He's my fave all time pianist and had the ability to take an ordinary song and make it superb in my opinion.

1994 was an ordinary year for Stones history aside from the great VL album and tour with the deaths of this great musician and Mr Jimmy.

Many of you will be aware of this i'm sure but for those that aren't take a squizz at this for a resume:

The Kinks, The Kink Kontroversy (1965), Sunny Afternoon (1966), Face to Face (1966), "Mister Pleasant" (1967), "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" (1968)
The Who, "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (1965),[13] My Generation album (1965), "The Song Is Over" (1971), "Getting In Tune" (1971), "We're Not Gonna Take It [movie remix]" (1975), "They Are All in Love" (1975), "Slip Kid" (1975), "How Many Friends" (1975)
The Rolling Stones, "In Another Land" (1967), She's a Rainbow" (1967) on the Their Satanic Majesties Request album ,"We Love You" (1967), "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968), "Street Fighting Man" (1968), "Gimme Shelter" (1969), "Monkey Man" (1969), "Sway" (1971), "Tumbling Dice" and many others on the Exile on Main St. album (1972), "Angie" (1973), "Time Waits for No One" (1974), "Fool to Cry" (1976), "Waiting on a Friend" (recorded 1972, released 1981)
The Beatles, "Revolution" (single version) (1968)
John Lennon, "Jealous Guy" (1971), "How Do You Sleep?" (1971), "Oh My Love" (1971), "Oh Yoko!" (1971), "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1971), Walls and Bridges album (1974)
Paul McCartney, "That Day Is Done" from Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Ringo Starr, "Photograph" (1973), "You're Sixteen" (1973), "Step Lightly" (1973), "You and Me (Babe)" (1973), "No No Song" (1974)
George Harrison, "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" (1973),[14] Living in the Material World album (1973)
Joe Cocker, "You Are So Beautiful" (1974)
Jeff Beck, "Blues De Luxe", "Morning Dew" (1967), Truth (1967), and Hopkins's own self-penned "Girl From Mill Valley", on Beck-Ola. (1969)
Cat Stevens, "Matthew and Son" (1967), Matthew and Son (1967)
Marc Bolan, "Jasper C. Debussy" (1966-7, released 1974)
Donovan, "Barabajagal" (1969)
Jamming With Edward (jam session with Ry Cooder and some members of The Rolling Stones (recorded 1969, released 1972)
Quicksilver Messenger Service, "Shady Grove", "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder", "Spindrifter"
Jefferson Airplane, "Volunteers" (1969), "Wooden Ships" (1969), "Eskimo Blue Day" (1969), "Hey Fredrick" (1969), whole Woodstock set
Steve Miller Band "Kow Kow", "Baby's House (which Hopkins co-wrote with Miller)".
Carly Simon (1972), No Secrets
Peter Frampton, "Waterfall" and "Sail Away" (1974)
Jackie Lomax, "Sour Milk Sea" (1968)[15]
The Move, "Hey Grandma", "Mist on a Monday Morning", "Wild Tiger Woman" (all 1968)
The Easybeats, "Heaven & Hell", and an un-released album titled "Good Times" (1967)[1]
Jerry Garcia Band, Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2 (1975)
L. Ron Hubbard, "The Mining Song" (1982), "The Banker" (1982)
Dogs D'Amour, "Hurricane", "Trail of Tears", and "Princes Valium" from the Errol Flynn/King Of The Thieves album (1989)
The Jayhawks, "Two Angels" and "Martin's Song"[16] on the Hollywood Town Hall album (1992)
Joe Walsh, "Guilty of the Crime" from the A Future To This Life album (1994), the soundtrack from the Robocop television series
Gene Clark (various recordings)
Brewer & Shipley
P.J. Proby, Reflections of Your Face (Amory Kane) from "Three Week Hero" (1969)
Additional Amory Kane works

He is missed greatly. Lot of good Nicky stories in the Bobby Keyes book.

