Biography
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Born
6 July 1961 (age 63)
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Born In
Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Rick Price (born 6 July 1961) is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
2) Rick Price (born 10 June 1944; died 17 May 2022) was an English bassist who played with various Birmingham-based rock bands, most notably Sight and Sound, The Move (1969–1971), and Wizzard (1972–1975).
1) Rick Price (born Rick Allan Price on 6 July 1961) is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. His debut album, Heaven Knows, was released in July 1992, which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It provided two top ten singles, "Not a Day Goes By" (February 1992) and the title track (July). At the APRA Music Awards of 1992 "Heaven Knows" won Song of the Year for Price and his co-writer, Heather Field. His second album, contained the single "River of Love" (April), which peaked at No. 18. Since 2009 he has been a resident of Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with numerous artists, as a vocalist and songwriter, including Tina Arena, Tommy Emmanuel, Mitch Grainger, Jack Jones, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid and numerous others. Whilst as a music producer he has worked for Girlfriend and Dami Im.
2) Rick Price (born Richard Price on 10 June 1944; died 17 May 2022) was an English bassist who played with various Birmingham-based rock bands, most notably Sight and Sound, The Move (1969–1971), and Wizzard (1972–1975). His first band was The Cimarrons, who were inspired by The Shadows. He then moved on to The Sombreros, who later changed their name to Sight & Sound and moved in a more psychedelic direction. He began collaborating with Mike Sheridan as a songwriting partnership. Price joined The Move in 1969, staying with the group for two years, including an unsuccessful tour of the United States. He also contributed bass tracks to the early sessions for the debut album of ELO, but for reasons that are unclear, none of his bass parts ended up in the final mix of the album when it was released in 1971.
After leaving The Move he signed a contract with Gemini Records; he then recorded (with Sheridan) the album This Is To Certify That, released in 1970, and a solo album, Talking To The Flowers, in 1971. He then joined former Move colleague Carl Wayne in Light Fantastic, before forming Mongrel with future Wizzard drummers Charlie Grima and Keith Smart.
He joined up again with Wood in the latter's new band, Wizzard, with whom he had two British number one hit singles, "See My Baby Jive" and "Angel Fingers", as well as the No. 4 Christmas classic "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" (all 1973).
After Wizzard split up, he joined the Wizzo Band on pedal steel guitar in 1975, but they broke up in 1978.
Price married Dianne Lee (of the 1970s duo Peters and Lee); they toured as a duo, performing hits and new songs.
Price was a member of The Rockin' Berries from 1990 until his death in 2022.
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