The familiar adage, oft-repeated by musicians who have had hits and those who long for one, says that if anyone knew what exactly constituted a hit single, that formula could be repeated every time.

The voice behind the 1967 classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale” has died. Gary Brooker, frontman for British prog-rockers Procol Harum, died at his home following a battle with cancer on Feb. 19, according ...

LONDON – Two former 1960s rock stars appeared before a music-loving judge Monday for a showdown over authorship of one of the decade's most iconic songs. The organ strains of Procol Harum's "A Whiter ...

Keith Reid, who cowrote the lyrics for most of Procol Harum’s original songs, died March 23 of cancer, his wife confirmed. No details on location were provided. Reid was a writer on Procol Harum’s ...

Earlier this year, Mike Milosh released Blood, his sophomore album under the moniker of Rhye. It was the long-awaited follow-up to the project’s 2013 debut Woman, and immediately announced itself as ...

LONDON – A judge awarded a 40 percent share in the copyright of "A Whiter Shade of Pale," one of the most famous pop songs of all time, to a former organist for Procol Harum. Lead singer Gary Brooker ...

Procol Harum's psychedelic classic "A Whiter Shade of Pale" has just been named Britain's most-played song in public places in the past 75 years, beating out Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "All I ...

Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman whose soaring vocals on the band’s 1967 proto-prog rock classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale” helped make the song a mainstay of 1970s FM radio, died February 19 of ...

LONDON — Two former 1960s rock stars appeared before a music-loving judge Monday for a showdown over authorship of one of the decade’s most iconic songs. The organ strains of Procol Harum’s “A Whiter ...