Robert Palmer, who joined his first band in England in 1964, released his first solo album “Sneakin Sally Through The Alley” in 1974 – strongly influenced by the funk of Little Feat. It was recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Here’s the title track, “Sneakin Sally Through The Alley”:
And “Sneakin Sally Through The Alley” live in Europe nearly a decade later:
In 1978 Robert Palmer had a Top 20 hit with “Every Kinda People” from his Billboard Top 50 album “Double Fun”:
This is “Every Kinda People” live:
Recorded in 1978, “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” appeared on Robert Palmer’s 1979 album “Secrets” and reached number 14 on the Top 40 charts that year:
Then in 1980, on his album “Clues”, came one of my favourites, “Johnny and Mary”:
It was around this time that I saw Robert Palmer live in Germany, in Erlangen near Nuremberg
In 1982 he released “Some Guys Have All the Luck”, sung here live in 1983 in Dortmund:
The 1983 track “You Are In My System” was one of Robert Palmer’s numerous cover songs:
The 1986 number one single “Addicted to Love” (recorded in 1985) was all Robert Palmer again. Here it is live in Tokyo in 1986:
For this song Robert Palmer was awarded a Grammy in 1987. He received another in 1989 for the pure Palmer piece “Simply Irresistible”, performed here on the David Letterman Show:
Unfortunately Robert Palmer died in September 2003 at just 54, otherwise I am sure we would have enjoyed many more hits from him.
Nevertheless, in a career spanning almost 40 years, with major hits in the late Seventies and early Eighties, he has left an envious musical legacy embracing a whole range of different musical styles.
Something for everyone, for “Every Kinda People”…
Something for you too?
Paul