THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

14. "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE"-PROCAL HARUM

BASED ON BACH'S "SLEEPERS AWAKE" AND "AIR ON A G STRING"
THOU NOT EXACTLY LIKE EITHER;PROCAL HARUM'S AUDACIOUS
SONG STAYED AT THE #1 POSITION ON THE BRITISH POP CHARTS FOR
SIX WEEKS.IN AMERICA IT REACHED #5 AND SOLD OVER A MILLION
COPIES{PLATINUM}.
WITH IT'S HAUNTING ORGAN MELODY AND ULTRA-TRIPPY LYRICS
"PALE" WAS THE PERFECT SONG FOR THE PEAK YEAR OF PSYCHADELICA;
1967.IT'S THE MOST PLAYED SONG ON BRITISH RADIO OF ALL TIME AND
OVER 800 ARTISTS HAVE RECORDED COVER VERSIONS OF THE SONG-
WHICH MUST BE SOME KIND OF RECORD.THERE IS NO OTHER SONG
EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER "PALE" THAT EVEN REMOTLY RESEMBLES
IT.IT'S A "ONE OF A KIND" SONG THAT ONCE HEARD IS UNFORGETABLE.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008
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