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
Top singles from the past
4 May 2021
Artist: ROBERT PALMER (Batley, England)
19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003 – only 54
Single: ADDICTED TO LOVE
Score: #1 on the US Singles Chart
35 years ago today – 4 May 2021
Album: Riptide
Note: The accompanying clip was a remarkable/memorable event in itself with Palmer backed by a group of sensual moving mannequins looking 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.
Here comes the heat…
ROBERT PALMER: Facebook
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
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