Biography
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Born
26 April 1943
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Born In
Cresskill, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
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Died
4 September 2023 (aged 80)
There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Gary Wright (born in Cresskill, NJ, on 26 April 1943; died 4 September 2023) was an American pop and rock keyboardist and singer-songwriter remembered for his song "Dream Weaver" and for being a member of 'Spooky Tooth';
2) Gary Wright is an Australian electronic musician contributing to the compilation album Electronic Music University of Melbourne in 1980, on the EMI sublabel EMI Custom Records;
3) Gary Wright (born 6 September 1971; died 7 January 2014) was an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist from Las Vegas.
1) Gary Wright (born in Cresskill, NJ, on 26 April 1943; died 4 September 2023) was an American pop and rock singer-songwriter remembered for his song "Dream Weaver" and for being a member of 'Spooky Tooth'. He also worked with 'Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band'.
Wright, a friend of George Harrison, appeared in a TV show at the age of 7. Later he came to Europe to continue studying psychology. In 1967 he joined the band Spooky Tooth as singer and keyboardist. After Spooky Tooth's split in 1974, he continued his solo career culminating in "Dream Weaver". The single peaked at #2 for 3 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, and went gold. It was also featured in the Wayne's World film and soundtrack. Later that year, his follow-up single "Love Is Alive" also reached #2 (for 2 weeks). Ronnie Montrose played guitar on the Gary Wright song "Power Of Love" from the Dream Weaver album.
This would be the last significant success Wright would achieve on the pop chart until 1981, when he returned with "Really Wanna Know You, a bouncy, bass-heavy pop song that hit #16. His 1981 song "Comin' Apart" was sampled by Armand van Helden in the 2004 club music anthem "My, My, My".
On June 8, 2010, Gary Wright released Connected, his first new pop/rock album in over 20 years. The album's lead single "Satisfied" has special guest appearances by Ringo Starr on drums, with both Joe Walsh and Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter on guitar. Wright continues to tour, most recently as a member of the supergroup 'Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band'.
2) Gary Wright is an Australian electronic musician contributing to the compilation album Electronic Music University of Melbourne in 1980, on the EMI sublabel EMI Custom Records.
3) Gary Wright (born 6 September 1971; died 7 January 2014) was an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist from Las Vegas.
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