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Nicky Hopkins

Personal information
Birth nameNicholas Christian Hopkins
Born24 February 1944
Perivale, North London, England
Died6 September 1994(age 50)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenresRock
OccupationSession musician
InstrumentsKeyboards (piano, organ, harpsichord, mellotron), melodica, accordion, vocals
Years active1960s � 1985
Associated actsRolling Stones, Bill Wyman, The Easybeats, The Who, The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jeff Beck, Neil Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Kinks, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Badfinger, Jerry Garcia Band, Mark-Almond Band, Sweet Thursday, Steve Miller Band, Cat Stevens, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Duncan Browne , Jackie Lomax, Screaming Lord Sutch, Carly Simon, Joe Cocker, Peter Frampton, Art Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Terry and the Pirates

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Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 - 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist.

He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician.

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Nicky Hopkins Video

You can download this show from the blog link on my profile. Recorded 12/20/1975, Winterland, San Francisco. Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals John Kahn - bass Nicky Hopkins - keyboards, vocals Ron Tutt - drums
8.67 min. | 4.86 user rating
This instrumental track was recorded in 1966 by Jeff Beck (lead guitars), Jimmy Page (12 string rhythm), John Paul Jones (bass), Keith Moon (drums) and Nicky Hopkins (piano). I had the extended version of this with backwards guitar at the end as the flip side of Beck's single, Hi Ho Silver Lining (1967). However it is best known as a track on Beck's album Truth (1968), minus this end bit. Here is the complete track. The following is paraphrased from Douglas J Noble's article written based on his interview with Beck: So how did Jimmy Page come to write 'Beck's Bolero'? 'Well, with some difficulty and largely without me! ..... I went over to Jim's house and he had this 12-string Fender and he loved the idea of using a bolero-type rhythm for a rock record. He was playing the bolero rhythm and I played the melody on top of it, but then I said, "Jim, you've got to break away from the bolero beat - you can't go on like that for ever!". So we stopped it dead in the middle of the song - like the Yardbirds would do on 'For Your Love' - then we stuck that riff into the middle......I was using a Les Paul for the lead guitar and for the backwards slide guitar through a Vox AC30 - it was the only amp I had and it was covered with beer! Actually, I think it was the beer that gave it it's sound! You can hear Moon screaming in the middle of the record over the drum break. If you listen after the drum break you can only hear the cymbal afterwards 'cause he knocked the mic over! Wonderful <b>...</b>
3.32 min. | 4.94 user rating
Quicksilver Messenger Service with the title track from the album Shady Grove, featuring the extraordinary guitar work of John Cipollina, and keyboards by the influential Nicky Hopkins, both passed, RIP. The yellow video playing along with the audio is, uh, oh, some old psychedelic thing, a sub genre from a band probably long forgotten, they were called Sgt. Marine or something like that, I think, one of the songs of theirs that got FM radio airplay was about smoking beatles or roaches or peppers or something like that to get high... This is a revision of the original, hurried video, intended as a test of stereo sound on YouTube. (you had to reduce the video bit rate and upload as a stereo .flv back in those days to sneek past yootoob video post upload processing - all while the original was kept in storage, can you imagine?) Anyway, for better video and stereo sound see my upload of Shady Grove at www.youtube.com Support the music! The audio CD "Shady Grove" is available and can be found on Amazon or Ebay. Or hear it live in concert! Gary & David put on a hell of a show! quicksilvermessengerservice.com True concert footage of Quicksilver Messenger Service remains rare, and any hardcore fan of the band will want to get the limited edition 3 DVD set "Recoil" which includes never before seen video (seen by me anyway) of Quicksilver Messenger Service live in concert! A truly bitchin' extended psychedelic version of Who Do You Love is my personal fave! Watching the duel lead <b>...</b>
3.02 min. | 4.91 user rating
From the Album Dark Horse Credits: - Drums: Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner - Piano: Nicky Hopkins - Bass: Willie Weeks - Guitars and vocals: George Harrison "Now the winter has come To eclipse out the sun That has lighted my love for sometime And a cold wind now blows Not much tenderness flows From the heart of someone feeling so tired And he feels so alone With no love of his own So sad, so bad, so sad, so bad While his memory raced With much speed and great haste Through the problems of being there In his heart at arm's length Held within its great strength To ward off such a great despair But he feels so alone With no love of his own So sad, so bad, so sad, so bad Take the dawn of the day And give it away To someone who can fill the part Of the dream we once held Now it's got to be shelved It's too late to make a new start And he feels so alone With no love of his own So sad, so bad, so sad, so bad"
5.05 min. | 5.0 user rating
THE TIN MAN WAS A DREAMER NICKY HOPKINS (1944-1994)was an English pianist and organist.
2.33 min. | 4.93 user rating
âªâ«âª Angie - 1972 Demo Version 25th - 30th November & 6th - 21st December, 1972 Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica 16:9 HD Clip 6000kBits/s / Audio 320kBit/s 48000Hz Mick Jagger - Vocals Keith Richards & Mick Taylor - Acoustic Guitars Charlie Watts - Drums Bill Wyman - Bass Nicky Hopkins - Piano Nicky Harrison - Arrangement For Strings Unknown Musicians - Strings Jimmy Miller - Producer Andy Johns - Chief Engineer I wanted the look of a sketch and a painting for the clip - yer PC is not broken! Needless to say, THIS IS BETTER THAN THE ALBUM VERSION!!! It's for you know who... ANGIE (Jagger / Richards) Angie, Angie When will those dark clouds all disappear? Angie, Angie Where will it lead us from here? With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats You can't say we're satisfied But Angie, Angie You can't say we never tried Angie, you're beautiful, yes But ain't it time we said goodbye? Angie, I still love you Remember all those nights we cried All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke Let me whisper in your ear Angie, Angie Where will it lead us from here? Oh Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet I hate that sadness in your eyes But Angie, Angie Ain't it time we said goodbye? Yeah But Angie, I still love you baby Everywhere I look I see your eyes There ain't a woman that comes close to you Come on, baby, dry your eyes But Angie, Angie Ain't it good to be alive? Angie, Angie They can't say we never tried NICKY HOPKINS <b>...</b>
4.98 min. | 5.0 user rating
Live recording of the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart doing You Shook Me and Let Me Love You featuring Jeff Beck-guitar, Rod Stewart-vocals, Ron Wood-bass, Nicky Hopkins-piano and Tony Newman-drums. Recorded mid-1969 in the US but other info known. Killer tone from Jeff.
8.92 min. | 4.90 user rating
Instrumental Stones Rolling we love you - brian - jagger - watts - Bill - keith - Nicky Hopkins on piano "We Love You" is a rock song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, first released as Decca single F12654 in the UK by The Rolling Stones on August 18, 1967, with a B-side of "Dandelion". It went top ten in Britain, peaking at #8, but only made it to #50 in the United States where "Dandelion" (reaching #14) was promoted as the A-side. This single's two tracks would be the final Stones recordings receiving a production credit for band manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Nicky Hopkins - Piano
2.98 min. | 5.0 user rating
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Just for Love - parts 1 and 2 (1970) Dino Valenti - guitar, vocals Gary Duncan - guitar, vocals John Cipollina - guitar David Freiberg - bass, vocals Greg Elmore - drums Nicky Hopkins - keyboards
4.55 min. | 4.84 user rating
From the album Imagine Credits: John Lennon: Piano Klaus Voormann: Bass Alan White: Drums John Barham: Vibes Nicky Hopkins: Piano How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing? How can I go forward when I don't know which way to turn? How can I go forward into something that I'm not sure of? Oh no, Oh no, How can I have feeling if I don't know if it's a feeling? How can I feel something if I just don't know how to feel, How can I have feelings when my feelings have always been denied? Oh no, Oh no, How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving? How can I give love when I just don't know how to give? How can I give love when love is something I aint never had? Oh no, Oh no, You know life can be long, And you have got to be so strong, And the world is so tough sometimes I feel I have had enough, Oh no, Oh no, How can we go forward when we don't know which way we're facing? How can we go forward when we don't know which way to turn? How go forward into something we're not sure of? Oh no, Oh no.
3.77 min. | 4.93 user rating

