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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 there for six ...
This expression was popularized in the American song "The Sidewalks of New York" (melody and lyrics by Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake) in 1894. [ 4] Part of the chorus: Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke. Tripped the light fantastic. On the sidewalks of New York. The phrase occurs in Nella Larsen's 1929 novel, Passing, when ...
B-side "On the Nile", a rendition of "My Own Home" from Disney's The Jungle Book with original lyrics by Brightman, was later made available on the limited edition Fly II. The "A Whiter Shade of Pale" US single featured all of the "A Question of Honour" remixes from the remix CD.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" was released as the album's third single on early 2001. The single debuted at number thirty eight on the Japanese Singles Chart , and due to its massive airplay in the country, the song reached the top of the International Singles Chart , staying there for nineteen weeks.
Besides "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Conquistador" was the band's highest charting single. It peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 29 July 1972, exactly five years to the date after "A Whiter Shade of Pale" ascended to its #5 peak, and helped catapult the album into the top five. [4] "Conquistador" peaked at #22 on the UK Singles Chart. [5]
The 1967 song "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum used a bar or two of "Air on the G String" as its starting point according to its writer Gary Brooker. [ 33 ] The Dutch group Ekseption recorded a jazz-fusion version titled "Air" which reached No. 1 on the Dutch chart in 1969.
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.
Live at the Union Chapel is the second live album by Procol Harum, released in 2004. It was the last Procol Harum album to feature Matthew Fisher on organ and the only time Procol Harum recorded "A Whiter Shade of Pale" with 3 verses (previous albums and single releases only contained 2 verses). It was recorded live at the Union Chapel ...