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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: I Didn't Mean to Turn You On - #3: Simply Irresistible - #4: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)/I Want You - #5: She Makes My Day

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1976	Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley	3		MP3
	1.	01/1976	Get Outside	3	US 105	MP3	[Island 042] written by Robert Palmer

	2.	1976	Pressure Drop	3		MP3
	1.	01/1976	Give Me an Inch Girl	3	US 106	MP3	[Island 049] written by Robert Palmer

	3.	1976	Some People Can Do What They Like	12		MP3
	1.	12/1976	Man Smart, Woman Smarter	12	US 63	MP3	[Island 75] written by King Radio, D. L. Miller, F. Kuhn & Charles Harris

	4.	1978	Double Fun	80		MP3
	1.	03/1978	Every Kinda People	80	US 16 • US AC 22 • UK 53	MP3	[Island 100] written by Andy Fraser

	5.	1979	Secrets	96		MP3
	1.	07/1979	Bad Case of Loving You	78	US 14 • UK 61	MP3	[Island 49016] written by Moon Martin
	2.	11/1979	Jealous	3	US 106	MP3	[Island 49094] written by Jo Allen
	3.	12/1979	Can We Still Be Friends	15	US 52	MP3	[Island 49137] written by Todd Rundgren

	6.	1980	Clues	61		MP3
	1.	09/1980	Johnny and Mary	25	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	37	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

	7.	1982	Maybe It's Live	61		MP3
	1.	02/1982	Some Guys Have All the Luck	61	US rock 59 • UK 16	MP3	[Warner 50042 (Island)] written by Jeff Fortgang

	8.	1983	Pride	52		MP3
	1.	03/1983	You Are in My System	42	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)	10	UK 66	MP3	written by Kool & The Gang, J.T. Taylor, George Brown & Claydes Smith

	9.	1985-1986	Riptide	700		MP3
	1.	10/1985	Discipline of Love	12	US 82 • UK 95	MP3	[Island 99597] written by David Batteau & Don Freeman
	2.	01/1986	Riptide	7	UK 85	MP3	written by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn
	3.	02/1986	Addicted to Love	364	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	34	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	273	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	10	UK 68	MP3	R written by David Batteau & Don Freeman

	10.	1988	Sweet Lies OST	19		MP3
	1.	03/1988	Sweet Lies	19	US 94 • UK 58	MP3	[Island 99377] written by Robert Palmer , Frank Blair & Dony Wynn

	11.	1988-1989	Heavy Nova	466		MP3
	1.	06/1988	Simply Irresistible	237	US 2 • US rock ✫1 • UK 44	MP3	[EMI-Manhattan 50133] written by Robert Palmer
	2.	09/1988	Early in the Morning	60	US 19 • US rock 40	MP3	[EMI-Manhattan 50157] written by Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
	3.	10/1988	She Makes My Day	118	UK 6	MP3	written by Robert Palmer
	4.	05/1989	Change His Ways	31	UK 28	MP3	written by Robert Palmer
	5.	07/1989	Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming	12	US 60	MP3	[EMI 50206] written by Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano & Jay Gruska
	6.	08/1989	It Could Happen to You	9	UK 71	MP3	written by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen

	12.	1989	Addictions Volume I	7		MP3
	1.	11/1989	Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)	7	UK 80	MP3	R written by Moon Martin

	13.	1990	Pretty Woman	24		MP3
	1.	03/1990	Life in Detail	24	US rock 7 • US alt. 14	MP3	[EMI America 50293 (casset] written by Robert Palmer & Allen Powell

	14.	1990-1991	Don't Explain	232		MP3
	1.	11/1990	You're Amazing	52	US 28 • US rock 5	MP3	[EMI 50338] written by Steven Fellows, Alan Mansfield, Robert Palmer , Guy Pratt & Steve Stevens
	2.	01/1991	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)/I Want You	170	US 16 • US AC 4 • US R&B 90 • UK 9	MP3	[EMI 50344] written by Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware & Arthur "T-Boy" Ross
	3.	06/1991	Dreams to Remember	10	UK 68	MP3	written by Zelda Reading & Joe Rock

	15.	1992	Addictions Volume II	32		MP3
	1.	03/1992	Every Kinda People	32	US AC 8 • UK 43	MP3	R [re-recording] [Island LP Cut] written by Andy Fraser

	16.	1992	Ridin' High	16		MP3
	1.	10/1992	Witchcraft	16	UK 50	MP3	written by Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh

	17.	1994	Honey	79		MP3
	1.	07/1994	Girl U Want	14	UK 57	MP3	written by Mark Mothersbaugh & Gerald Casale
	2.	09/1994	Know by Now	42	UK 25	MP3	written by Robert Palmer
	3.	12/1994	You Blow Me Away	23	UK 38	MP3	written by Robert Palmer

	18.	1995	The Very Best of	18		MP3
	1.	10/1995	Respect Yourself	18	UK 45	MP3	written by Luther Ingram & Mack Rice

	19.	1999	Rhythm and Blues	6		MP3
	1.	04/1999	True Love	6	UK 94	MP3	written by Alan Mansfield, Sharon O'Neill & Robert Palmer

	20.	2002-2003	Drive	14		MP3
	1.	2002	TV Dinners	8	UK 81	MP3	written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard
	2.	2003	Dr Zhivago's Train	6	UK 91	MP3	written by Nicolai Dunger

See also...

Robert Palmer & UB40 • The Power Station

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