‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ was perfectly in keeping with the kaleidoscopic year of 1967. Lyricist Keith Reid overheard the title at a party in 1966 and decided to write a song based around i ...
One of the first songs they wrote together was A Whiter Shade of Pale - apparently inspired by Stevens making a remark about his wife's pallid demeanour. It was an unusual song, from its surreal ...
It’s a song with almost incomprehensible lyrics ... record by British broadcasters over the past six decades. A Whiter Shade Of Pale, the debut release from Procol Harum, not only topped ...
“We went to America: the album was very big there. They weren’t all that interested in A Whiter Shade Of Pale – they loved ...