Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins (February 24, 1944, Harlesden, North London – September 6, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins produced and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the most important session musicians in rock history. Biography Nicky Hopkins started his musical career in the early 1960s as the pianist with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages