William Ritchie - 1-2-3 and Clouds

<p>William Ritchie - 1-2-3 and Clouds - in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>William Ritchie  is a British <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_player'>keyboard player</a> and composer. Formerly a member of The Satellites, The Premiers, 1-2-3, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouds_(60s_rock_band)'>Clouds</a>. He is generally acknowledged as being the first keyboard player in rock music to stand and take a leading role, thereby providing a model for others such as <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Emerson'>Keith Emerson</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wakeman'>Rick Wakeman</a>. He is also credited as being responsible for rewriting standard songs and arranging music in a style that later became fashionable as <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock'>progressive rock</a>. During a Saville Theatre concert in 1967, he introduced a then-unknown <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie'>David Bowie</a> to <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix'>Jimi Hendrix</a>.</p>