Richard Wright (5,649 views)

Voice Type:  The Great Tenor In The Sky
Vocal Range: F2-G5
Associated Acts: Pink Floyd, Zee
Years Active: 1964-2008
Nationality: English

Richard Wright was the keyboardist, organist and pianist from the legendary british rock band Pink Floyd since their beggining.
At the first years Ricky was mainly responsable to adding to Floyd music the psychedelic sound along with lot of reverb in the guitars, the organ in songs like "Scream Thy Last Scream" or "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" or the live versions of "Set The Controls for The Heart Of The Sun" are good proof of this.
By early 70s, when the band sound was changing, Richard style in keyboard obviusly had to change, but always having that psychedelic and new rock essence; like the synthesizers, making new electronic textures; as the ones in songs like "Welcome To The Machine", "Any Colour You Like", "Dogs", "Have a Cigar" or "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)".
At the same time, he started to sing less in the band. Practically, after Dark Side Of The Moon (where he just sings for a minute in one song, Time) Richard voice isn't heared nevermore in Floyd material, if i recall right, just until 1994, where has the lead vocals in "Wearing the Inside Out". His voice can be heared mainly in the first albums of the band, at late 60s.
Wright died from lung cancer at his home in London on 15 September 2008, aged 65.
After his death, David Gilmour and Nick Manson used some samples and material of him to create the last Pink Floyd album, which is a tribute to him: The Endless River.
 
Significant High Notes:

G5 (“Apples and Oranges”, “Let’s Roll Another One”, “Point Me At The Sky”, “See Saw”)
F♯5 (“Apples and Oranges”)
E5 (“It Would Be So Nice”, “Point Me At The Sky” BBC 1968, “See Saw”)
E♭5 (“It Would Be So Nice”, “Matilda Mother”)
D5 (“Atom Heart Mother” live, “Candy and a Currant Bun”, “Point Me At The Sky”, “See Saw”, “Summer ‘68”)
C♯5 (“Candy and a Currant Bun”)
C5 (“Paintbox”)
B4 (“Atom Heart Mother” live, “Corporal Clegg", "It Would Be So Nice", "Matilda Mother”, “Point Me At The Sky”, “Remember A Day”, “A Saucerful Of Secrets”)
B♭4 (“A Saucerful Of Secrets”)
A4 (“Arnold Layne”, “Corporal Clegg", "Paintbox”, “Summer ‘68”)
G♯4 (“It Would Be So Nice", "Remember A Day”, “See Saw”)
G4 (“Matilda Mother”, “The Scarecrow”, “See Emily Play”, “See Saw”, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” alternate version, “Stay”)
F♯4 (“Arnold Layne”, “Breakthrough” live with David Gilmour, “Echoes”, “Matilda Mother”, “Summer ‘68”, “Time”)
F4 (“Holiday”, “It Would Be So Nice”, “Singing Arnold Layne", "Stay”, “Time”)
E4 (“Against The Odds", "Astronomy Domine", "Bike", "Chapter 24”, “Echoes”, "The Gnome", “Paintbox”, “Remember A Day”, “The Scarecrow”, “See Emily Play”, "Summer Elegy")

Significant Low Notes:

D3 (“Astronomy Domine" live BBC 1967, "Blue Room in Venice”, “Comfortably Numb” live Pulse, “Let There Be More Light”, “Remember A Day”, “See Saw”, "Seems We Were Dreaming", “Stay”, “Summer ‘68”, "Summer Elegy", "Voices")
C♯3 (“Along The Shoreline”, “Arnold Layne” live 2006, “Echoes" Abbey Road Studios 2006, "Far from the Harbour Wall", “Stay”, "Summer ‘68", "Wearing the Inside Out")
C3 (“Far From The Harbour Wall”, “Hidden Fear”, “Holiday”, “Night of a Thousand Furry Toys”, "Reaching for the Rail", “Voices", "Wearing the Inside Out”, “Woman Of Custom”)
B2 (“The Blue” live Gdańsk, “Comfortably Numb” live Pulse, “Breakthrough” live with David Gilmour, “Matilda Mother", "Pink’s Song”, "Reaching for the Rail")
B♭2 ("Far from the Harbour Wall", "Wearing the Inside Out”)
A2 (“Arnold Layne” live 2006, “Blue Room in Venice”, “Breakthrough” live with David Gilmour, “Hidden Fear”, “Matilda Mother”, “Night of a Thousand Furry Toys”, “Pink’s Song”, “Talking About Echoes Piano Intro”, “Woman Of Custom”)
G♯2 (“Matilda Mother”, “Woman Of Custom”)
G2 (“Night of a Thousand Furry Toys”)
F♯2 (“Humming Echoes Piano Part”)
F2 ("Wearing the Inside Out" live from Remember That Night)




*Underlines marks notes sung in backing vocals/harmonies.
*Italics marks non-melodic notes.
*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Boldface marks noteworthy singer's capabalities.