A Whiter Shade of Pale
Song by Procol Harum
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 4 episodes found for "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
Oct 19, 2026
Tony KornheiserHOST
This would've been Keith Reid's 79th birthday.
Tony KornheiserHOST
He wrote the lyrics for A Whiter Shade of Pale-
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... borrowed them from Geoffrey Chaucer.
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Had a hit in 1958 called Tom Dooley.
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Keith Reed was born in 1946, lyricist and co-founder of the group Procol Harum, had a big hit in 1967 called A Whiter Shade of Pale.
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Patrick Simmons was born in 1948, singer-songwriter, guitarist for the group the Doobie Brothers, sang lead on the 1974 number one smash hit Blackwater.
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Nino DeFranco was born in 1955.
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Ray Royer was born in 1945.
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Original lead guitarist for Procol Harum was on the 1967 classic A Whiter Shade of Pale.
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Johnny Ramone was born in 1948.
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Guitarist for the punk rock pioneers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, the Ramones.
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He gave me practicing exercises, which I think started off a whole new sort of regimen." Trower is one of the last remaining guitar gods of the 1960s and '70s.
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He is also well-known for being a member of Procol Harum, a band best known for A Whiter Shade of Pale.
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It was an intriguing apprenticeship for a future guitar deity.
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Piano and organ occupied the foreground, particularly early on, with Trower's guitar adding color and texture.