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President Trump indulged in one of his favorite pastimes Tuesday — playing DJ on the White House’s new patio, blaring melancholy tunes like “Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum and “Are You Lonesome ...

- "They nicked it from Marvin Gaye." - "He nicked it from Bach!" This description of Procol Harum's 1967 hit A Whiter Shade Of Pale is from the film The Commitments, but it might also end up as an ...

Procol Harum's former organ player has appeared in court to play the keyboard in a bid to prove he wrote part of one of the band's greatest hits. Matthew Fisher claims he wrote the distinctive organ ...

Procol Harum is a British rock band that formed in the 1960s, known for their unique blend of progressive rock, classical music, and psychedelic inspirations. They became famous for their 1967 hit ...

When Gary Brooker reappeared for the second half of Procol Harum’s recent Royal Festival Hall show, bandaged but unbowed after a stumble, it was almost a metaphor for the defiant way in which the ...

Music & Musicals, Classic Rock, Rock & Pop - Pioneering British band Procol Harum takes the stage in Copenhagen in 2001 and delivers a powerhouse performance of their best tunes, including hits "A ...

Reid found the title of the song after overhearing someone use the phrase at a party when he heard a woman say “You’ve turned a whiter shade of pale,” and it remained the band’s biggest hit, topping ...

Lyricist Keith Reid who wrote the words of Procol Harum's songs including A Whiter Shade Of Pale has died at the age of 76, the psychedelic rock band announced. Reid, who also co-wrote singer John ...

His impressionistic lyrics, as in the hit song “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” helped make the band one of the leading acts of the progressive-rock era. By Alex Williams Keith Reid, whose impressionistic ...