Gary Brooker,

singer/songwriter with Sixties band Procol Harum and composer of a Whiter Shade of Pale, is an admirer of kate Bush, on whose 2005 album aerial he sang and played the organ. ‘kate is a very talented lady. She ought to be Dame kate Bush, up there and idolised. She’s done fantastic songs and albums. She’s not just a talented singer and writer, she puts music across properly. Not grinding and oinking like some vulgar young female artists today.’