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• A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum ⁽¹⁹⁶⁷⁾

  After the rhythm & blues band The Paramounts disbanded in 1966, singer Gary Brooker helped form Procol Harum early in 1967. In July that year, the band got their first #1 hit A Whiter Shade of Pale, co-written by Brooker & Reid, becoming one of the first real "symphonic rock" songs. A lot of albums and singles were released afterwards, but never enjoyed the success of their first single.
  
  Band friend and record company owner Guy Stevens came up with the group's name Procol Harum, a mis-spelling of the Latin phrase Procul Harun (roughly meaning “far beyond these things”), which was also the pedigree name of his Siamese cat (who actually was marked Procul hīs). (Another explanation is that it was a corruption of Procellarum, a vast ocean on the Moon.)
  
  The line up for their first single was:
  
  Gary Brooker: vocals and piano
  Keith Reid: words
  Matthew Fisher: Hammond organ
  David Knights: bass
  Ray Royer: guitar
  Drums by session drummer Bill Eyden.
  
  Procol Harum re-formed in October 1991 and recorded "The Prodigal Stranger" with this line-up:
  
  Brooker - vocals and piano
  Reid - words
  Fisher - hammond organ
  with guests:
  Dave Bronze - bass
  Mark Brzezicki - drums
  Jerry Stevenson - mandolin and guitar.

• Behind Closed Doors by Charlie Rich ⁽¹⁹⁷³⁾
• Night Fever by Bee Gees ⁽¹⁹⁷⁸⁾
• If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley ⁽¹⁹⁶⁸⁾
• Last Romance by Mark Holden ⁽¹⁹⁷⁶⁾
• Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs