Gary Brooker

2022, Tribute

If they gave out an award for the least famous person responsible for the most famous song, Gary Brooker would have another claim to fame. As the writer and singer of “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” Brooker was the voice behind one of the most listened-to records of all time. But behind the scenes, he was a veritable Forrest Gump of British rock, collaborating with the likes of Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bill Wyman, Jeff Beck and Andrew Lloyd Weber. Though he was a multi-instrumentalist who was as comfortable with a coronet or a trombone as behind a keyboard, it’s that silken voice that will have us be tripping the light fandango for all time.

Vangelis

2022, Tribute

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek musician, composer, songwriter and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient and classical orchestral music. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire, as well as for composing scores to the films Blade Runner, Missing, Antarctica, The Bounty and Alexander. Having had a career in music spanning over 50 years and having composed and performed more than 50 albums, Vangelis is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music, and modern film music.