At the age of eleven, Wilde was signed by record producer Jonathan King to King's UK record label, and released his first single in November, 1972, called "I Am An Astronaut".
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The children's magazine Look-in featured Wilde and Donny Osmond on the cover in June 1973 with the headline "Is Ricky Wilde the new Donny?".
Oscar Wilde | Ricky Martin | Ricky Gervais | Ricky Nelson | Ricky Skaggs | Ricky Hatton | Wilde | Ricky Tomlinson | Olivia Wilde | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Ricky Ponting | The Ricky Gervais Show | Running Wilde | Ricky Walden | Ricky Stuart | Kim Wilde | Wilde (film) | Ricky Williams | Ricky Van Shelton | William Wilde | Ricky Tognazzi | Ricky Ricardo | Ricky Marvin | Ricky Carmichael | Pretty Ricky | Patrick Wilde | Barbie Wilde | Wilbur Wilde | Ricky Warwick | Ricky May |
The Solina string sound has also been used by Kim/Ricky Wilde, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Chameleons, Joy Division, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and Air.