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Gary Malcolm Wright (April 26, 1943 – September 4, 2023) was an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive". Wright's breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver (1975), came after he had spent seven years in London as, alternately, a member of the British blues rock band Spooky Tooth and a ...
The song has been heard in many films and television programs. According to Wes Craven, the song (and its keyboard intro/outro) inspired the concept behind the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street. [19] Wright re-recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 1992 film Wayne's World. [20] He performed the song on an episode of The Midnight Special ...
The Dream Weaver is a solo album by American singer and musician Gary Wright released in July 1975.. The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-keyboard album (though there were many all-synthesizer LPs before this, including Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos, in 1968), but in fact it also features drums, vocals, and guitar, among other instruments.
Gary Wright -- the singer-songwriter best known for his iconic single "Dream Weaver," has died. He was 80.Wright died Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, according to his son ...
Gary Wright, best known for the 1970s hits "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive," died Monday morning at his home in Palos Verdes Estates.
Gary Wright, the musician best known for his hit singles “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” died Monday. Gary Wright, singer of the mid-1970s hit 'Dream Weaver,' dies at 80 Skip to main ...
She performed the song on her first 1976 ABC-TV special [8] and on a 1977 BBC special. [9] Her rendition was also included as a bonus track on the 2010 Japanese re-issue of her album Totally Hot . Chaka Khan covered the track as "My Love Is Alive" on her 1984 album I Feel For You (album) .
In his weird and luscious signature song, Gary Wright, who died Monday at age 80, captured a vision of tomorrow haunted by the memory of yesterday. With 1975's spooky, synthy 'Dream Weaver,' Gary ...