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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" was originally conceived of as a 10 minute EpicRocking piece - four verses of lyrics were written, but two of them fell by the wayside by the time they were recording it, with the studio version featuring what were originally just the first and last verses. The extended version has been performed live.
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* ReferencedBy: In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]], the DJ can be heard listening to "A Whiter Shade of Pale".

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* ReferencedBy: In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks "Resurrection "Revelation of the Daleks"]], the DJ can be heard listening to "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
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* ReferencedBy: In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]], the DJ can be heard listening to "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
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* BreakupBreakout: Robin Trower, who left after ''Broken Barricades'', went on to great success in the '70s with his new eponymous band.
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* BigNameFan: Creator/DouglasAdams was a huge fan of theirs, and considered them to have been unjustly overlooked. One of the pieces in ''Literature/TheSalmonOfDoubt'' is an appreciation of their work.
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* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Never worked with the band itself, but did album covers for three members' solo albums (Matthew Fisher's SelfTitledAlbum, Gary Brooker's ''No More Fear of Flying'' and Robin Trower's ''Caravan to Midnight'').
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* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Never worked with the band itself, but did album covers for three members' solo albums (Matthew Fisher's SelfTitledAlbum, Gary Brooker's ''No More Fear of Flying'' and Robin Trower's ''Caravan to Midnight'').

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* OneHitWonder: While they did get several singles onto the UK singles charts, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" utterly overshadowed all the rest of them.
** "Conquistador" did well in the U.S; and their album sales made up for any lack of success on the pop charts.

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* MilestoneCelebration: ''Novum'', released in 2017, commemorates the band's 50th anniversary.
* OneHitWonder: Sort of. While they did get several singles onto the UK singles charts, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" utterly overshadowed all the rest of them.
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them. "Conquistador" did well in the U.S; US, and their album sales made up for any lack of sustained success on the pop charts.charts.
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* BigNameFan: Creator/DouglasAdams was a huge fan of theirs, and considered them to have been unjustly overlooked. One of the pieces in ''Literature/TheSalmonOfDoubt'' is an appreciation of their work.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Gary Brooker has played on toured with and played on several albums for [[Music/TheRollingStones Bill Wyman]]'s Rhythm Kings.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Gary Brooker has played on toured with and played on several albums for [[{{TheRollingStones}} Bill Wyman]]'s Rhythm Kings

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Gary Brooker has played on toured with and played on several albums for [[{{TheRollingStones}} [[Music/TheRollingStones Bill Wyman]]'s Rhythm KingsKings.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Gary Brooker has played on toured with and played on several albums for [[{{TheRollingStones}} Bill Wyman]]'s Rhythm Kings
* OneHitWonder: While they did get several singles onto the UK singles charts, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" utterly overshadowed all the rest of them.
** "Conquistador" did well in the U.S; and their album sales made up for any lack of success on the pop charts.

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