ROBERT PALMER (19 Jan 1949 – 26 Sep 2003) | Johnny and Mary

Remembering English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer ROBERT PALMER (19 Jan 1949 – 26 Sep 2003)

The career of blue-eyed soul singer Robert Palmer was a study in style versus substance. While the performer's earliest work won praise for its skillful assimilation of rock, R&B, and reggae sounds, his records typically sold poorly, and he achieved his greatest notoriety as an impeccably dressed lounge lizard. 

By the mid-'80s, however, Palmer became a star, although his popularity owed less to the strength of his material than to his infamous music videos: taking their cue from the singer's suave presence, Palmer's clips established him as a dapper, suit-and-tie lady's man who performed his songs backed by a band comprised of leggy models, much to the delight of viewers who made him one of MTV's biggest success stories.

 another in the occasional series of singles bought when they came out (this another ex-jukebox bargain bin find)

thanks to

Decade 77-87