Procol Harum Wiki Series Of Singles

Recording from the Italian concerts were later released as One Eye to the Future Live in Italy 2007.

They contributed to the development of symphonic rock, and by extension, progressive rock.

Their best-known recording is their 1967 hit single A Whiter Shade of Pale, which is considered a classic of popular music and is one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies.

Although noted for its baroque and classical influence, Procol Harums music also embraces the blues, RB, and soul.

Unable to generate any follow-up success, the group disbanded in 1966.

The cats Cat Fancy name was Procul Harun, Procul being the breeders prefix.

With a structure reminiscent of Baroque music, a countermelody based on J.

S. Bach s Orchestral Suite N 3 in D Major played by Fishers Hammond organ, Brookers soulful vocals and Reids mysterious lyrics, the single reached No.

UK Singles Chart and the Canadian RPM Magazine chart.

It did almost as well in the United States, reaching No.

In Australia, it was No.

Melbourne.

The groups follow-up single, Homburg, with a line-up change of former Paramounts B.J.

Wilson on drums and Robin Trower on guitar, reached No.

UK, No. 15 in Canada, and No.

US.

Procol Harum Wiki Series Of Singles

A series of singles charted lowly in the US and UK, though rarely both at the same time.

Their third album, A Salty Dog (1969), was popular among fans and their first album to sell well in the UK.

The title track in particular gained a good deal of US FM radio airplay.

However, one noted US writer previewed the LP and the story ran in print as A Salty Duck.

Fisher, who produced the album, departed the band soon after its release.

Former Paramount Chris Copping joined on organ and bass in 1970.

The group appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.

By 1971, the disparities in style had become too great and, after the release of their fifth album Broken Barricades, Trower left to form his own power trio band and was replaced by Dave Ball.

From late 1972 until 1977, the groups guitarist was Mick Grabham.

By 1968 their first compilation album In Concert 1968 was released but only in Germany.

At this they were one of the first groups to achieve success; Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra was a No.

US in 1972, as well as reaching No.

Britain. Conquistador (a track from their first album, re-charted for accompaniment by the Edmonton Symphony in 1971) was a hit single in 1972, getting to No.

US and No. 7 in Canada, whilst reaching No.

The album also received a Silver Certification (over 60, 000 copies sold) in the United Kingdom.

The band broke up in 1977, after seeing Something Magic stall at No.

US Billboard 200 chart.

They reunited for a single performance five months later, when A Whiter Shade of Pale was named joint winner (along with Queen s Bohemian Rhapsody ) of the Best British Pop Single 19521977 at the BRIT Awards, part of Queen Elizabeth II s Silver Jubilee.

They also toured US and UK the same year, performing at several locations.

A 2001 concert in Copenhagen, Denmark was released on DVD in 2002.

In 2003 the band released a new studio album, The Wells on Fire, and appeared at the Progman Cometh festival in Seattle.

Their concert in London on Friday 12 December 2003, with much of the material from that album, was released on DVD in 2004: Live at the Union Chapel.

In August they played two outdoor concerts with the Danish Radio Orchestra at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark, which were tele-recorded.

An hour-long edit of the show was broadcast on Christmas morning, 2008 on Danish Channel DR2 and the full concert was issued on DVD on 11 May 2009 (with six extra tracks from a Danish television recording of the band from 1974).