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The familiar adage, oft-repeated by musicians who have had hits and those who long for one, says that if anyone knew what exactly constituted a hit single, that formula could be repeated every time.

Gary Brooker, lead singer of Procol Harum, is appealing a court judgment that awarded royalties from the group's hit A Whiter Shade of Pale to a former organist. Matthew Fisher, 60, sued Brooker and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Psych-rock outfit Procol Harum breathed life into an artful progressive sound that featured hints of blues and soul. Since their start in the mid-1960s, their delightfully bizarre style, in which lush ...

Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker, who led the band throughout their 55-year history and co-wrote and sang their 1967 classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died at his home from cancer on Saturday, Feb.