In 1967, the duo wrote the band’s biggest hit, “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” along with bandmate Matthew Fisher. The song—pulled from a phrase Reid had previously overheard at a party—peaked at No. 5 on ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Songwriter Keith Reid, the lyricist for the 1960s rock legends Procol Harum, who co-wrote the band’s top-rated song “A Whiter ...

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LONDON (AP) — Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman who sang one of the 1960s most enduring hits, “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” has died. He was 76. The English rock band said Brooker died at his home ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Gary Brooker reappeared for the second half of Procol Harum’s recent Royal Festival Hall show, bandaged but unbowed after a ...

Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman who sang one of the 1960s' most enduring hits, “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” has died. He was 76. The English rock band said Brooker died at his home on Saturday.

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, ...