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antiMUSIC.com---...- Charlie Watts (drums), Bill Wyman (bass), Mick Taylor (guitars) with Bobby Keys (saxophones), Jim Price (horns) and -Nicky Hopkins- (piano). ... - Date : Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:47:42 GMT+00:00
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FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung--Wer kennt -Nicky Hopkins-? Er spielte für die Rolling Stones und alle, die sonst noch Rang und Namen haben, Klavier. Jetzt gibt es endlich eine Biographie. ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:51:02 GMT+00:00
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Los Angeles Times--Rolling Stones: A letter about the Rolling Stones in Sunday's Calendar section said -Nicky Hopkins- played piano on the band's song "Let's Spend the Night ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 07:00:51 GMT+00:00
CD REVU: Rolling Stones' 'Exile on Main Street' reissue - Daily Breeze Tweet this news
Daily Breeze--Stephen Marcussen's remastering job peels away much of the murk of the original, allowing us to hear sonic details such as -Nicky Hopkins-' stellar piano work ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 21:34:35 GMT+00:00
Behind the bonus tracks on Exile on Main St - Times Online Tweet this news
Times Online--Bar-room piano by -Nicky Hopkins- introduces period Jagger vocals on a rolling blues tune. Perhaps the strongest of the “new” songs, a break-up ballad freshly ... - Date : Sat, 08 May 2010 22:24:57 GMT+00:00
Rush: a fan's notes - Macleans.ca Tweet this news
Macleans.ca---...- peripheral performers who became half-members; players like Billy Preston, Ian Stewart, and -Nicky Hopkins- made entire careers out of being that guy. ... - Date : Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:19:08 GMT+00:00

