It’s a song with almost incomprehensible lyrics, it’s been the subject of drawn-out legal proceedings, and it’s the most played record by British broadcasters over the past six decades. “Keith had ...

Keith Reid, who cowrote the lyrics for most of Procol Harum’s original songs, died March 23 of cancer, his wife confirmed. No details on location were provided. Reid was a writer on Procol Harum’s ...

Singer-songwriter Gary Brooker, best known for the 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale" as part of British rock band Procol Harum, has died at the age of 76, his representative confirmed to CNN ...

Keith Reid, founding member of Procol Harum and the songwriter behind the band’s biggest hit “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” has died. He was 76. Reid died on March 23, 2023, at a hospital in London, ...

Keith Reid, the primary lyricist for Procol Harum, including 1967’s “A Whiter Shade Of Pale,” has died. Reid passed on March 23, and Procol Harum confirmed the news via Facebook with a tribute. “We ...

Reid found the title of the song after overhearing someone use the phrase at a party when he heard a woman say “You’ve turned a whiter shade of pale,” and it remained the band’s biggest hit, topping ...

In 2020 Prog looked back at the convoluted history of Procol Harum’s signature track and debut A Whiter Shade Of Pale, which changed the musical world when it was released in 1967. It’s a song with ...

Keith Reid, who wrote the lyrics for "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and about 100 subsequent songs by the British band Procol Harum, died March 23 at a hospital in London. He was 76. The cause was colon ...

“His lyrics were one of a kind and helped to shape the music created by the band,” the English rock band said. Songwriter Keith Reid, the lyricist for the 1960s rock legends Procol Harum, who co-wrote ...