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Song: A Whiter Shade of Pale

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According to some it is inspired on the aria from Bach's Orchestral Suite in D, BWV 1068, more commonly known as the "Air for the G String". An analysis of both pieces has been made by Bernard S. Greenberg in "Does "A Whiter Shade" quote Bach?".

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A Whiter Shade of Pale written by Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, Keith Reid - English

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 1967
2 A Whiter Shade of Pale King Curtis & The Kingpins 1967
3 A Whiter Shade of Pale Charlie Chalmers 1967
4 A Whiter Shade of Pale Trudy Pitts 1967
5 A Whiter Shade of Pale Noel Harrison 1967
6 Whiter Shade of Pale Jackie Mittoo 1967
7 A Whiter Shade of Pale Dave Antony's Moods June 1967
8 Whiter Shade of Pale The Box Tops November 1967
9 A Whiter Shade of Pale Johnny Rivers 1968
10 A Whiter Shade of Pale Freddie McCoy 1968
11 A Whiter Shade of Pale Hugh Masekela 1968
12 A Whiter Shade of Pale Big Jim Sullivan 1968
13 Whiter Shade of Pale The Keith Mansfield Orchestra 1968
14 青い影 - A Whiter Shade of Pale The Golden Cups March 10, 1968
15 A Whiter Shade of Pale The Dells 1969
16 Whiter Shade of Pale R.B. Greaves 1970
17 A Whiter Shade of Pale The Congregation 1972
18 A Whiter Shade of Pale Sylvester and The Hot Band 1973
19 A Whiter Shade of Pale James Last 1974
20 A Whiter Shade of Pale Herbie Mann 1974
21 A Whiter Shade of Pale Klaus Wunderlich 1976
22 A Whiter Shade of Pale Fausto Papetti 1978
23 A Whiter Shade of Pale Joe Cocker 1978
24 A Whiter Shade of Pale Munich Machine Introducing Chris Bennett 1978
25 A Whiter Shade of Pale New Jordal Swingers 1980
26 A Whiter Shade of Pale Bonnie Tyler 1981
27 A Whiter Shade of Pale Willie Nelson 1982
28 A Whiter Shade of Pale The Shadows 1983
29 A Whiter Shade of Pale Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve 1984
30 Medley In C: Always On My Mind / Whiter Shade of Pale / San Francisco Nights / Ain't Misbehavin' / Imagine / TV Party / Dang Me / England Swings / I Started a Joke / To Sir With Love / Some Guys Have All the Luck / Waltz Across Texas / The Shah Sleeps In Lee Harvey's Grave Eugene Chadbourne 1985
31 A Whiter Shade of Pale Richard Clayderman 1988
32 A Whiter Shade of Pale Puhdys 1989
33 A Whiter Shade of Pale Doro 1989
34 A Whiter Shade of Pale Lars Roos 1992
35 A Whiter Shade of Pale Arlen Roth 1993
36 A Whiter Shade of Pale Riot 1993
37 A Whiter Shade of Pale Justin Hayward 1994
38 A Whiter Shade of Pale Homeboyz feat. Alan J. 1995
39 A Whiter Shade of Pale Annie Lennox 1995
40 A Whiter Shade of Pale The Wailing Souls September 15, 1998
41 A Whiter Shade of Pale John Farnham November 1998
42 A Whiter Shade of Pale Helge & The Firefuckers 1999
43 A Whiter Shade of Pale Flemming Bamse Jørgensen 1999
44 A Whiter Shade of Pale Michael Bolton November 16, 1999
45 A Whiter Shade of Pale Micha Marah Band 2000
46 A Whiter Shade of Pale Sarah Brightman April 2000
47 Whiter Shade of Pale Montgomery Smith 2001
48 A Whiter Shade of Pale Sarah Brooks with Joe Beck 2002
49 A Whiter Shade of Pale Blues Evolution 2002
50 A Whiter Shade of Pale Helmut Lotti 2003
51 A Whiter Shade of Pale Lana Lane 2003
52 A Whiter Shade of Pale Black Label Society 2004
53 A Whiter Shade of Pale Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes 2004
54 A Whiter Shade of Pale Loona December 2004
55 A Whiter Shade of Pale Per Nielsen 2005
56 A Whiter Shade of Pale Pentti Hietanen 2005
57 Whiter Shade of Pale Soulbob 2005
58 A Whiter Shade of Pale Slowfeet October 26, 2007
59 A Whiter Shade of Pale Gregorian September 25, 2009
60 A Whiter Shade of Pale The Twang 2010

Senza luce written by Mogol - Italian

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Senza luce (A Whiter Shade of Pale) I Dik Dik 1967
2 Senza luce Fausto Leali 1967
3 Senza luce Al Bano Carrisi 1998
4 Senza luce Paul Potts May 8, 2009

Les orgues d'antan written by Georges Aber - French

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Les orgues d'antan Nicoletta 1967

Esse amor que eu não queria written by Geraldo Figueiredo - Portuguese

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Esse amor que eu não queria Agnaldo Timóteo 1967
2 Esse amor que eu não queria Jean Carlo 1967

Forum topics

Topic Board Started by Replies Last message down
1 A Whiter Shade of Pale Add songs Axxie_Dent 1 2007-10-07 04:27:33 GMT by wally creek
2 A Whiter Shade of Pale - covered by Riot Add songs Axxie_Dent 0 2007-10-18 12:22:19 GMT by Axxie_Dent
3 A Whiter Shade of Pale Add songs vicrod 0 2007-11-02 20:37:11 GMT by vicrod
4 A Whiter Shade of Pale - covered by Cleveland Add songs Axxie_Dent 0 2007-11-06 16:22:25 GMT by Axxie_Dent
5 Elliott Yamin Bonus songs Add songs CloneX 0 2008-05-12 03:16:39 GMT by CloneX
6 A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum) covered by Riot Add songs loufi 0 2008-08-12 18:01:46 GMT by loufi
7 A Whiter Shade of Pale covered by Spanish group POP TOPS (1967) Add songs Stephan Koenig 0 2009-06-18 14:46:58 GMT by Stephan Koenig
8 A Whiter Shade of Pale Add songs rcg99 1 2009-10-20 15:42:35 GMT by Canary
9 A Whiter Shade of Pale Add songs jyrkipr 1 2009-10-20 15:43:11 GMT by Canary
10 A Whiter Shade of Pale - kalpeaakin kalpeempaa (cov. by Harri Marstio) Add songs jyrkipr 0 2009-11-13 18:31:01 GMT by jyrkipr
11 A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum) covered by John Farnham Add songs Patrick 1 2010-02-11 11:25:56 GMT by Isa
12 Covers in other languages than English Add songs angela79at 18 2010-03-15 05:09:26 GMT by jjcoyote
13 A Whiter Shade of Pale - cov. by BB Band Add songs jyrkipr 0 2010-05-24 16:58:17 GMT by jyrkipr
14 The Allen Toussaint Orchestra (1988) Add songs Stephan Koenig 0 2010-10-23 14:56:36 GMT by Stephan Koenig
15 A Whiter Shade of Pale(Procol Harum) covered by Keith Mansfield Orchestra Add songs Patrick 1 2011-05-16 06:37:09 GMT by wally creek
16 A Whiter Shade of Pale Add songs DeeTheWriter_SPB 1 2011-07-18 03:59:21 GMT by wally creek
17 A Whiter Shade of Pale Add songs jodeen 1 2011-07-20 07:52:28 GMT by wally creek

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