A wizard, nuff said!

It would be a great compilation, all the Stones songs he played on.

You know, I always felt sorry for Nicky. Nice looking man, but he usually looked so pale and very, very thin. He suffered from Crohn's Disease which I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

Rolling Stones tracks Nicky Hopkins played piano on unless noted:

Something Happened To Me Yesterday
Cool, Calm, Collected

We Love You
Citadel (harpsichord)
Dandelion (harpsichord)
In Another Land (harpsichord)
The Lantern
Sing This All Together
Sing This All Together (See What Happens)
Gomper (organ)
2000 Light Years From Home
2000 Man (organ)
She's A Rainbow
On With The Show

Dear Doctor
Family
No Expectations (and organ)
Still A Fool
Child Of The Moon
Stray Cat Blues
Street Fighting Man
Salt Of The Earth
Sympathy For The Devil
Jigsaw Puzzle

Sister Morphine
Jiving Sister Fanny (electric piano)
Loving Cup
Monkey Man
Gimme Shelter
Live With Me
You Got The Silver

Sway
Travelling Man
Good Time Women
Let It Rock (Leeds - played on Farewell Tour)

All Down The Line
Casino Boogie
Following The River
Happy
Let It Loose (and mellotron)
Pass The Wine (Sophia Loren)
Plundered My Soul
Rocks Off
Soul Survivor
Ventilator Blues
Rip This Joint
Torn And Frayed

EXILE tour

Can You Hear The Music
Fast Talking Slow Walking
100 Years Ago
Through The Lonely Nights
You Should Have Seen Her Ass
Separately
Dancing With Mr D
Coming Down Again
Waiting On A Friend
Angie
Windmill
Winter

Australasian Tour

Drift Away
Till The Next Goodbye
Time Waits For No One
Luxury
If You Really Want To Be My Friend
Fingerprint File

Act Together
Cherry Oh Baby (organ)
Fool To Cry (and string synth)
I Got A Letter

Send It To Me (snyth)
Indian Girl
No Use In Crying
Tops

he sounds like a very talented musician to have been part of so many great songs by various artists.

seems such a waste that he is barely known in todays musical circles while people like robbie williams are lauded for their "services to the music industry"

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Rolling Stones tracks Nicky Hopkins played piano on unless noted:

Something Happened To Me Yesterday
Cool, Calm, Collected

He doesn't play on Between The Buttons. Cool, Calm, Collected was recorded at RCA in August 1966.

The first Rolling Stones release to feature him was We Love You. This is according to the man himself and it's some what backd up by articles from the time.

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He's my fave all time pianist and had the ability to take an ordinary song and make it superb in my opinion.

1994 was an ordinary year for Stones history aside from the great VL album and tour with the deaths of this great musician and Mr Jimmy.

Many of you will be aware of this i'm sure but for those that aren't take a squizz at this for a resume:

