Gary Wright
Gary Wright (born
April 26,
1943 in Creskill,
New Jersey,
USA) is an American
musician, most famous for his song "
Dream Weaver".
Gary Wright, a personal friend of
George Harrison, appeared in a TV show at the age of 7. Later he came to
Europe to continue studying
psychology. In
1967 he joined the band
Spooky Tooth as singer and keyboardist. After Spooky Tooth's split in
1974, he continued his solo career culminating in "Dream Weaver". The single peaked at #2 for 3 weeks on the
Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, and went gold. It was also featured in the
Wayne's World film and soundtrack. Later that year, his follow-up single "Love Is Alive" also reached #2 (for 2 weeks).
Ronnie Montrose played guitar on the Gary Wright song "Power Of Love" from the Dream Weaver album.
This would be the last significant success Wright would achieve on the pop chart until 1981, when he returned with "Really Wanna Know You", a bouncy, bass-heavy song that managed to hit #16.
His 1981 song "Comin' Apart" was sampled by
Armand van Helden in the 2004 club anthem "My, My, My".
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Official website *
"Essentials" on Rhapsody*
Three Remastered Albums on Rhapsody*
"Don't Try To Own Me", a music video by Gary Wright*
90s Dance Group "Third Party" doing "Love is Alive"*
The most covered song "Love Is Alive" on SingingFish.com
