"Ninety-nine out of 100 of those Procol Harum songs were written the words first and then were set to music," recalled Keith Reid.

Gary Brooker, singer and founding member of British rock band Procol Harum died on Feb. 19, following a battle with cancer. He was 76. “With the deepest regret we must announce the death on 19, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Gary Brooker reappeared for the second half of Procol Harum’s recent Royal Festival Hall show, bandaged but unbowed after a ...

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"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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman who sang one of the 1960s' most enduring hits, "A Whiter Shade of Pale," has died. He was 76. The English rock band said Brooker died at his home on Saturday.

Procol Harum's Gary Brooker, preparing for a concert that will pay tribute to Sir George Martin, says the group is making plans to get back in the studio and on the concert circuit in 2017 for its… By ...

Reid played no instruments, but his oblique, literary lyrics were a crucial element of Procol Harum's appeal Keith Reid, the lyricist who co-wrote Procol Harum's timeless classic A Whiter Shade Of ...