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Gary Brooker, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ singer-songwriter, dead at 76

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Shared from www.cnn.com A statement on a fan website, procolharum.com, said the musician had been undergoing treatment for cancer but “died peacefully at home” on Saturday. Brooker’s representative, Wayne Forte, told CNN the statement had […]

With A Whiter Shade of Pale, Gary Brooker accelerated pop’s future at warp-speed | Music

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Shared from www.theguardian.com Pop music moved at high speed in the 1960s, but even so the story behind the song for which Gary Brooker was always going to be remembered almost beggars belief. It was […]