On this Day in Music History – June 10, 1967 A haunting organ. A surreal lyric. And a voice that seemed to rise straight out of a dream. Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" hit #1 on the UK charts on this day in 1967 after selling over 356,000 copies in just three weeks. In the U.S., it would reach #5 by late July—but the song’s impact went far beyond chart positions. Merging Bach-inspired Baroque stylings with cryptic, Dylanesque lyrics, “A Whiter Shade of Pale” helped define the psychedeli

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