Procol Harum is a British group formed in 1967, it is a success crashing to pieces with the title has Whiter Shade off Blade , classified n° 1 in the United Kingdom and n° 5 with the the United States. The small pocket of the disc gives them false airs of Beatles, marketing obliges.

has Whiter Shade off Blade was taken again by Annie Lennox in 1995, in its album Medusa .

Classified in the category progressive Rock'n'roll, Procol Harum is carried by the singer/pianist Gary Brooker, its founder, and the lyric writer Keith Reid. Initial training also included/understood Robin Trower with the guitar, Matthew Fisher with the organ, B.J. Wilson with the battery and Dave Knights with low.

Handicapped by frequent changes of musicians, the group is dissolved in 1977 then operates its return in 1991.

Albums

• 1967 : Procol Harum
• 1968 : Shine one Brightly
• 1969: has Salty Dog
• 1970: Home
• 1971: Broken Barricades
• 1972: Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestrated
• 1973: Large Hotel
• 1974: Exotic Birds and Fruit
• 1975: Procol' S Ninth
• 1977: Something Magic
• 1991 : The Prodigal Stranger
• 1996 : The Long Goodbye
• 1997: Ain' T Nothin' to Get Excited Butt (under the name " Liquorice John Death")
• 1999 : Live At the BBC (recording in 1974)
• 2003: The Well' S one Fire