In 1970, Chris Copping faced a choice between two careers that could hardly have been more different. The English musician had studied chemistry at Leicester University and continued into postgraduate ...

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 ...

Fifty years into a legendary career, most bands are content to rest on their hits, releasing bland blues covers albums or bored-yet-pleasant regurgitations of their earliest work. Procol Harum is not ...

"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 — ...

The debut single has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and was a Summer of Love hit.

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 ...

Robin Trower has performed steadily for more than 60 years, first with Procol Harum before launching a successful solo career ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Gary Brooker, the frontman for Procol Harum best known for singing “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” has died. He was 76 years old. “With the deepest regret we must announce the death on 19 February 2022 of ...