57 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Also in 2004, Rolling Stone placed "A Whiter Shade of Pale" No. It was the most played song in the last 75 years in public places in the UK (as of 2009), and the United Kingdom performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited in 2004 recognized it as the most-played record by British broadcasting of the past 70 years. In the years since, it has become an enduring classic. 1 in several countries when released in 1967.
With its haunting Bach-derived instrumental melody, soulful vocals, and unusual lyrics - by the song's co-authors Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, and organist Matthew Fisher - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached No. One of the counterculture anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of fewer than 30 singles to have sold over 10 million copies worldwide. The record reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks.
" A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut single by the English rock band Procol Harum, released.
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