Procol Harum singer wins full royalties appeal

THE lead singer of British band Procol Harum won an appeals court judgment yesterday awarding him the full royalties to the iconic hit A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Procol Harum singer wins full royalties appeal

Britain’s Court of Appeal, ruling for rock star Gary Brooker, overturned a lower court decision granting the group’s former organist 40% of the millions of dollars in royalties from the song.

The court agreed that Matthew Fisher, who played the haunting organ theme, was entitled to co-authorship but said he will receive no money from past or future royalties.

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