The Rolling Stones

UK studio albums
1964 �1967
The Rolling Stones (1964) * The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965) * Out of Our Heads (1965) * Aftermath (1966) * Between the Buttons (1967)
US studio albums
1964 �1967
England's Newest Hit Makers (1964) * 12 X 5 (1964) * The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) * Out of Our Heads (1965) * December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) * Aftermath (1966) * Between the Buttons (1967)
Studio albums
1967 �present
Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) * Beggars Banquet (1968) * Let It Bleed (1969) * Sticky Fingers (1971) * Exile on Main St. (1972) * Goats Head Soup (1973) * It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974) * Black and Blue (1976) * Some Girls (1978) * Emotional Rescue (1980) * Tattoo You (1981) * Undercover (1983) * Dirty Work (1986) * Steel Wheels (1989) * Voodoo Lounge (1994) * Bridges to Babylon (1997) * A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPsThe Rolling Stones (1964) * Five by Five (1964) * Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albumsGot Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966) * Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970) * Love You Live (1977) * "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982) * Flashpoint (1991) * Stripped (1995) * No Security (1998) * Live Licks (2004) * Shine a Light (2008)
CompilationsBig Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966) * Flowers (US) (1967) * Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969) * Made in the Shade (1975) * Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971 �1977 (1979) * Sucking in the Seventies (1981) * Rewind (1971 �1984) (1984) * Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993) * Forty Licks (2002) * Rarities 1971 �2003 (2005) * Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition) (2010)
Post-contract
ABKCO albums
Hot Rocks 1964 �1971 (1971) * More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972) * Metamorphosis (1975) * Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) * The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) * Singles 1963 �1965 (2004) * Singles 1965 �1967 (2004) * Singles 1968 �1971 (2005) * Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
Decca albums
Stone Age (1971) * Gimme Shelter (1971) * Milestones (1972) * Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972) * No Stone Unturned (1973) * Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975) * Solid Rock (1980) * Slow Rollers (1981)
Miscellaneous albumsJamming with Edward! (1972)
Box setsThe Rolling Stones Box Set (2009)
DVD releasesStones at the Max (1992) * The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995) * Bridges to Babylon Tour '97 �98 (1998) * Four Flicks (2003) * The Biggest Bang (2007)
DocumentariesGimme Shelter (1970) * Cocksucker Blues (1972) * Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1974) * 25x5 � The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989) * Shine a Light (2008) * Stones in Exile (2010)
ToursEuropean Tour 1967 * American Tour 1969 * European Tour 1970 * UK Tour 1971 * American Tour 1972 * Pacific Tour 1973 * European Tour 1973 * Tour of the Americas '75 * Tour of Europe '76 * US Tour 1978 * American Tour 1981 * European Tour 1982 * Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour * Voodoo Lounge Tour * Bridges to Babylon Tour * No Security Tour * Licks Tour * A Bigger Bang Tour
CollaboratorsBlondie Chaplin * Lisa Fischer * Bernard Fowler * Nicky Hopkins * Darryl Jones * Bobby Keys * Chuck Leavell * Ian McLagan * Billy Preston * Jim Price
Producers and managementAndrew Loog Oldham * Allen Klein * Jimmy Miller * The Glimmer Twins * Steve Lillywhite * Chris Kimsey * Don Was
Related articlesDiscography * Jagger/Richards * Nanker Phelge * Rolling Stones Records * Altamont Free Concert * Rolling Stones Mobile Studio * The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus * The Mick Jagger Centre * Peter Meaden

