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TRIBUTE Robert Allen Palmer 1949-2003, English singer-songwriter, Producer, Grammy Award winner. The Power Station, Vinegar Joe, Dada, Alan Bown, The Mandrakes. [On Twitter since 2013]

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Oct 23

Welcome to @addictioners.bsky.social #RobertPalmer

"...remember what a fearless and trailblazing artist he really was. Not everything works, but you could say the same about Bowie... And judging him on that one video is akin to only remembering David Bowie for 'Let’s Dance'."
- ClassicPopMag

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Aug 22

Are you ready for the best release you've ever found? #RobertPalmer

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Aug 21

Released in 1986 #RobertPalmer’s single “Riptide” hardly touched the charts, but gave its name to his defining album. Blending sultry vocals with a retro groove, Riptide twice channels vintage swing in the midst of the 80s as it opens and closes his double Platinum album.

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Aug 21

'The Songs Of Walter Donaldson' (44 track 2CD compilation, 2007) features 'Riptide', sung by Robert Palmer. Quite likely the most famous and most popular cover of what was otherwise an obscure song. And yes, it was produced by Bernard Edwards!

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Aug 17

Some like it stuck
#ThePowerStation
#RobertPalmer

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Aug 7

1996, #ThePowerStation -
#RobertPalmer Robert Palmer, Tony Thompson & Andy Taylor

Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 30

They lived on the same London road, albeit not quite at the same time. Palmer's dark, dingey and occasionally flooded basement on Dennington Park Road was a great reason to take up record boss, Chris Blackwell's offer of a house on the beach front at Nassau.

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check this out - if you have Insta. It's 'Hello Josephine', an unused extra track from the 2003 'Drive' sessions.

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 29

No one likes a tricky question, but have a go...

Q: What was something that Olivia Newton-John and Robert Palmer had in common?

A: ________________________________

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 27

Made in England
Batley, Yorkshire to be exact...
#RobertPalmer

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thank you... The obscured one he's holding is James Brown 'Hot Pants'. But what is the last one?

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 26

... Billie Holiday 'The Lady Sings Vol. 2' & 'The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads'. But I wonder what the others were?

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 26

2003, #RobertPalmer in the Archives (colourised) . He's holding a James Brown album and another one above his head that I can't identify. The others are...

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 19

Join Today... #Addiction_ers #RobertPalmer #80sMusic #AddictedToLove #ClassicRock #80sPop #VinylRecords #MTV80s #RetroMusic #ThePowerStation #ThrowbackThursday #80sFashion #MusicNostalgia

Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 19

I asked Grok 3 to profile @Addictioners... Oh, the London taxi is a reference to his first 1974 music video. I am continuing to post both on X and here on B, and yes, the name is a riff on #Directioners and #Beliebers. It made so much more sense in 2013!

Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 19

Mr Chris Benson reviews #RobertPalmer's Live At the Apollo, the latest of his Palmer videos. He considers the 2025 reissue of 'Robert Palmer Live at the Apollo' on CD.

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Robert Palmer Live at the Apollo - Robert Palmer Album Review

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 18

I didn't recognise the signature on this collectors item of #RobertPalmer's 'At His Very Best'. It's apparently long time drummer Dony Wynn. How cool. 🥁

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 17

His cover of Connie's 'Stupid Cupid' is fantastic. Humerously, in the middle of a R&R charged live concert he would take great delight in saying "and now... a song by Connie Francis"!

Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 17

RIP Connie Francis 1937 - 2025

#RobertPalmer grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and #ConnieFrancis. As a teenager he called this his 'parents music' but he came to love these artists and their classic songs. On his final album Drive (2003) Palmer covered 'Stupid Cupid'.

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you have instagram and want to follow the insta page of the French website by Olivier, "Robert Palmer Music and Style" then check out the link. He has only 6 followers since April - lend a hand.

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Power Station would reform, release an album and tour again with #RobertPalmer fronting the band. Performing here at the Hanover Grand, London on 17th September 1996, 11 years after #LiveAid40

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 14

#RobertPalmer disembarking having finally made that long overdue appointment with superstardom.

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 13

Oh, and head back to February (below) for my retelling of the Power Station story...

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 13

I believe they hired Michael, re grouped in the USA and played Live Aid as his first venue. All in record time. I have no doubt that Palmer would have pulled it off superbly had he been there. However, he was probably at home in Nassau thinking, I'm happier here than being in amongst that.

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Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 13

Queen played after Bowie and it's no surprise. David was stunning. The audience played along with playful Freddy and that's the true secret of Queen's success.

Addictioners @addictioners.bsky.social · Jul 13

#LiveAid40
There were some great performances that day. Yes Queen was eternally memorable. But Bowie and Ferry, to name only two, offered a great set 40 years ago.
... Another time, another place.

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