Gary Brooker

English singer, composer and pianist (1945–2022)

Person Human Q549179

Facts

28 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[23]
Date of birth: May 29, 1945, 1945^[11]
Date of death: February 19, 2022, 2022^[12]
Place of birth: The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Front Buildings
Place of death: Surrey, Guildford^[10]
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[13]
Occupation: pianist, singer-songwriter, musician, rock musician, singer, composer^[14]
Field of work: music^[15]
Educated at: Westcliff High School for Boys, South Essex College^[16]^[17]
Award received: Member of the Order of the British Empire^[19]
Notable work: A Whiter Shade of Pale^[18]
Genre: hard rock, progressive rock, baroque pop, rock and roll, jazz^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]
Official website: www.procolharum.com^[34]
Cause of death: cancer^[31]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[39]
Copyright representative: PRS for Music
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Described by source: Gary Brooker, Singer for Procol Harum, Dies at 76^[38]
End of work period: 2022^[42]
Family name: Brooker^[32]
Given name: Gary^[33]
Instrument: piano, voice^[36]^[37]
Manner of death: natural causes^[35]

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Member of: Procol Harum, Rockestra, The Paramounts^[20]^[21]^[22]
Name in native language: Gary Brooker^[40]
Record label: Mercury Records, Chrysalis Records^[29]^[30]
Start of work period: 1962^[41]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 68

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VIAF cluster ID: 33639554
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n91075893
GND ID: 134337476
Image (Wikimedia Commons): 2018 Procol Harum - Gary Brooker - by 2eight - 8SC9253.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000740971
Allcinema person ID: 507367
AlloCiné person ID: 36800
American Film Institute person ID: 331943
BBC Things ID: db00567d-4be7-4956-86a9-437073a7e2c8
BIBSYS ID: 98007100
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 140341655

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Billboard artist ID: gary-brooker
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11967184
Companies House officer ID: rumODw85MPcNZcdo_VFeXaMT4ok
DBC author ID: 87097990302485
DR music artist ID: 19366
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134337476
Discogs artist ID: 257412
ELNET ID: a1207617x
Europeana entity: agent/base/71200
FamilySearch person ID: GYGD-756
Film.ru person ID: geri-bruker
Freebase ID: /m/01plhz0
GTAA ID: 86281
Genius artist ID: Gary-brooker
Genius artist numeric ID: 109741
HAND ID: 8056-6E3D-8A6F-7272-7025
IMDb ID: nm0111767
IPI name number: 00039641176
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 84075
J9U entity ID: 987008816729205171
JRC Names ID: 567234
KANTO ID: 000190764
Kinobox person ID: 842000
Last.fm ID: Gary+Brooker
LyricsTranslate ID: gary-brooker-lyrics.html
Munzinger Pop ID: 02000001390
MusicBrainz artist ID: 160eff18-7d6e-4000-a1d4-fe4c2e7a66ca
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000017453
NL CR AUT ID: xx0348611
NLA Trove people ID: 1178522
NNDB people ID: 512/000128128
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000109157
NSK ID: 981005764294809366
National Discography of Italian Song artist/group ID: 192
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2020M0599
National Library of Latvia ID: 000097877
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX866707
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073482773
Nederlandse Top 40 artist ID: gary-brooker
Offizielle Deutsche Charts person ID: 3344
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 90000383011
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095529947
Rotten Tomatoes ID: celebrity/gary_brooker
SBN author ID: DDSV000302
SBN books ID: DDSV000302
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 95568
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 3624
Songkick artist ID: 544893
TMDB person ID: 100196
The Numbers person ID (archived): 19540401
Tidal artist ID: 3651176
WikiTree person ID: Brooker-1758
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJd88bfWhdJm79fywt4Dv3
Yale LUX ID: person/22b00c7e-9ce9-442d-9646-1c7c830e5d44
Yandex Music artist ID: 4693
ČSFD person ID: 117382

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🔗 Connections

Mb:composer 10

A Whiter Shade of Pale, A Whiter Shade of Pale, A Salty Dog, A Salty Dog, Homburg, Homburg, Conquistador, Conquistador +2 more

Genre 5

jazz, rock and roll, hard rock, progressive rock, baroque pop

Mb:member of band 4

Procol Harum, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Concert for George, Rockestra

