And new people pick it up as well. It’s not everybody that met their first girlfriend in 1967, you know? There’s people that have picked up the song along the way. It is still a great mystery to me why, how it’s come to be still so strong in so many people’s brains and lives and feelings. With the benefit of hindsight, what do you think accounts for the song’s enduring appeal? I never thought that far in front at all. But I never even thought 10 years ahead, let alone 50. And of course it was a smash hit around the world straightaway, which is even more fantastic. Merlin Absolute Label Services (on behalf of Fly Records) UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE. When it was written and I was singing it, just the piano and vocal, I thought, ‘This is different.’ It was a good song and the recording came out very well, so that was job done. A Whiter Shade of Pale (Original Single Version) ARTIST.
The instrumental to this track, according to Gary Brooker, was partially inspired by Air. And he went on to elaborate that in those days it wasn’t just a question of how good is your song but also how good of a recording can you make. When you were recording “A Whiter Shade of Pale” could you tell it was one for the ages? However in his opinion, A Whiter Shade of Pale was the one that recorded the best. The group released a new album, Novum, earlier this year and will be announcing 50th anniversary concerts soon, but Brooker took a few minutes away from 2017 to remember when he turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor…. Procol Harum, meanwhile, is still an active concern, led by co-founder, singer and keyboardist Gary Brooker. It’s been echoed (try Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over”) but never equaled, and is the rare song of psychedelia that sounds as fresh now as when it was released. A perennial selection on Greatest Songs list and a frequent soundtrack choice for movies ( The Big Chill, The Commitments, New York Stories), the Bach-flavored track was, and remains, original and ethereal, melodic and mysterious. Browse our 31 arrangements of 'A Whiter Shade of Pale.' Sheet music is available for Piano, Voice, Guitar and 18 others with 10 scorings and 3 notations in 15 genres. This promotional film was restored and upgraded by Henry Scott-Irvine in 2008. Released 50 years ago today (on May 12, 1967), the four-minute first single from Procol Harum skipped the light fandango - whatever the hell that meant - and became a Summer of Love anthem that spent six weeks atop the U.K. Footage from 1967 of the first Procol Harum line-up.
Debut singles don’t come much more auspicious than Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade Of Pale.”
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