Who is the lead singer with Procol Harum?
"song that was ultimately released as a bonus track on the 2009 reissue of the band's first album. All tracks written by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid, except as noted. Salvo reissued the Procol Harum discography in 2009; the albums were remastered by Nick Robbins, with bonus tracks selected by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid. ""Procol's Ninth"" included three bonus tracks that featured little to no overdubs for each track: Procol's Ninth Procol's Ninth is the eighth studio album (ninth including ""Live"") by Procol Harum, and was released in September 1975. Produced by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, ""Procol's"
"group. He is fairly inactive in the music industry these days. David Knights David Knights (born David John Knights, 28 June 1945, Islington, North London) is a British musician who was the original bass guitarist in the band Procol Harum. He played bass on the hit single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"". He was in the band long enough to play on their first three albums. He departed in 1969, to be replaced by Chris Copping. When he was in Procol Harum he used a Gibson EB-0 bass. He also performed with a band named Ruby, that released one album"
"stable member of Procol Harum besides vocalist / pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid during their commercial and artistic peak from 1967 to 1977. He had a powerful, distinctive style – he sat very low behind his kit (often side-on at the side of the stage) and was once referred to as like an 'Octopus in a Bathtub'. Live performances of the song ""Power Failure"", a track written to showcase his talents on the album ""Broken Barricades"" (1971) were filmed on a number of occasions. B. J. Wilson Barrie James Wilson (18 March 1947 – 8 October 1990) was"
"Alan Cartwright Alan Cartwright (born Alan George Cartwright; 10 October 1945 in London, England) was a bass player, but now runs a bar. Before joining Procol Harum in 1972 he had played with the Freddie Mack Show together with fellow Harum band member B.J. Wilson and Roger Warwick. Cartwright's incorporation allowed Chris Copping to concentrate solely on the organ parts. The first Procol Harum album he worked on is the group's only official live album, ""Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra"". He continued touring and recording with the group until their penultimate album ""Procol's Ninth"", after which Copping"
"Procol Harum. In the years, other members worked with Ted Nugent, who was also produced by Lew Futterman: Gabriel Magno (1973-1974), Cliff Davies (1975-1980) and Walt Monaghan (1979). Following the interest generated in the band with the re-release of If, If 2, If 3, If 4, Dave Quincy and Terry Smith announced the reformation of If in 2015 with a new line-up. A new album was released in 2016 and was titled If 5. If (band) If were a British progressive rock band formed in 1969. Referred to by ""Billboard"" as ""unquestionably the best of the so-called jazz-rock bands"", in"
"and formed Procol Harum with non-Paramounts Keith Reid (poet), Hammond organist Matthew Fisher, guitarist Ray Royer and bassist David Knights. Guy Stevens, their original manager, named the band after Gus Dudgeon's Burmese cat. The cat's ""cat fancy"" name was Procul Harun, Procul being the breeder's prefix. In the absence of a definitive origin, the band's name has attracted various interpretations, being said to be (incorrect) Latin for ""beyond these things""; the correct Latin would be ""procul hīs"". Another possibility is ""of these far off things"", the genitive plural ""hārum"" perhaps agreeing with an understood ""rērum"", ""things"". The name of the"
"once again took over on bass. Alan Cartwright Alan Cartwright (born Alan George Cartwright; 10 October 1945 in London, England) was a bass player, but now runs a bar. Before joining Procol Harum in 1972 he had played with the Freddie Mack Show together with fellow Harum band member B.J. Wilson and Roger Warwick. Cartwright's incorporation allowed Chris Copping to concentrate solely on the organ parts. The first Procol Harum album he worked on is the group's only official live album, ""Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra"". He continued touring and recording with the group until their penultimate"
"with Paul Weller). Trower then joined Brooker's new band Procol Harum following the success of their debut single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" in 1967, remaining with them until 1971 and appearing on the group's first five albums. Before launching his eponymous band, he joined singer Frankie Miller, ex-Stone the Crows bassist/singer James Dewar, and former Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker to form the short-lived combo Jude. This outfit did not record and soon split up. Trower retained Dewar as his bassist, who took on lead vocals as well, and recruited drummer Reg Isidore (later replaced by Bill Lordan) to"