Compositions 3

A Whiter Shade of Pale, A Salty Dog, Homburg

Occupation 3

musician, pianist, singer-songwriter

Belongs to 2

Procol Harum, The Paramounts

Instrument 2

piano, voice

Mb:orchestrator 2

Grand Hotel, Grand Hotel

Mb:writer 2

Senza luce, Senza luce

Record label 2

Mercury Records, Chrysalis Records

Award received 1

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Cause of death 1

cancer

PRS for Music

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Given name 1

Gary

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

Procol Harum

Notable work 1

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Place of death 1

Surrey

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

Evita

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Summary

Gary Brooker was born on May 29, 1945^[1], in The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Front Buildings^[2]. He died on February 19, 2022^[3], in Surrey^[4]. He worked as a pianist^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], musician^[7], rock musician^[8], and singer^[9].

FAQs

Where was Gary Brooker born?

Gary Brooker was born in The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Front Buildings^[2].

Where did Gary Brooker die?

Gary Brooker passed away in Surrey^[4].

What did Gary Brooker do for work?

Gary Brooker worked as a pianist^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], musician^[7], rock musician^[8], and singer^[9].

Where did Gary Brooker go to school?

Gary Brooker was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys^[16] and South Essex College^[17].

What awards did Gary Brooker receive?

Honors received include Member of the Order of the British Empire^[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Gary Brooker — place of birth (P19): The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Front Buildings. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Gary Brooker — place of death (P20): Surrey. The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-04-14. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Gary Brooker — place of death (P20): Guildford. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Gary Brooker — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Gary Brooker — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Gary Brooker — educated at (P69): Westcliff High School for Boys. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Gary Brooker — educated at (P69): South Essex College. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Gary Brooker — field of work (P101): music. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2026-08-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Gary Brooker — occupation (P106): pianist. The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Gary Brooker — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Gary Brooker — occupation (P106): musician. Companies House. Retrieved 2020-12-03. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Gary Brooker — occupation (P106): rock musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Gary Brooker — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Gary Brooker — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Gary Brooker — genre (P136): hard rock. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Gary Brooker — genre (P136): progressive rock. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Gary Brooker — genre (P136): baroque pop. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Gary Brooker — genre (P136): rock and roll. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Gary Brooker — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Gary Brooker — award received (P166): Member of the Order of the British Empire. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Gary Brooker — record label (P264): Mercury Records. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Gary Brooker — record label (P264): Chrysalis Records. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Gary Brooker — member of (P463): Procol Harum. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Gary Brooker — member of (P463): Rockestra. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Gary Brooker — member of (P463): The Paramounts. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Gary Brooker — cause of death (P509): cancer. The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Gary Brooker — date of birth (P569): May 29, 1945. Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2017-10-09. ibdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Gary Brooker — date of birth (P569): 1945. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2026-08-20. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Gary Brooker — date of death (P570): February 19, 2022. The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-14. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Gary Brooker — date of death (P570): 2022. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2026-08-20. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Gary Brooker — family name (P734): Brooker. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Gary Brooker — given name (P735): Gary. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Gary Brooker — notable work (P800): A Whiter Shade of Pale. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Gary Brooker — official website (P856): http://www.procolharum.com/procolgb.htm. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Gary Brooker — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Gary Brooker — instrument (P1303): piano. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Gary Brooker — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Gary Brooker — described by source (P1343): Gary Brooker, Singer for Procol Harum, Dies at 76. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Gary Brooker — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Gary Brooker — name in native language (P1559): Gary Brooker. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Gary Brooker — start of work period (P2031): 1962. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Gary Brooker — end of work period (P2032): 2022. wikidata.org.

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9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3651176

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
7w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Allcinema person ID → 507367

"Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 507367, Matched to ゲイリー・ブルッカー (#322389757) in Allcinema person #mi"
11w ago · Frettiebot bot · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Field of work → music

"Created claim: Field of work: music, Update NK ČR – P101"
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HAND ID → 8056-6E3D-8A6F-7272-7025

Date of birth → May 29, 1945, 1945

NL CR AUT ID → xx0348611

Date of death → February 19, 2022, 2022

"Created claim: NL CR AUT ID: xx0348611, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787212288573"

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