Gary Brooker Dies A Whiter Shade Of Pale Singer And Songwriter Was 76
According to a statement from Procol Harum, Brooker was described as “a brightly-shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry…From his earliest onstage duets with his musician father, through his youthful recording career with Southend’s The Paramounts, Gary exhibited and developed a highly-individual talent,” the tribute went on to say. “His first single with Procol Harum, 1967’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” is widely regarded as defining ‘The Summer of Love’, yet it could scarcely have been more different from the characteristic records of that era....