Real name: Gary Brooker

Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 2004

British pianist & vocalist (he also played keyboards, banjo, harmonica, marimba, koto, guitar), composer, lyricist and frontman of Procol Harum born May 29, 1945 in Hackney, London and died February 19, 2022 in Surrey.
In 1962, he and his friend Robin Trower founded The Paramounts; they disbanded in 1966. In summer of 1967, he founded Procol Harum with his friend Keith Reid.
On 14 June 2003, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, in recognition of his charitable services.
Son of Harry Brooker.