The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII is the second studio album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released in January 1973 on A&M Records. It is an instrumental progressive rock album with a unifying thematic concept; the six tracks are musical descriptions of the characters of each of the wives of Henry VIII. After signing with A&M as a solo artist, Wakeman decided on the album's unifying idea during a tour of the United States with the progressive rock band Yes. As he read a book about Henry VIII while travelling, he began to write ideas for the record incorporating melodies he had composed the previous year. The album was recorded throughout 1972 with musicians from Yes and the Strawbs, the group Wakeman was in prior to his work in Yes. The Six Wives of Henry VIII reached number seven on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1975 for over 500,000 copies sold in the United States, and it has been estimated to have sold 15 million copies worldwide. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)