Played in CArtist: Procol HarumAlbum: Procol HarumReleased: 1967Written by Gary Brooker / Keith Reid / Matthew FisherOriginal song link: www.youtub A Whiter Shade of Pale Lyrics [Intro] [Verse 1] We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was A Whiter Shade Of Pale was the main theme of the soundtrack to 1967's Summer Of Love: The Single when The Beatles ' Sgt Pepper was The Album. At a time when the increasingly experimental British pop music of the mid to late Sixties was on the cusp, Procol Harum 's debut single did more than any other individual song to push it over the PXE1.