Gary Wright

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Performance by the British band Spooky Tooth in Kiel, 1969. Gary Wright on keyboard.

Gary Wright (born April 26, 1943 in New Jersey ) is an American musician .

Life

Gary Wright appeared on a television show as a child. In the 1960s he came to Europe (including Berlin) to study psychology . In 1967 he became a member of the Spooky Tooth group . The group broke up several times and regrouped. In the meantime, he pursued a solo career that culminated in 1976 with the hits Dream Weaver and Love is Alive . The album The Dream Weaver reached number 7 on the album charts and should remain his most successful. Until the early 1980s, he continued to release albums and singles quite successfully, which could place in the Billboard 200 album charts and the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, but he could not repeat the success of Dream Weaver . The albums released after that were far less commercially successful and no longer placed in the charts.

Wright has also worked as a composer for numerous artists and bands. His tracks have been interpreted by Judas Priest , Joe Cocker , Peter Frampton , Foreigner , George Harrison , Kenny Loggins and Manfred Mann's Earth Band , among others . Wright also worked as a sound mixer on numerous Eric Clapton productions .

Discography

Albums

• 1971: Extraction
• 1972: Footprint
• 1975: The Dream Weaver - Billboard 200 # 7
• 1977: The Light of Smiles - Billboard 200 # 23
• 1977: Touch and Gone - Billboard 200 # 117
• 1979: Headin 'Home - Billboard 200 # 147
• 1981: The Right Place - Billboard 200 # 79
• 1988: Who I Am
• 1995: First Signs of Life
• 1999: Human Love
• 2008: Waiting to Catch the Light
• 2010: Connected

Singles

• 1976: Dream Weaver - Billboard Hot 100 # 2
• 1976: Love Is Alive - Billboard Hot 100 # 2
• 1976: Made To Love You - Billboard Hot 100 # 79
• 1977: Phantom Writer - Billboard Hot 100 # 43
• 1978: Touch and Gone - Billboard Hot 100 # 73
• 1981: Really Wanna Know You - Billboard Hot 100 # 16
• 1981: Heartbeat - Billboard Hot 100 # 107

As a guest musician (selection)

• 1970: All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
• 1971: In London - BB King
• 1971: Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson
• 1973: Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough - Jerry Lee Lewis
• 1973: Living in the Material World - George Harrison
• 1974: Goodnight Vienna - Ringo Starr
• 1974: Dark Horse - George Harrison
• 1975: Extra Texture (Read All About It) - George Harrison
• 1976: Thirty Three & 1/3 - George Harrison
• 1979: George Harrison - George Harrison
• 1981: Face Value - Phil Collins
• 1987: Cloud Nine - George Harrison

Web links

• Official Website of Gary Wright (English)
• Gary Wright in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gary Wright at Allmusic (English)