A mournful lament with a teasing – even disturbing – lyric masquerading as a feel-good summer love song, AWSOP (as it is known by its devotees) was a conundrum from day one. Clearly inspired by other ...

Psych-rock outfit Procol Harum breathed life into an artful progressive sound that featured hints of blues and soul. Since their start in the mid-1960s, their delightfully bizarre style, in which lush ...

When Gary Brooker reappeared for the second half of Procol Harum’s recent Royal Festival Hall show, bandaged but unbowed after a stumble, it was almost a metaphor for the defiant way in which the ...

His impressionistic lyrics, as in the hit song “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” helped make the band one of the leading acts of the progressive-rock era. By Alex Williams Keith Reid, whose impressionistic ...

Keith Reid, the primary lyricist for Procol Harum, including 1967’s “A Whiter Shade Of Pale,” has died. Reid passed on March 23, and Procol Harum confirmed the news via Facebook with a tribute. “We ...

Keith Reid, the primary lyricist for Procol Harum, has died at the age of 76. The songwriter’s passing was confirmed by the band, who posted a tribute to Reid on their Facebook page. “We are sad to ...

Procol Harum cofounder and songwriter Keith Reid recently died at the age of 76. Reid was best known for having written the lyrics for almost every song by the band, most notably their biggest hit, “A ...

Keith Reid, lyricist for the British group Procol Harum and co-writer of the iconic 1960s hit “Whiter Shade of Pale,” died on March 23 after a battle with cancer, according to a post on the band’s ...

Procol Harum confirmed Wednesday in a statement on Facebook that the lyricist died in a hospital in London last Thursday Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...