Nicky Hopkins

Nicholas Christian Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. He performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, including on songs recorded by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Hollies, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Badfinger, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Donovan. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest studio pianists in the history of popular rock music.^[1]

Nicky Hopkins
Hopkins in 1973
Background information
Birth name	Nicholas Christian Hopkins
Born	(1944-02-24)24 February 1944 Perivale, Middlesex, England, UK
Died	6 September 1994(1994-09-06) (aged 50) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Rock and roll boogie woogie blues
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Piano organ
Years active	1960–1994
Labels	CBS Fontana
Formerly of	Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers Cyril Davies All Stars Jerry Garcia Band the Kinks the Rolling Stones The Jeff Beck Group Steve Miller Band Quicksilver Messenger Service Night