Editing Rick Wakeman (section)

==Recognition and influence==
In his foreword for Wakeman's 1979 biography, [[Elton John]] named ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' as one of his favourite albums. He noted Wakeman's "brilliant" technique and wrote that his "mastery of electronic instruments only adds to his abilities".{{sfn|Wooding|1979|p=7}} In 2011, [[MusicRadar]] included Wakeman among "The 27 greatest keyboard players of all time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/the-27-greatest-keyboard-players-of-all-time-484228 |title=The 27 greatest keyboard players of all time |first=Scot |last=Solida |publisher=[[MusicRadar]] |date=27 July 2011 |access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref> In 2019, readers of ''[[Prog (magazine)|Prog]]'' voted him the second greatest progressive rock keyboard player, with the magazine stating, "Wakeman's time with Yes helped define prog as we know it, being filled with timeless brilliance [...] The man's style is fluent, and underlines a love of many genres, all cohesively brought into focus."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-ten-keyboard-players-in-prog |title=The top ten keyboard players in prog |first=Jerry |last=Ewing |website=loudersound.com |date=21 July 2019 |access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref> In 2024, [[Neil McCormick]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' ranked him as the second greatest keyboard player of all time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/elton-john-keyboard-players-stevie-wonder/ | title=The 10 greatest keyboard players of all time – ranked | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Neil | last=McCormick | date=16 October 2024 | access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>

Keyboardists who have cited Wakeman as an influence included [[Dave Greenfield]] of [[the Stranglers]]<ref name="JENKINS">{{cite book |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying—From the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis |date=October 2009 |publisher=CRC Press |page=150 |isbn=9781136122781 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iI77AwAAQBAJ&q=greenfield+korg+vc-10&pg=PA150}}</ref> and [[Mark Kelly (keyboardist)|Mark Kelly]] of [[Marillion]], who cited Wakeman as his primary influence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicplayers.com/2007/04/marillions-mark-kelly-keyboards-eden/|title=Marillion's Mark Kelly: Keyboards in Eden|website=musicplayers.com|first=Scott|last=Kahn|date=6 April 2007|access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref>