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'''Procol Harum''' is an English [[Progressive Rock]] and [[Baroque Pop]] band founded in 1967. The group's membership has changed frequently, the only constant members being singer/pianist Gary Brooker (and lyricist Keith Reid until 2003). The group recorded 10 studio albums before disbanding in 1977, then reunited in the 1990s, having recorded two more studio albums since then and continuing to perform live up to the present.
With the death of Gary Brooker in February 2022, Procol Harum's future is in doubt; he was the only constant member of the band.
* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin']]: Disgustingly, "A Souvenir of London".▼
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* [[Chronological Album Title]]: ''Procol's Ninth''
* [[Cover Version]]: Not common for them, but they did cover "I Keep Forgettin'" (by Chuck Jackson, written by [[
* [[Crapsack World]]: The entire ''Broken Barricades'' album is pretty much a window-jumper.
* [[Downer Ending]]: [[Downer Beginning]], middle, and ending, really...''Broken Barricades''.
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* [[Fake Band]]: Originally. Brooker and Reid recorded "Whiter Shade", and had to assemble a band when it hit.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Their popularity in the United Kingdom faded quickly after their first single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", and from then on they toured mostly in the United States (in the late 1960s) and continental Europe (from the 1970s onward).
* [[A Good Name for
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: later famous as a solo artist, Robin Trower was the guitarist for the band's first several albums.
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Mentioned in the lyrics of "Monsieur Armand" (re-recorded as "Monsieur R. Monde" - see [[Spell My Name
* [[Koan]]:
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* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: While they did get several singles onto the UK singles charts, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" utterly overshadowed all the rest of them.
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** Parodying the packet design from a well-known brand of cigarettes.
* [[Slave Brand]]: "Memorial Drive"
* [[Spell My Name
** Then there's the song "Monsieur Armand", recorded in 1967 and left unreleased, then re-recorded and released in 1975 with the title spelled "Monsieur R. Monde", [http://www.procolharum.com/tn+sq/ebaf_65_monde.htm possibly] for reasons related to publishing rights.
* [[Title Confusion]]: Their fourth album is titled ''Home''. Its front and back cover illustration has a sort of "board game" theme featuring portraits of the band members cut and pasted onto cartoon characters, including some speech balloons and [[Written Sound Effect|written sound effects]] such as "Whoosh!" and "Sploosh!". It just so happens that "Whoosh!" is printed on the front cover in a font size nearly as large as was used for the title. Because of this, [http://www.procolharum.com/whoosh.htm some] Benelux-market editions of the album state the album title as ''Whoosh'' on the center label / cassette label / sleeve spine.
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