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The fate of their parents remains a mystery. It was discovering Bob Dylan in 1965 that steered Reid toward song- writing. "When I heard Bob Dylan, I thought songwriting could be a career," says Reid, who had no desire to perform even though he was an accomplished pianist. "Dylan's songs were simple musically but sophisticat- ed lyrically. The Beatles were so sophisticated musically that it was hard to imagine being able to match that Dylan's surreal imagery really influenced me." In late 1965, Reid connected with singer and pianist Gary Brooker, the man who would put music to Reid's words. Reid's literate, cryptic poetry filled with surreal imagery fit Brooker's plaintive singing style. A writing team was born and hit a grand slam with its first effort. "A Whiter Shade of Pale," released in May of 1967, charged up the record charts on both sides of the Atlantic. A couple more hits — "Homburg" and "Conquistador" — would follow, but nothing would have as huge and as enduring an impact as "Pale." Pete Brown Pete Brown used to start food fights at his Jewish day school in London as a form of rebellion against the tyran- nical rabbis who taught there. While Brown enjoyed studying Hebrew and loved the music he heard in syna- gogue, "the religious side of things was banged into you quite brutally," he recalls. Looking back, Brown, who was born in 1940 and is six years older than Gouldman and Reid, believes much of that strictness was born from a sense of post-war urgency to make sure Judaism didn't die. As mischievous as Brown was, he credits the school with instilling in him a love for language, a passion for poetry and the desire to become a musician. He would go on to form one of rock music's most.successffil songwriting teams with Cream bassist-singer-songwriter Jack Bruce. The pair wrote most of Cream's best material, including "White Room," "I Feel Free," "Politician," "SWLABR (She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow)," "As You Said," "Deserted Cities of the Heart" and, with Eric Clapton, "Sunshine of Your Love." Brown was born in the midst of World War II in the south of England. His family had been evacu- ated from London after a bomb had blown up the family's house and shoe shop. As a teen, Brown (the family name was originally Labovitch or Leibowitz) began reading poets such as Dylan Thomas and Allen Ginsberg. He eventually tried his hand at poetry and published his first work by the time he was 18. In 1965, he gained notoriety read- ing his work at the Royal Albert Hall on the same bill with Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Soon after- ward, Brown got a call from drum- mer Ginger Baker. He had formed a new band called Cream and wanted Brown to write with the group. "The magic," Brown says, "happened between me and Jack (Bruce)." 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