<P> In 1977, the song was named joint winner (along with Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody") of "The Best British Pop Single 1952--1977" at the Brit Awards . In 1998 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . More than 1000 recorded cover versions by other artists are known . The song has been included in many music compilations over the decades and has also been used in the soundtracks of numerous films, including The Big Chill, Purple Haze, Breaking the Waves, The Boat That Rocked, Martin Scorsese's segment of New York Stories, Stonewall, and Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary series The Vietnam War . Cover versions of the song have also been featured in many films, for example, by King Curtis in Withnail and I and by Annie Lennox in The Net . </P> <P> The original writing credits were for Brooker and Reid only . On 30 July 2009, Matthew Fisher won co-writing credit for the music in a unanimous ruling from the Law Lords . </P> <P> The song was performed and recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in London, England, with Gary Brooker providing the vocals and piano, Matthew Fisher on a Hammond M - 102 organ, David Knights on bass and Ray Royer on guitar . Drums were by session drummer Bill Eyden . A few days later, the song was re-recorded with the band's then newly recruited drummer Bobby Harrison, but that version was discarded, and one of the original mono recordings was chosen for release . </P> <P> Producer for the record was Denny Cordell, and Keith Grant was the sound engineer . The song was included on the US release of the Procol Harum album, in September 1967, but not on the later UK version . </P>

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