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1963–1968: Early bands

By the early 1960s, Kaye had aban­doned his clas­si­cal back­ground in favour of pop and rock music. He had moved to Lon­don, and vis­ited The Mar­quee club to watch bands play, in­clud­ing key­boardist Gra­ham Bond whose style be­came a strong influence. Kaye had ac­quired a Vox Con­ti­nen­tal, a tran­sis­tor-based combo organ, while in the big band and until see­ing Bond, had played it "like a piano". Kaye landed a po­si­tion in The Fed­er­als through an ad­ver­tise­ment in Melody Maker and...

1968–1971: Yes

In 1968, Kaye was in­vited to at­tend re­hearsals with mem­bers of Mabel Greer's Toyshop, a Lon­don-based psy­che­delic rock band who were form­ing a new, full-time group. He was ap­proached by bassist Chris Squire after singer Jon An­der­son had met Kaye some time be­fore and sug­gested him. After a suc­cess­ful au­di­tion, they re­named them­selves Yes and began tour­ing na­tion­wide from Au­gust 1968. By the end of the year, the band had earned enough money to pur­chase a Ham­mond organ fo...

1971–1982: Flash, Badger, Detective, and Badfinger

Kaye joined sev­eral groups for the re­main­der of the decade. He played on the self-ti­tled debut album by Flash, a band founded by ex-Yes gui­tarist Peter Banks but de­clined their offer to be­come a full-time mem­ber. Kaye then formed Bad­ger with bassist David Fos­ter, a friend of Jon An­der­son's who also co-wrote some early Yes songs. They re­leased One Live Badger (1973), recorded in con­cert with Jon An­der­son pro­duc­ing, and White Lady (1974), recorded in New Or­leans with pro­duce...

Kaye is known for his more sim­ple, more sup­port­ive style of play­ing and avoids long and im­pro­vised solos. Yes bi­og­ra­pher Tim Morse named Kaye a "'gen­tle­man of rock' for his po­lite de­meanour and his dis­tin­guished looks". Long­time Yes pro­ducer and mixer Eddy Of­ford named Kaye as one of the best Ham­mond organists. Gui­tarist Steve H...

In 1974, Kaye left Eng­land and moved to Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia. He has not ac­quired Amer­i­can citizenship. In 2011, he stated Sher­man Oaks as his place of residence. In 2019, Kaye re­lo­cated to Sara­sota, Florida. Kaye has tin­ni­tus in his left ear.He was once en­gaged to Squire's step­daugh­ter Car­men, but he later mar­ried ac­tress a...

Solo

1. End of Innocence(10 September 2021)

As band member

with The Federals 1. "Boot Hill"/"Keep on Dancing with Me" (1963) 2. "Brazil"/"In a Persian Market" (1963) 3. "Marlena"/"Please Believe Me" (1964) 4. "Twilight Time"/"Lost and Alone" (1964) 5. "A Bucketful of Love"/"Leah" (1965) 6. "What I'd Say" (1966) 7. "Dance with a Dolly"/"The Climb" (1967) with Win­ston's Fumbs 1. "Real Crazy Apartment"/"Snow White" – (1967; released on Nuggets II – Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond 1964–1969(2001)) with Yes-Stu­dio al­bums : 1. Yes(...

As sideman

1. Topo D. Bil – "Witchi Tai To" (Charisma, 1969), 7" single; also released as "Witchitaito"; later included on Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969–1978 (2009) and as a bonus track on the 2007 re-release of the Bonzo Dog Band's Keynsham 2. Bonzo Dog Band – Let's Make Up and Be Friendly(1972) 3. Eddie Harris – E.H. in the U.K. (Atlantic, 1974) – Moog on I Waited For You & Conversations Of Everything And Nothing with Chris Squire, Alan White, Steve Winwood, Albert Lee. 4. Murray Head –...

Books 1. Matovina, Dan (2000). Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger. Frances Glover Books. ISBN 978-0-9657122-2-4. 2. Morse, Tim (1996). Yesstories: "Yes" in Their Own Words. St Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-14453-1. 3. Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). Reed International Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-600-57602-0. 4. Welch, Chr...