The Kinks, The Kink Kontroversy (1965), Sunny Afternoon (1966), Face to Face (1966), "Mister Pleasant" (1967), "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" (1968)
The Who, "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (1965),[13] My Generation album (1965), "The Song Is Over" (1971), "Getting In Tune" (1971), "We're Not Gonna Take It [movie remix]" (1975), "They Are All in Love" (1975), "Slip Kid" (1975), "How Many Friends" (1975)
The Rolling Stones, "In Another Land" (1967), She's a Rainbow" (1967) on the Their Satanic Majesties Request album ,"We Love You" (1967), "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968), "Street Fighting Man" (1968), "Gimme Shelter" (1969), "Monkey Man" (1969), "Sway" (1971), "Tumbling Dice" and many others on the Exile on Main St. album (1972), "Angie" (1973), "Time Waits for No One" (1974), "Fool to Cry" (1976), "Waiting on a Friend" (recorded 1972, released 1981)
The Beatles, "Revolution" (single version) (1968)
John Lennon, "Jealous Guy" (1971), "How Do You Sleep?" (1971), "Oh My Love" (1971), "Oh Yoko!" (1971), "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1971), Walls and Bridges album (1974)
Paul McCartney, "That Day Is Done" from Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Ringo Starr, "Photograph" (1973), "You're Sixteen" (1973), "Step Lightly" (1973), "You and Me (Babe)" (1973), "No No Song" (1974)
George Harrison, "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" (1973),[14] Living in the Material World album (1973)
Joe Cocker, "You Are So Beautiful" (1974)
Jeff Beck, "Blues De Luxe", "Morning Dew" (1967), Truth (1967), and Hopkins's own self-penned "Girl From Mill Valley", on Beck-Ola. (1969)
Cat Stevens, "Matthew and Son" (1967), Matthew and Son (1967)
Marc Bolan, "Jasper C. Debussy" (1966-7, released 1974)
Donovan, "Barabajagal" (1969)
Jamming With Edward (jam session with Ry Cooder and some members of The Rolling Stones (recorded 1969, released 1972)
Quicksilver Messenger Service, "Shady Grove", "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder", "Spindrifter"
Jefferson Airplane, "Volunteers" (1969), "Wooden Ships" (1969), "Eskimo Blue Day" (1969), "Hey Fredrick" (1969), whole Woodstock set
Steve Miller Band "Kow Kow", "Baby's House (which Hopkins co-wrote with Miller)".
Carly Simon (1972), No Secrets
Peter Frampton, "Waterfall" and "Sail Away" (1974)
Jackie Lomax, "Sour Milk Sea" (1968)[15]
The Move, "Hey Grandma", "Mist on a Monday Morning", "Wild Tiger Woman" (all 1968)
The Easybeats, "Heaven & Hell", and an un-released album titled "Good Times" (1967)[1]
Jerry Garcia Band, Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2 (1975)
L. Ron Hubbard, "The Mining Song" (1982), "The Banker" (1982)
Dogs D'Amour, "Hurricane", "Trail of Tears", and "Princes Valium" from the Errol Flynn/King Of The Thieves album (1989)
The Jayhawks, "Two Angels" and "Martin's Song"[16] on the Hollywood Town Hall album (1992)
Joe Walsh, "Guilty of the Crime" from the A Future To This Life album (1994), the soundtrack from the Robocop television series
Gene Clark (various recordings)
Brewer & Shipley
P.J. Proby, Reflections of Your Face (Amory Kane) from "Three Week Hero" (1969)
Additional Amory Kane works

Was listening to Deep Tracks on Sirius/XM a while back, and Spindrifter came on. Never had heard it before but I loved it, then they said afterwards that N Hopkins was on it and I knew why.

Nikki Hopkins ! at least I will never forget his contribution...

One of my favorite RS live pieces has him very high on the mix: the GS from the "non L&G ft. worth show":





Just listen to his input in the build up of the songs intro!

Yes, his sessions with L. Ron Hubbard are legendary. Didn't LRH open for the Stones during their '72-73 tours?? What a rocker!!

Scientofic!

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Scientofic!

Mellotronist.

[www.planetmellotron.com]

Here it is recently in mint condition.

[farm5.staticflickr.com]

Mellotron is a religion

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Mellotron is a religion

Hmm, but I'm an athiest.



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He is missed greatly. Lot of good Nicky stories in the Bobby Keyes book.

With Gene Clark various recordings. Once more the Byrds-Stones connection. I saw one today on youtube. Gene Clark and musicians in Denver at Ebbets Filed night club

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Rolling Stones tracks Nicky Hopkins played piano on unless noted:

Something Happened To Me Yesterday
Cool, Calm, Collected

We Love You
Citadel (harpsichord)
Dandelion (harpsichord)
In Another Land (harpsichord)
The Lantern
Sing This All Together
Sing This All Together (See What Happens)
Gomper (organ)
2000 Light Years From Home
2000 Man (organ)
She's A Rainbow
On With The Show

