For the South African cricketer, see Keith Reid (cricketer).
Keith Reid
Reid in 1999
Background information
Birth name
Keith Stuart Brian Reid
Born
(1946-10-19)19 October 1946 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Died
23 March 2023(2023-03-23) (aged 76) London, England
Genres
Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, Art rock
Occupation(s)
Lyricist, songwriter
Years active
1966–2023
Musical artist
Keith Stuart Brian Reid (19 October 1946 – 23 March 2023)[1][2] was an English lyricist and songwriter.
He was best known for being the songwriter who wrote the lyrics of every original song released by Procol Harum, with the exception of the songs on their 2017 album, Novum. He co-founded the band with Gary Brooker. Reid was a non-performing member, he did not play any instrument, and did not record with Procol Harum. After the band's break-up in 1977, he began composing songs. Most notably, he co-wrote "You're the Voice", a UK top-10 hit for Australian singer John Farnham.
^"Keith Reid, Procol Harum's excellent lyricist". Beyond the Pale. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^Keith Reid, Procol Harum Lyricist, Dies at 76. Best Classic Bands. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
Keith Stuart Brian Reid (19 October 1946 – 23 March 2023) was an English lyricist and songwriter. He was best known for being the songwriter who wrote...
Knights, keyboardist Matthew Fisher, drummer Bobby Harrison and lyricist KeithReid. The band went through a number of lineup changes over the next ten years...
the production work was instead done by Tony Visconti, though lyricist KeithReid credits the album's engineer, Glyn Johns, with an instrumental role in...
songwriting, and his old friend Guy Stevens introduced him to lyricist KeithReid. In April 1967, after several months writing together while failing to...
Stranger. The Procol Harum reformation began with just Gary Brooker and KeithReid working together to write songs, only later giving serious consideration...
Fisher, while the lyrics were written by KeithReid. Originally, the writing credits only listed Brooker and Reid. In 2009, Fisher won co-writing credit...
then offered up the epic "The Worm and The Tree", a piece by lyricist KeithReid that Brooker had been toying with on and off for several years. Under...
drums, tabla John "Kellogs" Kalinowski – bosun's whistle, refreshments KeithReid – lyrics Technical Ken Scott – engineering (1–5, 8–10) Ian Stuart - engineering...
Trower writing again with his former Procol Harum colleague, lyricist KeithReid nine years after they had last collaborated. The album was issued on CD...
Chris Copping, Robin Trower, and B. J. Wilson. All lyrics are written by KeithReid Gary Brooker – piano, vocals (except "Song for a Dreamer" and "Poor Mohammed")...
Tales through the line, "as the miller told his tale." However, lyricist KeithReid has denied this, saying he had never read Chaucer when he wrote the line...
and No. 6 in Austria. The song was written by Andy Qunta (ex-Icehouse), KeithReid (Procol Harum), Maggie Ryder and Chris Thompson (ex-Manfred Mann's Earth...
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