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Gary Brooker. Matthew Fisher. Producer (s) Denny Cordell. Procol Harum singles chronology. " A Whiter Shade of Pale " (1967) " Homburg " (1967) " A Whiter Shade of Pale " is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June and stayed ...
Procol Harum (/ ˈ p r oʊ k əl ˈ h ɑː r əm /) were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967.Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. [4]
Shine On Brightly. (1968) Procol Harum is the debut studio album by English rock band Procol Harum. It was released in September 1967 by record label Deram in the US, following their breakthrough and immensely popular single "A Whiter Shade of Pale". The track does not appear on the UK version of the album, but was included on the US issue.
Gary Brooker, the frontman for Procol Harum, the long-running band most famous for 1967’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died Saturday at age 76. The cause of death was cancer. The surviving ...
Two lineups of Procol Harum onstage in 2001 (top) and 2018 (bottom). Procol Harum were an English progressive rock band from Southend-on-Sea. Formed in April 1967, the group originally consisted of vocalist and pianist Gary Brooker, guitarist Ray Royer, bassist David Knights, keyboardist Matthew Fisher, drummer Bobby Harrison and lyricist Keith Reid. The band went through a number of lineup ...
Keith Reid, lyricist for the British group Procol Harum and co-writer of the iconic 1960s hit “Whiter Shade of Pale,” died on March 23 after a battle with cancer, according to a post on the ...
The song's lyrics were written by Keith Reid, and its music was composed by Gary Brooker, who also sang.It was featured on the band's 1967 album, Procol Harum. [1] The song is unusual in that the music was written before the lyrics; according to Reid, "99 out of 100 of those Procol Harum songs were written the words first, and then were set to music."
He met Gary Brooker, lead singer with Procol Harum, with whom he co-wrote most of the band's songs (some music was written by organist Matthew Fisher and by guitarist Robin Trower), in 1966. They began collaborating, and their composition " A Whiter Shade of Pale ", Procol Harum's first single, was released in 1967.