.

Solo

Albums

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Non-album singles

Note: These are singles that were not taken from a regular album. These songs were only released in these singles or were included on future compilations. *1985: "Lytton's Diary" (for a TV series of the same name) *1994: "Light Up the Sky"

Compilations

*1997 ''Voyage'' (sub-titled "The Very Best of Rick Wakeman"; digitally remastered 2-CD set) *1999 ''The Masters'': compilation of tracks from the 1980s *2000 ''Recollections: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman 1973-1979'' *2002 ''Songs of Middle Earth (Inspired by The Lord of the Rings)''
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', A reissue of tracks from Heritage Suite and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, renamed to fit the Lord of the Rings theme. The artist does not consider this a release. *2004 ''Revisited'' (re-recordings of past material) *2015 ''After the Ball: The Collection'' (same tracks as Recollections) *2017 ''The Journey: The Essential Rick Wakeman'': Spectrum 3CD compilation from the A&M years. The 3rd CD features all of

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and White Rock.

Video games

*1993 ''

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With band or duo

With Strawbs

Other collaborations

*''Beyond the Planets'' (1984, with

Jeff Wayne Jeffry Wayne (born 1 July 1943) is an American-British composer, musician and lyricist. In 1978, he released ''Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'', his musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' science-fiction novel ''The War of ...

and

Kevin Peek Kevin Peek (21 December 1946 – 11 February 2013) was an Australian guitarist, playing both rock and classical music, best known for his work with the progressive rock band Sky. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and initially played ...

) *''Creepshow 2'' (1987, with Les Reed) *'' From Brush and Stone'' (2009, with

Gordon Giltrap Gordon Giltrap, MBE (born 6 April 1948) is an English guitarist and composer. His music crosses several genres. He has been described as "one of the most revered guitarists of his generation", and has drawn praise from fellow musicians including S ...

) *''Starmus'' (2014, with

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)

Guest appearances

References

External links

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