While there's a handful of '60s hits that are still getting plenty of radio play, not every song from the era kept making waves despite having initial popularity. Procol Harum's 1967 song "A Whiter ...

Debuts don't come much more auspicious than "A Whiter Shade Of Pale." By Gary Graff Debut singles don’t come much more auspicious than Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade Of Pale.” Released 50 years ago ...

"His lyrics were one of a kind and helped to shape the music created by the band," Procol Harum said in a statement. By Katie Atkinson Executive Digital Director, West Coast Songwriter Keith Reid — ...

Keith Reid, the primary lyricist for Procol Harum, including 1967's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale," has died. Reid passed on March 23, and Procol Harum confirmed the news via Facebook with a tribute. "We ...

Paul McCartney wrote countless love songs for people all over the world to call their “special song” with their significant other, and in the late 1960s, Procol Harum returned the favor with their ...

A Whiter Shade Of Pale was the main theme of the soundtrack to 1967's Summer Of Love: The Single when The Beatles ' Sgt Pepper was The Album. At a time when the increasingly experimental British pop ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Procol Harum founder Gary Brooker on Friday won his court battle over royalty rights to the band's most famous hit, the 1967 song "A Whiter Shade of Pale." Sign up here. In 2006 ...

LONDON – Two former 1960s rock stars appeared before a music-loving judge Monday for a showdown over authorship of one of the decade's most iconic songs. The organ strains of Procol Harum's "A Whiter ...

Keith Reid, founding member of Procol Harum and the songwriter behind the band’s biggest hit “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” has died. He was 76. Reid died on March 23, 2023, at a hospital in London, ...

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 ...