TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 05/12/1967

The English Rock band Procol Harum release their debut single, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”. The song will top the UK singles chart and reach #5 in America. It is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having sold more than ten million copies worldwide. In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, the performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited recognized it as the most-played record by British broadcasting of the past seventy years.