Robert Palmer

ROBERT PALMER Topped US Singles Chart With ‘ADDICTED TO LOVE’ 40 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

8 June 2026

The late great English singer-songwriter ROBERT PALMER (1949 – 2003) topped
the US Singles Chart on 8 June 1986, today 40 years ago, with ADDICTED TO LOVE.
A song from his 8th LP, Riptide.

The accompanying clip was a remarkable/memorable event in itself, with Palmer backed
by a group of sensually moving mannequins who look like robots with pale skin, red lips, layers of make-up, staring eyes, and a cold, yet utterly cool expression on their face, following the style of women in the paintings of the late American artist Patrick Nagel.

WATCH/LISTEN

Short Bio – Discography

ROBERT PALMER Would Have Celebrated His 75 Birthday Today

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19 January 2024

Celebrated singer/songwriter ROBERT PALMER was born in Batley,
England on 19 January 1949. Happy 75 to an exquisite artist.

He recorded/released 14th LPs. All here.

He scored several single hits such as Every Kinda People, Bad Case Of Loving You,
Looking For Clues, John And Mary, and of course Addicted To Love (more than
158 million streams on Spotify).

Palmer passed away on 26 September 2003, following a heart attack, only aged 54. R.I.P.

VERY BEST


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Robert Palmer: Bio

(Image on top: cover of his ‘Collected’ album)

ROBERT PALMER – 19 Jan 1949 / 26 Sept 2003

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Songsmith ROBERT PALMER had a cracking career until his sudden
death. He would have celebrated his 74th birthday today.

He died of a heart attack in a hotel room in Paris after a TV
appearance. He was buried in Lugano, Switserland. R.I.P.

One of his best-known hits is, undoubtedly,
ADDICTED TO LOVE from his 1985 LP Riptide

Here’s the iconic video clip.

ROBERT PALMER: Bio – Discography

Elegant And Stylish – Multifaceted Belgian Artist rOZZ Covers The Late Great ROBERT PALMER…

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22 June 2020

A couple of weeks ago Turn Up Up The Volume named the new album ‘ELECTROMANIA‘
by Belgian singer/songwriter/musician rOZZ ‘Album Of the Day‘. You can read and hear all about it here. She’s a multifaceted, experimental and terrifically innovative and productive artist.

When doing research about roZZ for the aforementioned feature I discovered her cover of JOHNNY AND MARY, one of the most famous songs by the late great Robert Palmer. Her version is elegant, stylish, moody and respectful. A beauty.

Listen here…

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The original…

Now that you’re here take some time to discover
this remarkable artist and her new longplayer
ELECTROMANIA…

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rOZZ: Website