A Whiter Shade of Pale

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lyricist:	Keith Reid
composer:	Gary Brooker Matthew Fisher (UK organist for Procol Harum/Prairie Madness, engineer)

publisher:	Belsize Music Ltd. Essex Music International Ltd. Onward Music Ltd. The Richmond Organization Éditions Essex (TRO) Westminster Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:	ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2110 [info]
Songfacts:	https://www.songfacts.com/facts/procol-harum/a-whiter-shade-of-pale [info]
Wikidata:	Q300620 [info]

later translated versions:	Esse amor que eu não queria Fahler als nur fahl Senza luce (Italian version)
later versions:	Mijn gedachten
is based on:	Kantate, BWV 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”: I. Sinfonia Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on the G string)
arrangements:	A Whiter Shade of Pale

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1967	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	3:59
1967	Les Orgues d'antan	cover	Nicoletta	4:09
1968-06-24 – 1968-06-25	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Louis Van Dyke	3:57
1971-03-05	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 1971-03-05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)	cover and live	King Curtis	4:42
1971-03-06	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 1971-03-06: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)	cover and live	King Curtis	4:56
1971-03-07	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 1971-03-07: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)	cover and live	King Curtis	5:19
1976-10-15 – 1976-10-16	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	London Symphony Orchestra	3:53
1978-08-25	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 1978‐08‐25: University Great Hall, Lancaster, UK)	cover and live	Peter Gabriel	?:??
1981-05-02	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 1981-05-02: Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, US)	cover and live	Joe Cocker	6:01
1983-12-09	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 1983-12-09: CIHE, Chelmsford, UK)	cover and live	Nitzer Ebb	2:09
1984	Whiter Shade of Pale / Like a Rolling Stone (live in 1984)	live	Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott & Grand Slam	5:34
1988-09-22	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and live	The Gadd Gang	5:37
1998	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 1998: California)	live	Keith Emerson, Glenn Hughes & Marc Bonilla	5:40
2001-12-14	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2001-12-14: Warsaw, Poland)	live	Procol Harum	?:??
2003-12-13	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2003-12-13: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany)	live	Doro	?:??
2006-06-17	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2006-06-17: The Basement, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)	cover and live	Glenn Hughes	4:15
2006-10-21	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2006-10-21: Eddie’s Attic, Atlanta, GA, USA)	cover and live	Brian Vander Ark	4:52
2007-11-29	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2007-11-29: Pala Ruffini, Turin, Italy)	live	Procol Harum	6:31
2008	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2008: Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY, USA)	cover and live	Vic Ruggiero	3:37
2008	White Shade of Pale (青い影)	cover	Vic Ruggiero	3:24
2009-09-20	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2009-09-20: Ledreborg Castle, Zealand Island, Denmark)	live	Procol Harum	6:54
2012-01-02	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2012-01-02: Hafenklang, Hamburg, Germany)	cover and live	Vic Ruggiero	3:45
2012	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live, 2012)	live	Procol Harum	5:52
2014-04-28	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and live	Billy Joel	3:58
2016-07-15	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and live	rockklassiker Freising	?:??
2016	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and live	The Best of Britain	4:21
	A White Shade Of Pale		Procol Harum	4:03
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Puhdys	4:27
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	5:16
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Imaginary Sound Project	4:33
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	?:??
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Batt, John Farnham	5:00
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	?:??
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Sarah Brightman	3:39
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	James Last	3:30
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Justin Hayward with Mike Batt & the London Philharmonic Orchestra	4:28
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Dave Edmunds	4:07
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	?:??
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	4:30
	A Whiter Shade of Pale (alternate stereo version, released in 1997)		Procol Harum	6:04
	A Whiter Shade of Pale (uncredited instrumentals, from Lover’s Romance, Vol. 9)	instrumental	[unknown]	4:16
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Halie Loren feat. Matt Treder	4:40
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Herbie Mann	4:46
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Percy Sledge	3:42
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Annie Lennox	4:52
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	King Curtis	5:29
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Fausto Papetti	2:58
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	?:??
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Arlen Roth	5:24
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	?:??
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Sarah Brightman	3:55
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Sarah Brightman	3:16
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthew Freeman	4:29
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	instrumental	Patrick Gläser	3:25
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Willie Nelson	4:02
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Gregorian	4:03
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Bonnie Tyler	4:29
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Canadian Brass	3:15
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Riot	4:59
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Sungha Jung	3:24
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Kaare Norge	4:43
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Annie Lennox	5:19
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	3:07
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	The Dells	5:28
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	The Allen Toussaint Orchestra	3:50
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	5:53
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Pentti Hietanen	4:52
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	R. Stevie Moore	5:30
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	4:41
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	5:28
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	3:52
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Noel Harrison	2:58
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Mantovani	2:42
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	London Symphony Orchestra	10:24
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Lana Lane	5:01
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Joe Cocker	5:25
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Giovanni Marradi	4:17
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Gregorian	4:58
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Loona	3:33
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	4:04
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	[unknown]	?:??
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Wout Steenhuis & Peter Schilperoort	?:??
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Helmut Lotti	4:19
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Lefevre	2:40
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Jason McQ	3:33
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	The Everly Brothers	4:55
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	James Last Orchestra	3:17
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	Wendroff	4:45
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	4:03
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Acker Bilk	3:46
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	instrumental	Pierre Belmonde	2:40
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and live	Flintlock	3:32
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Georg "Schorsch" Mayr	4:38
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and instrumental	Munich Symphonic Sound Orchestra	4:29
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover and live	Sarah Brightman	3:54
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	The BB Band	4:32
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	The Keith Mansfield Orchestra	3:58
	A Whiter Shade of Pale (live: The Union Chapel)	live	Procol Harum	7:14
	A Whiter Shade of Pale		Procol Harum	6:03
	A Whiter Shade of Pale	cover	James Last Orchestra	3:24
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