Dear Doctor
Family
No Expectations (and organ)
Still A Fool
Child Of The Moon
Stray Cat Blues
Street Fighting Man
Salt Of The Earth
Sympathy For The Devil
Jigsaw Puzzle

Sister Morphine
Jiving Sister Fanny (electric piano)
Loving Cup
Monkey Man
Gimme Shelter
Live With Me
You Got The Silver

Sway
Travelling Man
Good Time Women
Let It Rock (Leeds - played on Farewell Tour)

All Down The Line
Casino Boogie
Following The River
Happy
Let It Loose (and mellotron)
Pass The Wine (Sophia Loren)
Plundered My Soul
Rocks Off
Soul Survivor
Ventilator Blues
Rip This Joint
Torn And Frayed

EXILE tour

Can You Hear The Music
Fast Talking Slow Walking
100 Years Ago
Through The Lonely Nights
You Should Have Seen Her Ass
Separately
Dancing With Mr D
Coming Down Again
Waiting On A Friend
Angie
Windmill
Winter

Australasian Tour

Drift Away
Till The Next Goodbye
Time Waits For No One
Luxury
If You Really Want To Be My Friend
Fingerprint File

Act Together
Cherry Oh Baby (organ)
Fool To Cry (and string synth)
I Got A Letter

Send It To Me (snyth)
Indian Girl
No Use In Crying
Tops

I always thought Tops sounded like Billy. And I believe Fingerprint File is Preston too.

And didn't Jim Price play piano on Sister Morphine?

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And didn't Jim Price play piano on Sister Morphine?

Jack Nitzsche.

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loog droog


And didn't Jim Price play piano on Sister Morphine?

Jack Nitzsche.

Right. Price was on Moonlight Mile.

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GasLightStreet
Rolling Stones tracks Nicky Hopkins played piano on unless noted:

Something Happened To Me Yesterday
Cool, Calm, Collected

He doesn't play on Between The Buttons. Cool, Calm, Collected was recorded at RCA in August 1966.

The first Rolling Stones release to feature him was We Love You. This is according to the man himself and it's some what backd up by articles from the time.

OK. Well his own site says that as well as Nico's, which is where I got 90% of the info from.

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I always thought Tops sounded like Billy. And I believe Fingerprint File is Preston too.

And didn't Jim Price play piano on Sister Morphine?

- Fingerprint File’: MJ (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr)/MT (gtr, bass)/BW (synth)/CW
(dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Billy Preston (clavinet)/Jolly Kunjappu (tabla)

Eh, I missed the final LP lineup for STICKY FINGERS which explains this one...

- Sister Morphine III (MJ/KR/Marianne Faithfull) -Ry Cooder on guitar, Nicky
Hopkins on piano; early version (22nd, 28th & 30th March)

However, Tops... MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT (gtr)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/
Nicky Hopkins (p)

Nicky has his own site from the grave?

I gathered the info from the site for Nicky as well as Nico's. It was fun. Gives a new perspective I guess. Maybe.

In 1980 Nicky Hopkins joined Graham Parker & The Rumour for the album "The up escalator", and even in concerts, like at the "Rockpalast".
He's on all tracks!!!

Here's Hopkins performing with Cyril Davis's R&B group circa 1963

Here is a live clip, with even a solo by N.H....

[www.youtube.com]

Don't forget Harry's "Son of Schmilsson" album. Nicky is all over that - along with a great band that supported Harry on that album. If you haven't heard it, give it a listen.

Where could one find the Bobby Keys book if you don't mind me asking? Thank's.

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Where could one find the Bobby Keys book if you don't mind me asking? Thank's.

[www.amazon.com]

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Was listening to Deep Tracks on Sirius/XM a while back, and Spindrifter came on. Never had heard it before but I loved it, then they said afterwards that N Hopkins was on it and I knew why.

Quicksilver was a great band and the album "What About Me" I've had for over 40 years. Love it! Here's Nicky: