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No! These were
Procol Harum's
one-year wonders: all the top-thirty hits were
written in 1967
Date first charted |
Record |
Catalogue No |
Highest position |
Weeks on chart |
25 May 1967 |
A Whiter Shade of Pale |
Deram 126 |
1 |
15 |
4 October 1967 |
Homburg |
Regal Zonophone |
6 |
10 |
24 April 1968 |
Quite Rightly So |
Regal Zonophone |
50 |
1 |
18 June 1969 |
A Salty Dog |
Regal Zonophone |
44 |
1 |
16 July 1969 |
A Salty Dog |
Regal Zonophone |
44 |
1 |
22 April 1972 |
A Whiter Shade of Pale |
Magnifly Echo 10 |
49 |
1 |
6 May 1972 |
A Whiter Shade of Pale |
Magnifly Echo 10 |
13 |
11 |
5 August 1972 |
Conquistador |
Chrysalis CHS 2003 |
22 |
7 |
23 August 1975 |
Pandora's Box |
Chrysalis CHS 2073 |
16 |
7 |
Data
(from 1977's Guinness Book of British Hit Singles) based on weekly chart
compiled for Record Retailer and BBC by British Market Research Bureau
More Procol chart-data
Pages devoted to A Whiter Shade of Pale
John Peel rationalises mystifying chart disappointment
of A Salty Dog single
A Salty Dog single review
You might expect the press in Southend, if anywhere, to know that Procol had
more than one hit: but the Southend
Evening Echo still hadn’t figured that out on Tuesday 21 October 2003:
Thundersley: Drumming up cash for
charity
The drummer of 1960s
one-hit wonder band Procul [sic]Harum
has played in Thundersley to raise money for charity. Bobby Harrison was the beat man for the band
who shot to fame with A Whiter Shade of Pale.
He now fronts Christian group, Journey, and plays at venues throughout the
country.
The band's latest gig was at
Organiser Nicole Dingle said: "We filled the hall and everyone sat down
for a ploughman's dinner."
The concert started at 7pm on Saturday and raised in the region of £200 for
the St Peter's Aid to
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