it somehow defines the song. So we thought we’d come up with a playlist of tracks where the keyboard makes the songs just so much better. In so doing it includes most of the most famous pianists ...

The keyboard plays a leading role in rock and pop music. Numerous songs are recognized for their memorable keyboard riffs, whether as an introduction to a particular track, or as a standalone solo.

Wakeman is at his rippling, rhapsodic, touch-sensitive best, leaning into the song’s vertiginous chord progression on Trident Studio’s Bechstein grand – the same piano used by Paul McCartney ...