Biography
Nicholas Christian Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. He performed on many British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, including on songs recorded by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, the Hollies, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Badfinger, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Donovan. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest studio pianists in the history of popular rock music. In 2025, Hopkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence Award category and he was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2026.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Who's Next
1971
Sticky Fingers
1971
Let It Bleed
1969
Exile On Main St.
1972
Tattoo You
1981
Beggars Banquet
1968
Goat's Head Soup
1973
Imagine
1971
Their Satanic Majesties Request
1967
Emotional Rescue
1980
It's Only Rock 'N Roll
1974
Black And Blue
1976
No Secrets
1972
Donovan's Greatest Hits
1969
Truth
1968
Living In The Material World
1973
Flowers In The Dirt
1989
Blondes Have More Fun
1978
My Generation
1965
Past Masters Volumes One & Two
1988
The Who By Numbers
1975
Ringo
1973
The Best Of Carly Simon
1975
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
1968
Credited work
7,245 releases · 414 albums · active 1963–2026
- Performance · 15,566
- Other credits · 419
- Production · 26
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Olympic Studios · Island Studios · Rolling Stones Mobile · Stargroves