A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - PROCOL HARUM | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB

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A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - PROCOL HARUM | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB

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Released May 1967

Bass Cover input: The F# (d 4th fret) on descending just sounds a bit off; was tempted to double tap the G (d 5th fret) but stuck with the tabs.

Went to #1 in the UK in 1967, #5 in the US.

One of the anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" has become an enduring classic, with more than 1000 known cover versions by other artists.

Rolling Stone placed it 57th on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2009, it was reported as the most played song in the last 75 years in public places in the UK

The moment that Matthew Fisher’s Hammond organ pierces the air, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” is utterly mesmerizing.

Procol Harum’s singer Gary Brooker was responsible for writing the music, although Fisher’s organ part was so prominent that he also eventually received a songwriting credit after a protracted court battle.

Keith Reid, who served as the band’s chief lyricist, wrote the words that have confounded generations of fans who still can’t help but singing along.

There are two additional verses that Procol Harum used to sing at live events but were dropped on the record as the song was nearly 10 minutes.

The song is in moderate time in C major and is characterized by the David Knights bassline moving stepwise downwards in a repeated pattern throughout. When he was in Procol Harum he used a Gibson EB-0 bass.