Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer albums

Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, sartorial elegance, and stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. His 1986 single "Addicted to Love" and its accompanying video came to "epitomise the glamour and excesses of the 1980s". Having begun in the music industry in the 1960s, Palmer had a spell with Vinegar Joe in the 1970s and then... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Addicted to Love - #2: Simply Irresistible - #3: Life in Detail - #4: I Didn't Mean to Turn You On - #5: You're Amazing

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1976	Some People Can Do What They Like	16		MP3
	1.	12/1976	Man Smart, Woman Smarter	16	US 63	MP3	[Island 75] written by King Radio, D. L. Miller, F. Kuhn & Charles Harris

	2.	1978	Double Fun	118		MP3
	1.	03/1978	Every Kinda People	118	US 16 • US AC 22 • UK 53	MP3	[Island 100] written by Andy Fraser

	3.	1979	Secrets	127		MP3
	1.	07/1979	Bad Case of Loving You	103	US 14 • UK 61	MP3	[Island 49016] written by Moon Martin
	2.	11/1979	Jealous	4	US 106	MP3	[Island 49094] written by Jo Allen
	3.	12/1979	Can We Still Be Friends	20	US 52	MP3	[Island 49137] written by Todd Rundgren

	4.	1980	Clues	69		MP3
	1.	09/1980	Johnny and Mary	28	US dance 18 • UK 44	MP3	charted as Johnny and Mary / Looking for Clues in US dance charts [Warner 49554 (Island)] written by Robert Palmer
	2.	10/1980	Looking for Clues	41	US 105 • US dance 18 • UK 33	MP3	charted as Johnny and Mary / Looking for Clues in US dance charts [Island 49620] written by Robert Palmer

	5.	1982	Maybe It's Live	55		MP3
	1.	02/1982	Some Guys Have All the Luck	55	US rock 59 • UK 16	MP3	[Warner 50042 (Island)] written by Jeff Fortgang

	6.	1983	Pride	70		MP3
	1.	03/1983	You Are in My System	63	US 78 • US dance 4 • US rock 33 • UK 53	MP3	[Island 99866] written by David Frank & Mic Murphy
	2.	06/1983	You Can Have It (Take My Heart)	7	UK 66	MP3	written by Kool & The Gang, J.T. Taylor, George Brown & Claydes Smith

	7.	1985-1986	Riptide	732		MP3
	1.	10/1985	Discipline of Love	8	US 82 • UK 95	MP3	[Island 99597] written by David Batteau & Don Freeman
	2.	01/1986	Riptide	4	UK 85	MP3	written by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn
	3.	02/1986	Addicted to Love	454	US ✫1 • US dance 36 • US rock ✫1 • UK 5	MP3	produced by Bernard Edwards [Island 99570] written by Robert Palmer
	4.	05/1986	Hyperactive	75	US 33 • US rock 21	MP3	produced by Bernard Edwards [Island 99545] written by Tony Haynes, Dennis Nelson & Robert Palmer
	5.	07/1986	I Didn't Mean to Turn You On	185	US 2 • US dance 26 • US rock 41 • UK 9	MP3	produced by Bernard Edwards [Island 799537] written by James Harris III & Terry Lewis
	6.	11/1986	Discipline of Love	6	UK 68	MP3	R written by David Batteau & Don Freeman

	8.	1988-1989	Heavy Nova	518		MP3
	1.	06/1988	Simply Irresistible	367	US 2 • US rock ✫1 • UK 44	MP3	[EMI-Manhattan 50133] written by Robert Palmer
	2.	09/1988	Early in the Morning	57	US 19 • US rock 40	MP3	[EMI-Manhattan 50157] written by Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
	3.	10/1988	She Makes My Day	66	UK 6	MP3	written by Robert Palmer
	4.	05/1989	Change His Ways	17	UK 28	MP3	written by Robert Palmer
	5.	07/1989	Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming	7	US 60	MP3	[EMI 50206] written by Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano & Jay Gruska
	6.	08/1989	It Could Happen to You	5	UK 71	MP3	written by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen

	9.	1989	Addictions Volume I	4		MP3
	1.	11/1989	Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)	4	UK 80	MP3	R written by Moon Martin

	10.	1990	Pretty Woman	193		MP3
	1.	03/1990	Life in Detail	193	US rock 7 • US alt. 14	MP3	[EMI America 50293 (casset] written by Robert Palmer & Allen Powell

	11.	1990	Don't Explain	163		MP3
	1.	11/1990	You're Amazing	163	US 28 • US rock 5	MP3	[EMI 50338] written by Steven Fellows, Alan Mansfield, Robert Palmer , Guy Pratt & Steve Stevens

See also...

Robert Palmer & UB40 • The Power Station

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