Procol Harum Whiter Shade of Pale

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honored Procol Harum when “A Whiter Shade of Pale“ was inducted into the new Singles category in 2018. Whiter Shade of Pale is one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies. The rock band’s organist/vocalist frontman Gary Brooker died at his Surrey, UK home from cancer on February 19, 2022, at age 76. A statement posted on the band’s official website said: “With the deepest regret we must announce the death on February 19, 2022, of Gary Brooker MBE, singer, pianist and composer of Procol Harum, and a brightly-shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry.” “His first single with Procol Harum, 1967’s #WhiterShadeOfPale is widely regarded as defining The Summer of Love, yet it could scarcely have been more different from the characteristic records of that era,” Procol Harum said in a group statement. “Nor was it characteristic of his own writing. Over thirteen albums #ProcolHarum never sought to replicate it, preferring to forge a rest