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The expression "Dream Weaver" was popularized by John Lennon in 1970 in his song "God", taken from his solo album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. This song depicts Lennon's declaration that he was the dream weaver of the 1960s, breaking away from the influences and dogmas that influenced his life.
The song, which Wright had written on acoustic guitar [74] after his visit to India with Harrison, [77] went on to peak at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 [78] and number 1 on the Cash Box singles chart. [79] Becoming Wright's biggest hit, "Dream Weaver" sold over 1 million copies in the US and was awarded a Gold disc by the RIAA in March ...
The Dream Weaver is a solo album by American singer and musician Gary Wright released in July 1975.. The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-keyboard album (though there were many all-synthesizer LPs before this, including Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos, in 1968), but in fact it also features drums, vocals, and guitar, among other instruments.
Gary Wright, best known for the 1970s hits "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive," died Monday morning at his home in Palos Verdes Estates.
A soft rock classic, “Dream Weaver,” from Wright’s album of the same name, was released in late 1975 and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, helping to pave the way for the use ...
Gary Wright, the musician best known for his hit singles “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” has died. He was 80. Wright’s son Dorian confirmed the news to Variety; no cause of death was ...
"Love Is Alive" is a song by Gary Wright taken from the 1975 album The Dream Weaver. It features Wright on vocals and keyboards and Andy Newmark on drums, with all music except for the drums produced on the keyboards. The album's title cut and "Love Is Alive" both peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [2] "Love Is Alive" spent ...
The Irish rock band U2 wrote and recorded the song "God Part II" as an answer song to Lennon's "God". Included in U2's 1988 album Rattle and Hum, "God Part II" reprises the "don't believe in" motif from Lennon's song and its lyrics explicitly reference Lennon's 1970 song "Instant Karma!" and American biographer Albert Goldman, author of the controversial book The Lives of John Lennon (1988).