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“A Whiter Shade Of Pale has always been a great mystery”: The life and times of Gary Brooker

Back in 1966, Southend-based group The Paramounts split. They’d scored a hit single in 1964 with their version of Poison Ivy while they were still all teenagers, but time was showing that was likely ...
American Songwriter

Check Out Mick Fleetwood and Ukulele Whiz Jake Shimabukuro’s New Cover of the Procol Harum Classic “Whiter Shade of Pale”

Shimabukuro discussed the cover of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” in a post on his social media pages. “Mick suggested recording ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ for our upcoming blues album,” he noted. “The original ...
CNN

Gary Brooker, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ singer-songwriter, dead at 76

Singer-songwriter Gary Brooker, best known for the 1967 single “A Whiter Shade of Pale” as part of British rock band Procol Harum, has died at the age of 76, his representative confirmed to CNN ...
Variety

Keith Reid, Procol Harum Lyricist and ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ Co-Writer, Dies at 76

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 band’s ...