"Robin Trower Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as ""Robin Trower"". Robin Trower was born in Catford, London, but grew up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. In 1962, he formed a group that became The Paramounts, later including Westcliff High School pupil Gary Brooker. The Paramounts disbanded in 1966 to pursue individual projects. During this time, Trower created a local three-piece band called the Jam (not to be confused with the later group"
"up with the well-known introduction and solo passages throughout the song. Brooker and Reid, who had composed the basic structure of the song before recruiting Fisher, refused. While ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" was an immediate success, reaching number 1 in the UK charts for several weeks, Fisher doesn't recall the time as being a happy one for the band. Intending to be an underground band they were not accustomed to having a hit single, and he was unimpressed with the band's early gigs. The arrival of guitarist Robin Trower and drummer B.J. Wilson to Procol Harum in mid-1967 seemed"
"only in Japan. He is currently in a band called 'Journey', where he plays Christian-oriented rock around the Leigh-on-Sea area of Essex. Bobby Harrison Bobby Harrison (born Robert Leslie Harrison, 22 June 1939, at West Ham, England) is a drummer and singer. He was an early member of Procol Harum, but shortly after their 1967 hit single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" was released, he and guitarist Ray Royer left the group to form the band Freedom. He has also worked with several other members of Procol Harum on other projects; he joined a band called SNAFU which contained Procol's"
"David Knights David Knights (born David John Knights, 28 June 1945, Islington, North London) is a British musician who was the original bass guitarist in the band Procol Harum. He played bass on the hit single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"". He was in the band long enough to play on their first three albums. He departed in 1969, to be replaced by Chris Copping. When he was in Procol Harum he used a Gibson EB-0 bass. He also performed with a band named Ruby, that released one album before disbanding. He also produced a single for Mickey Jupp's Legend"
"Your Alligator"". Dave had three children, Ashley Ball, Alex Ball and Katy Ball. Ball died of bowel cancer in April 2015 at the age of 65. Dave Ball (guitarist) David J. Ball (30 March 1950 – 1 April 2015) was an English guitar player. In April 1971, he left Big Bertha and joined Procol Harum after he saw an advertisement in ""Melody Maker"". He replaced Robin Trower, who had left the group to form his own band. He can be heard on the group's live album, ""Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra"", but left the group during the"
"London Palladium on 9 October. 2019 starts with a Caribbean cruise hosted by Justin Hayward, with many well-known rock acts. A US tour follows. In July 2009, Matthew Fisher won a British court judgment awarding him 40% of the music royalties from 2005 onwards for 1967's ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"", which had previously gone 50% to Brooker for the music and 50% to Reid for the lyrics. Procol Harum Procol Harum () are an English rock band formed in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"", considered a classic in popular music"
"gained respect within the burgeoning 1960s British R&B scene, which yielded The Beatles, The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, The Rolling Stones, and many others. The Rolling Stones, in particular, were Paramounts fans, giving them guest billing on several memorable shows in the early 1960s. In 1966, Brooker founded Procol Harum with his friend Keith Reid. ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" is the worldwide hit for which Procol Harum is best known, but Brooker's melancholic vocals and emotive, eclectic piano playing were a key part of Procol's musical mix for the entire course of the band's career. In the early"
"Chris Copping Chris Copping (born 29 August 1945 in Middleton, Lancashire, England) is a musician and singer-songwriter who was a member of Procol Harum in the 1970s, and has also composed for TV and film. He predominantly plays organ, piano and bass guitar. In 1960 he joined a group called The Paramounts as a guitarist but left in December 1962 to go to study chemistry at Leicester University. Diz Derrick replaced him in the group until they split up in October 1966. From 1963 until 1966 he studied at Leicester University, receiving an honours degree in chemistry. From 1966 to"
