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'''David Knights''' (born '''David John Knights''', 28 June 1945, [[Islington]], [[North London]]) is a British musician who was the original [[bass guitar]]ist in the band [[Procol Harum]]. He played bass on the [[chart-topper|hit]] [[single (music)|single]] "[[A Whiter Shade of Pale]]".<ref>{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/procolharumbeyon00joha |url-access= registration |quote= David Knights procol harum. |title=Procol Harum: beyond the pale |first=Claes |last=Johansen |via=Internet Archive |year=2000 |page=[https://archive.org/details/procolharumbeyon00joha/page/93 93]|accessdate=16 July 2011 |publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd|isbn= 9780946719280 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gammond|first=Peter|title=The illustrated encyclopedia of opera|year=1986|publisher=Crescent Books|location=New York|isbn=0-517-53840-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boo4AQAAIAAJ&q=David+Knights+procol+harum|page=188}}</ref> He was in the [[band (music)|band]] long enough to play on their first three [[album]]s. He departed in 1969, to be replaced by [[Chris Copping]]. When he was in Procol Harum he used a Gibson EB-0 bass.
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He also performed with a band named Ruby,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-knights-p94584 |title=David Knights|first=Gary |last=Hill |work=allmusic.com |year=2011|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> that released one album before disbanding. He also produced a single for [[Mickey Jupp]]'s Legend group. He is fairly inactive in the [[music industry]] these days.

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==External links==
* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p94584/biography|pure_url=yes}} David Knights mini-biography] at [[Allmusic]] [[website]]
* [http://www.procolharum.com/procoldk.htm David Knights' Fan page] at procolharum.com

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