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"Homburg" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum, released as the follow-up single to their initial 1967 hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Written by pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, "Homburg" reached number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, [1] number 15 in Canada, and number 34 in the United States. It went to number one in several ...
The song's lyrics were written by Keith Reid, and its music was composed by Gary Brooker, who also sang.It was featured on the band's 1967 album, Procol Harum. [1] The song is unusual in that the music was written before the lyrics; according to Reid, "99 out of 100 of those Procol Harum songs were written the words first, and then were set to music."
"A Salty Dog" peaked at #44 on the UK Singles Chart. [5] BBC Radio DJ John Peel explained the lack of chart success: ... and, er, that was 'A Salty Dog,' which was once released as a single, and should have done, er, a lot better in fact as a single than it did; unfortunately, um, seeing as it was longer than two-and-a-half minutes long and isn't exactly a bright tempo, a lot of my colleagues ...
[49] The song was included on the US release of the Procol Harum album, in September 1967, but not on the subsequent UK version. [43] In the Netherlands, the single entered the chart at number 1 in June 1967 and reached number 1 again in July 1972. A May 1972 re-release on Fly Records peaked at number 13 in the UK. Due to concerns about ...
Procol Harum (/ ˈ p r oʊ k əl ˈ h ɑː r əm /) were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single " A Whiter Shade of Pale ", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. [ 4 ]
Keith Stuart Brian Reid (19 October 1946 – 23 March 2023) [1] [2] was an English lyricist and songwriter.. He was best known for being the songwriter who wrote the lyrics of every original song released by Procol Harum, with the exception of the songs on their 2017 album, Novum.
A Salty Dog was recorded in March 1969. The musical tensions between Robin Trower and the rest of the group were beginning to show in this album, and although his guitar sound remains integral to most of the tracks, "Crucifiction Lane" (featuring a rare Trower vocal), in retrospect, shows that Trower was already moving in a different direction from the rest of the band.
The album is dedicated to the memory of B. J. Wilson, who had been the drummer on all of the group's previous albums, but not on The Prodigal Stranger.The Procol Harum reformation began with just Gary Brooker and Keith Reid working together to write songs, only later giving serious consideration to involving other members of Procol Harum.