Matthew Fisher
Matthew Charles Fisher (born 7 March 1946, Addiscombe, Croydon, England) is an English musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known for playing the Hammond organ on the 1967 single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum, for which he subsequently won a songwriting credit.
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ReplyDeleteFisher was born and grew up in Addiscombe, a suburb of Croydon, then in Surrey. He started playing in bands in his teens, initially playing bass guitar, but around 1964, after hearing The Animals and Georgie Fame, he decided that he would prefer to be an organist instead.
Rachel Hannah Weisz was born 7 March 1970. She is an English film and theatre actress and former fashion model. S She made her film début in the film Death Machine (1994), but her breakthrough role came in the film Chain Reaction (1996), leading to a high-profile role as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001). As for me, the film Mummy with her participation astonished me so much)
ReplyDeleteWeisz also works in theatre. Her stage breakthrough was the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play Design for Living, which earned her the London Critics Circle Award for the most promising newcomer. Weisz's performances also include the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer, and their 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. Her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in the latter play earned her the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress.
ReplyDeleteIn 2009, the House of Lords found Fisher to be joint-author and co-owner of Procol Harum's iconic song 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' by virtue of his contribution to the song in the form of his organ solo, despite waiting nearly 40 years since its release to make a claim.
ReplyDeleteAntony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO RDI (born 7 March 1930) is an English photographer and film maker. He was married to Princess Margaret, younger daughter of King George VI, and younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
ReplyDeleteHe is known professionally, and credited, simply as Snowdon.
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ReplyDeleteFisher's use of the Hammond M102 organ was a distinctive part of the early Procol Harum sound.
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