ABOUT GARY BROOKER
Singer and founder of the band Procol Harum, the group who released the popular song "A White Shade of Pale." After delving into a solo career in the late 1970s, he joined forces with Eric Clapton to play in Clapton's band for a couple of years. He released 3 solo studio albums and one solo live album.
As a child he taught himself how to play three instruments: the piano, the cornet, and the trombone.
In June 2003 at the Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. During an era in England that saw the emergence of acts like The Beatles and The Animals , he and Robin Trower formed the band The Paramounts, in 1962, and the group even shared the stage with The Rolling Stones .
He was born in East London in a town called Hackney.
He appeared alongside Madonna in the 1996 film adaptation of Evita .