"Grand Hotel (album) Grand Hotel is the sixth studio album by Procol Harum. Released in 1973, it signalled a change of direction for the band. Guitarist Dave Ball who had joined the band for their live album the previous year left shortly after the photo shoot for the proposed album's cover to be replaced by Mick Grabham. Grabham's head was superimposed on the front and back cover of the album on Ball's body. Although the band had gone through significant personnel changes in previous years, the band would enter its most stable phase with this line up. The album reached"
"Dave Ball (guitarist) David J. Ball (30 March 1950 – 1 April 2015) was an English guitar player. In April 1971, he left Big Bertha and joined Procol Harum after he saw an advertisement in ""Melody Maker"". He replaced Robin Trower, who had left the group to form his own band. He can be heard on the group's live album, ""Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra"", but left the group during the recording sessions for their 1973 album ""Grand Hotel"", in September 1972. He then formed the group Bedlam with his brother Dennis and drummer Cozy Powell, who"
"Jerry Stevenson (musician) Jerry Stevenson, (born in Kent, England) is an English guitar and mandolin player who has worked with Barbara Dickson, Procol Harum and is currently a member of Be Sharp. In 1991 Procol Harum re-formed and began recording a new album called ""The Prodigal Stranger"". Bass player Dave Bronze had already been recruited by the band, and when they were looking for an extra guitarist, Dave recruited Jerry. At this stage it was known that Robin Trower, a founding member of the band for their first 5 albums, would be rejoining the band for The Prodigal Stranger, and"
"to bring some stability to the band. Fisher's first official songwriting credit was for the instrumental ""Repent Walpurgis"" on the band's debut album, which was transformed by Trower playing a blues-influenced solo over the top of Fisher's classically influenced organ lines. Nevertheless, in response to his lack of co-writing credits (particularly over ""A Whiter Shade of Pale""), being at odds with Brooker, Trower and Wilson (who had all grown up together in Southend on Sea and previously played in The Paramounts), and still suffering from the death of his father in 1965, Fisher wanted to leave Procol Harum. Despite being"
"owned Croatian radio station, notable for airing exclusively Croatian songs. Pope Benedict XVI received Perković in an audience in December 2009. Marko Perković Marko Perković (born 27 October 1966) is a Croatian musician and has been the lead singer of the band Thompson since 1991. Perković was born in Čavoglave, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Republic of Croatia). He participated in the Croatian War of Independence (1991–95), during which he started his career with the patriotic song ""Bojna Čavoglave"". In 2002 he started his first major tour after the release of the ""E, moj narode"" album. Since 2005, he has"
"Stevenson said at procolharum.com that he made sure that he was always 'leaving space for Robin'. Stevenson was mentioned as a session player in the liner notes of ""The Prodigal Stranger"", but there's no audible evidence that his work on that album was ever actually released, nor did he ever tour with the band. After Trower declined to play on ""The Prodigal Stranger"" promotional tour, Tim Renwick played guitar on the initial tour dates, soon to be replaced by Geoff Whitehorn who is still with Procol Harum. Jerry Stevenson (musician) Jerry Stevenson, (born in Kent, England) is an English guitar"
"album was the first record produced by Matthew Fisher, who quit the band soon after its release. This was also the last Procol Harum album to feature bass guitarist Dave Knights. ""A Salty Dog"" was recorded in March 1969. The musical tensions between the group and Robin Trower were beginning to show in this album, and although his guitar sound remains integral to most of the tracks, ""Crucifiction Lane"" (featuring a rare Trower vocal), in retrospect, shows that Trower was already moving in a different direction from the rest of the band. Still, this album is much more musically varied"
"the British Rock Symphony) can be found on a popular internet video site. Geoff Whitehorn Geoffrey Charles ""Geoff"" Whitehorn (born 29 August 1951, London, England) is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, who has played as a member of If, Crawler and Procol Harum. In August 1973, Whitehorn joined the pioneering British jazz-rock band, If, in what was their third and final line-up, appearing on their last two albums, ""Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces"" (1974) and ""Tea Break Over, Back on Your 'Eads"" (1975). During that period, he recorded his first solo album, ""Whitehorn"" (1974, Stateside), featuring fellow If members"
"Pale"", Procol Harum's first single, was released in 1967. It reached the top of the UK Singles Chart and sold over six million copies worldwide. Reid continued to write lyrics for the band until they disbanded in 1977. He also wrote the lyrics for two songs by the French singer Michel Polnareff in 1966 (""You'll Be On My Mind"" and ""Time Will Tell""), and was co-writer for the John Farnham hit ""You're the Voice"" (1986). Reid moved to New York and founded a management company in 1986. He reunited with Brooker and Procol Harum for the albums ""The Prodigal Stranger"""
