Keith Reid, the primary lyricist for Procol Harum, has died at the age of 76. The songwriter’s passing was confirmed by the band, who posted a tribute to Reid on their Facebook page. “We are sad to ...

"Ninety-nine out of 100 of those Procol Harum songs were written the words first and then were set to music," recalled Keith Reid.

Keith Reid, who cowrote the lyrics for most of Procol Harum’s original songs, died March 23 of cancer, his wife confirmed. No details on location were provided. Reid was a writer on Procol Harum’s ...

The former organist for Procol Harum has won a 40 per cent share of the copyright to the rock group's 1967 hit song A Whiter Shade of Pale. Matthew Fisher's "contribution to the overall work was on ...

ROCK legend Gary Brooker of band Procol Harum has died age 76. Here’s what we know about the band’s usual name. The group named their ban Procol Harum after a friend’s cat. The correct translation ...

Gary Brooker wrote and sang the band's biggest hit, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker, who co-wrote and sang the band's biggest hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale," has died. He was ...

Fifty years ago this spring, a then unknown British rock group called Procol Harum released its very first single, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale.” The distinctive recording went to No. 1 in the United ...

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Gary Brooker, singer and one of the founders of Procol Harum, died this past weekend at age 76. "With the deepest regret, we must announce the death on Feb. 19, 2022, of Gary Brooker MBE," a tweet ...

Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman whose soaring vocals on the band’s 1967 proto-prog rock classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale” helped make the song a mainstay of 1970s FM radio, died February 19 of ...

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 ...

The pianist and singer composed the band’s music for five decades, including the hit “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” By Jon Pareles Gary Brooker, the singer and pianist of the early progressive rock group ...