A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
Nicky Hopkins played on five songs on the Volunteers album, including the title track. The Airplane invited him to appear with them at Woodstock, where you can hear him towards … Continue readingJefferson Airplane: Volunteers
Hopkins played on eight of the ten tracks on 1968’s Beggars Banquet album. No wonder it says ‘Thanks, Nicky’ on the sleeve.
Nicky Hopkins was nobbut a teenager when he provided piano on this 1963 hit for Big Cyril.
Nicky Hopkins contributed piano and a melodica solo to this 1966 ditty, which topped the singles chart. Ray Davies says that producer Shel Talmy, who was also responsible for yesterday’s … Continue readingThe Kinks: Sunny Afternoon
This was written as an instrumental by the members of the vocal group the Avons, Valerie Murtagh, Elaine Murtagh and Ray Adams. It was recorded on November 21, 1962, and … Continue readingThe Shadows: Dance On!
Nicky Hopkins again on this 1965 track, the Who’s second single. Later that year he played on three further tracks for their debut album My Generation – A Legal Matter, … Continue readingThe Who: Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
AS the Daily Mail wails and gnashes its teeth over the demise of Boris Johnson (will this do, Prime Minister, can I have my peerage now?) it’s worth remembering that Johnson once … Continue readingJohnson and a most unsavoury incident
This is apparently the only track by all four Beatles to feature Nicky Hopkins (on electric piano) although he appeared on several solo Moptop efforts.
Nicky Hopkins (see yesterday) appears on a dozen tracks on the Exile on Main Street album, including this one led by his forceful joanna.
Solo performance from the session pianist who added so much to songs by the Stones, Who, Beatles and many more before his untimely death from Crohn’s Disease at the age … Continue readingNicky Hopkins: The Homecoming