Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid have won back full royalty rights for “A Whiter Shade of Pale”. The pair had been forced to share the songwriting credits with organist Matthew Fisher after a 2006 legal ruling, but now London’s Court of Appeal reversed the decision in favour of Brooker and Reid and overturned the 2006 decision to credit Fisher with co-writing the ’60s classic and awarding him 40 per cent of past and future royalties.

“A Whiter Shade of Pale” became one of the most successful songs of all time - in 2004 the Performing Rights Group certified it the most played song of the last 70 years, clocking up almost 1000 cover versions and 10 million sales...

Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale"