With A Whiter Shade of Pale, Gary Brooker accelerated pop’s future at warp-speed

Recorded in 1967 and instantly acknowledged as a classic, Procol Harum’s strange masterpiece was an unrepeatable piece of popular magic• Gary Brooker, lead singer of English band Procol Harum, dies aged 76Pop music moved at high speed in the 1960s, but even so the story behind the song for which Gary … Read entire story.

Source: Music | The Guardian