"it to Procol Harum fans who had not seen the concert, though she criticized the sound quality. ""Uncut"" rated it 3/5 stars and wrote that Brooker's voice has ""not altered one iota"" since 1967. Live at the Union Chapel Live at the Union Chapel is the second live album by Procol Harum, released in 2004. It was the last Procol Harum album to feature Matthew Fisher on organ and the last time Procol Harum recorded ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" with 3 verses (previous albums and single releases only contained 2 verses). It was recorded live at the Union Chapel,"
"A Whiter Shade of Pale ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" is the debut single by the British rock band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967 and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the ""Billboard"" pop chart in the United States. One of the anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of the best selling singles in history, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. With its Bach-derived instrumental melody, soulful vocals, and unusual lyrics –"
"Procol's Ninth Procol's Ninth is the eighth studio album (ninth including ""Live"") by Procol Harum, and was released in September 1975. Produced by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, ""Procol's Ninth"" featured a slightly different direction from the previous album, with a much more stark sound than Chris Thomas's more elaborate productions. According to an interview with guitarist Mick Grabham, conducted by Roland Clare for the 2009 reissue, Leiber and Stoller focused less on the production sound and more on ""the structure of the songs"". The band appeared on the cover of the album in a straightforward unassuming photograph, mirroring"
"Bobby Harrison Bobby Harrison (born Robert Leslie Harrison, 22 June 1939, at West Ham, England) is a drummer and singer. He was an early member of Procol Harum, but shortly after their 1967 hit single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" was released, he and guitarist Ray Royer left the group to form the band Freedom. He has also worked with several other members of Procol Harum on other projects; he joined a band called SNAFU which contained Procol's future organist Pete Solley, and also on Matthew Fisher's solo album ""Journey's End"". His 1977 self-titled project album ""Nobody's Business"" was released"
"Exotic Birds and Fruit Exotic Birds and Fruit is the seventh full-length studio album by British progressive rock band Procol Harum. It was released in 1974. Of special note is the release of the album in Argentina, calling the album ""Pájaros Y Frutas Exóticas"" (literally translated as ""Birds and Exotic Fruit""). The cover artwork for the album is by Jakob Bogdani, a noted Slovak artist whose paintings centred on exotic birds and fruit. Collaborating again with producer Chris Thomas, Procol Harum the band recorded the album at George Martin's Air London Studios in London. According to singer/songwriter/piano player and band"
"production by Brown Waters. Pete Brown partnered with Gary Brooker writing lyrics for songs in Procol Harum's 2017 album Novum. Pete Brown Peter Ronald Brown (25 December 1940) is an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce. Brown formed the bands Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments and Pete Brown & Piblokto! and worked with Graham Bond and Phil Ryan. He also writes film scripts and formed a film production company. Brown was born in Ashtead, Surrey. Before his involvement with music, he was a poet, having his first poem published"
"friend Gary Brooker, singer, keyboard player and founder / leader of the famous group Procol Harum. She was invited by Gary to play in Woking, England alongside himself, Eric Clapton & band which included Andy Fairweather Low and Dave Bronze in 2009 & 2011 (New Year's Eve). Blair and Brooker played two concerts, August 2010 and 2011 at Abbaye Nouvelle in S.W. France (Lot). She played two evenings of Blues & Rock as a member of the band ""Gary Brooker and Friends"" Gary (vocals, keyboard), Andy Fairweather Low (guitar and vocals), Dave Bronze (bass) and Paul Beavis (drums) at Le"
"years neighbours in the Surrey Hills. Brooker has joined Clapton for several one-off benefit gigs over the years. Brooker sang lead vocal on the Alan Parsons Project song ""Limelight"", on their 1985 album, "" Stereotomy"". Brooker sang the lead vocal of the song ""No News from the Western Frontier"", a single taken from the album ""Hi-Tec Heroes"" by the Dutch performer Ad Visser. A new incarnation of Procol Harum, led by Brooker, has continued touring the world, celebrating its 40th anniversary in July 2007 with two days of musical revels at St John's Smith Square in London. Brooker also toured"