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"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks. [10] Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [11]
"Beep Beep" was written by Carl Cicchetti and Donald Claps, [2] also known as Chic Hetti and Donny Conn, [3] the band's arranger/pianist and drummer, respectively. [4]The song is built around accelerando: the tempo of the song gradually increases commensurate with the increasing speed of the drivers. [5]
Procol Harum (/ ˈ p r oʊ k əl ˈ h ɑː r əm /) were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967.Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. [4]
The "A Whiter Shade of Pale" US single featured all of the "A Question of Honour" remixes from the remix CD. In 2011 the song was certified by the Recording Industry Association of Japan as a Gold single for more than 100,000 digital downloads. [2]
Matthew Charles Fisher (born 7 March 1946) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his longtime association with the rock band Procol Harum, which included playing the Hammond organ on the 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", for which he subsequently won a songwriting credit.
"Homburg" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum, released as the follow-up single to their initial 1967 hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Written by pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, "Homburg" reached number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, [1] number 15 in Canada, and number 34 in the United States. It went to number one in several ...
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Procol Harum is the debut studio album by English rock band Procol Harum.It was released in September 1967 by record label Deram in the US, following their breakthrough and immensely popular single "A Whiter Shade of Pale".