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April 14, 2009
All you have to know about the decline and fall of Britain...
Procol Harum's hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale," with its haunting organ melody and largely meaningless lyrics, is the most-played song in U.K. public places in the past 75 years, the London-based Times reported, citing PPL, which licenses music for public use on behalf of more than 3,500 record companies.The song, recorded in 1967, beat out Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" into second place with the U.S. Everly Brothers harmony duo coming third with their 1958 recording of "All I Have to Do Is Dream," the newspaper said.
The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley could only manage seventh place with his 1957 hit, "All Shook Up," while Abba's "Dancing Queen" took the eighth slot and Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" was 10th; the Beatles' highest placing was 11 with "Hello, Goodbye," and the Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Women" was the 19th most-placed, the Times said.
PPL defined public places as including radio stations, sports stadiums, jukeboxes, elevators and supermarkets, the Times added.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at April 14, 2009 8:04 PM