Tommy Eyre

Tommy Eyre (born July 5, 1949, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK - died May 23, 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA) was a keyboardist who performed on records by [a=Joe Cocker], [a=John Martyn], [a=Alex Harvey], [a=Greg Lake], [a=Michael Schenker], [a=Gary Moore], [a=B.B. King], [a=John Mayall], [a=Tracy Chapman] and [a=Wham]. He is perhaps most famous for playing on [a=Joe Cocker]'s UK chart-topper "With A Little Help From My Friends" (1968), on which he arranged the distinctive organ introduction, and [a=Gerry Rafferty]'s "Baker Street" (1978).