Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd make their debut appearance using that name with the line-up of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Rick Wright, the venue is the Countdown Club in London's Palace Gate
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Rick Wright Biography and Timeline
Follow Rick Wright through 9 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Rick Wright, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1966–2008Years on this page
1966
1967
See Emily Play
Pink Floyd release See Emily Play, which becomes a major early British hit
1978
Wet Dream
Rick Wright releases "Wet Dream", his first solo album
1979
Dismissal
Rick Wright is dropped from the Pink Floyd Partnership during final sessions for "The Wall", the move is Waters idea but he is backed by Gilmour
Pink Floyd
Rick Wright is dropped from the Pink Floyd Partnership during final sessions for "The Wall", the move is Waters idea but he is backed by Gilmour
1984
Zee
Rick Wright releases a self-titled album of his collaboration with Dave Harris, "Zee"
1987
Pink Floyd
Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright release "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" as Pink Floyd
1995
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Pink Floyd are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
2008
Death of Rick Wright
Death of Rick Wright
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.