The Rolling Stones singles discography

Decca/London singles1963: "Come On" / "I Want to Be Loved" * "I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned"
1964: "Not Fade Away" / "Little by Little" (UK) * "Not Fade Away" / "I Wanna Be Your Man" (US) * "It's All Over Now" / "Good Times, Bad Times" * "Tell Me" / "I Just Want to Make Love to You" * "Time Is on My Side" / "Congratulations" * "Little Red Rooster" / "Off the Hook" * "Heart of Stone" / "What a Shame"
1965: "What a Shame" / "Heart of Stone" * "The Last Time" / "Play with Fire" * "Play with Fire" / "The Last Time" * "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US) * "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" (UK) * "Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" (US) * "Get Off of My Cloud" / "The Singer Not the Song" (UK) * "As Tears Go By" / "Gotta Get Away"
1966: "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By" (UK) * "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "Sad Day" (US) * "Paint It, Black" / "Stupid Girl" (US) * "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" (UK) * "Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane" * "Lady Jane" / "Mother's Little Helper" * "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" / "Who's Driving Your Plane"
1967: "Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday" * "Ruby Tuesday" / "Let's Spend the Night Together" * "We Love You" / "Dandelion" * "Dandelion" / "We Love You" * "In Another Land" / "The Lantern" * "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home"
1968: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Child of the Moon" * "Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations" *
1969: "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Rolling Stones/Atlantic
singles
1971: "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" (live) (UK) * "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (US) * "Wild Horses" / "Sway" * "Street Fighting Man" / "Surprise, Surprise"
1972: "Tumbling Dice" / "Sweet Black Angel" * "Happy" / "All Down the Line"
1973: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" / "Sad Day" * "Angie" / "Silver Train" * "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" / "Dancing with Mr. D"
1974: "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" / "Through the Lonely Nights" * "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" / "Dance Little Sister"
1975: "I Don't Know Why" / "Try a Little Harder" * "Out of Time" / "Jiving Sister Fanny"
1976: "Fool to Cry" / "Crazy Mama" * "Hot Stuff" / "Fool to Cry"
Rolling Stones/Virgin
singles
1978: "Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes" * "Beast of Burden" / "When the Whip Comes Down" * "Respectable" / "When the Whip Comes Down" * "Shattered" / "Everything Is Turning to Gold"
1980: "Emotional Rescue" / "Down in the Hole" * "She's So Cold" / "Send It to Me"
1981: "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" / "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" * "Start Me Up" / "No Use In Crying" * "Waiting on a Friend" / "Little T&A" * "Little T&A" / "Waiting on a Friend"
1982: "Hang Fire" / "Neighbours" * "Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live) * "Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live)
1983: "Undercover of the Night" / "All the Way Down"
1984: "She Was Hot" / "Think I'm Going Mad" * "Think I'm Going Mad" / "She Was Hot" * "Too Tough" / "Miss You" * "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" * "Too Much Blood" / "Too Much Blood"
1986: "Harlem Shuffle" / "Had It With You" * "Winning Ugly" / "Winning Ugly" * "One Hit (To the Body)" / "Fight"
1989: "Mixed Emotions" / "Fancy Man Blues" * "Sad Sad Sad" / "Sad Sad Sad" * "Rock and a Hard Place" / "Cook Cook Blues"
1990: "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Break the Spell" (US) * "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Wish I'd Never Met You" (UK) * "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" * "Terrifying" / "Wish I'd Never Met You"
1991: "Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live) * "Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live) * "Sex Drive" / "Sex Drive"
Virgin singles1994: "Love Is Strong" / "The Storm" * "Love Is Strong" / "So Young" * "You Got Me Rocking" / "Jump On Top of Me" * "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "So Young" * "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "Sparks Will Fly"
1995: "Sparks Will Fly" / "Sparks Will Fly" * "I Go Wild" / (remixes) * "Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line"
1996: "Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live)
1997: "Anybody Seen My Baby?" / (remixes) * "Flip the Switch" / "Flip the Switch"
1998: "Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" / "Anyway You Look At It" * "Out of Control" / (remixes) * "Gimme Shelter" (live) / "Gimme Shelter" (live)
2002: "Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix)
2003: "Sympathy for the Devil" (remix) / (remixes)
2005: "Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice" * "Oh No, Not You Again" / "Oh No, Not You Again" * "Rain Fall Down" / (remixes)
2006: "Biggest Mistake" / "Dance Pt. 1" (live) / "Before They Make Me Run"
2007: "Paint It, Black"
2008: "Gimme Shelter" * "Sympathy for the Devil" * "She's a Rainbow"
2009: "Wild Horses"
2010: "Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line"

The Jeff Beck Group

Studio albumsTruth * Beck-Ola (Cosa Nostra) * Rough and Ready * Jeff Beck Group
Songs"You Shook Me" * "Shapes of Things" * "Barabajagal" (with Donovan)
Related articlesThe Yardbirds * Faces * Jeff Beck * The Rolling Stones * Beck, Bogert & Appice



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