Artist's albums
The Very Best Of Gary Wright
1998 · compilation
Footprint
1971 · album
The Right Place
1981 · album
The Light Of Smiles
1977 · album
The Dream Weaver
1975 · album
Ring Of Changes
2016 · album
The WB Years 1975 - 1981
2014 · album
Dream Weaver
2014 · single
Get Your Hands Up
2011 · single
Connected
2010 · album
Satisfied
2010 · single
That Feelin
2009 · single
Love Is Alive (Remix)
2009 · single
The Light of a Million Suns
2008 · EP
Waiting to Catch the Light
2008 · album
Extraction
2006 · album
The Motion of Hidden Fire
2005 · EP
First Signs of Life
2005 · album
Headin' Home
2005 · album
Touch And Gone
2005 · album
Human Love
2004 · album
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Biography
Most closely associated with his atmospheric 1976 smash "Dream Weaver," singer Gary Wright was born April 26, 1943 in Creskill, NJ; a former child actor who appeared on Broadway in a production of Fanny, he fronted a number of local rock bands during his high school years before turning his attention to psychology, completing his studies in Berlin at Frei University. In 1967, Wright's band, the New York Times, opened for Traffic, bringing him to the attention of Island Records honcho Chris Blackwell, who in turn introduced the singer to the members of the band Art; relocating to London, Wright joined the band, soon renamed Spooky Tooth and later emerging among the UK's premier hard rock outfits. When Spooky Tooth temporarily disbanded in 1970, Wright jumped ship to form Wonderwheel, concurrently playing keyboards on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass; the two eventually became close friends and collaborators, together taking a trip to India which inspired the mystical themes of Wright's subsequent solo efforts. He returned to Spooky Tooth in 1973, but when the band again dissolved the following year he returned to his solo career, scoring his greatest success with 1975's The Dream Weaver; both the title track and "Love Is Alive" reached number two on the Billboard pop charts, and the album -- one of the first created solely via synthesizer technology -- achieved platinum status. Follow-ups including Light of Smiles, 1977's Touch and Gone, and 1979's Headin' Home failed to repeat The Dream Weaver's success, however, and in 1981 Wright notched his final chart hit with "Really Wanna Know You," from The Right Place. From there he composed a series of film scores, including 1985's Fire and Ice, which topped the German charts; Wright's first solo album in seven years, Who Am I, featured contributions from Indian classical greats Lakshmi Shankar and L. Subramanium. In 1991, he remade "Dream Weaver" for the soundtrack of the hit film comedy Wayne's World, and in 1995 issued his first world music effort, First Signs of Life. Human Love followed five years later. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi