Historical Artist Profile
Robert Palmer
Biography & Overview
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 found success in the 1980s.
🇺🇸 US Billboard Tracking History
7 Charted Tracks
"Addicted To Love"
Entered Charts: 1986
#1 HIT
"I Didn't Mean To Turn You On"
Entered Charts: 1986
Peak: #2
"Simply Irresistible"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #2
"Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"
Entered Charts: 1979
Peak: #14
"Every Kinda People"
Entered Charts: 1978
Peak: #16
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)/I Want You"
Entered Charts: 1991
Peak: #16
"Early In The Morning"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #19
🇬🇧 UK Official Charts History
24 Charted Tracks
"Addicted To Love"
Entered Charts: 1986
Peak: #5
"She Makes My Day"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #6
"I Didn't Mean To Turn You On"
Entered Charts: 1986
Peak: #9
"Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You"
Entered Charts: 1990
Peak: #9
"Some Guys Have All The Luck"
Entered Charts: 1982
Peak: #16
"Know By Now"
Entered Charts: 1994
Peak: #25
"Change His Ways"
Entered Charts: 1989
Peak: #28
"Looking For Clues"
Entered Charts: 1980
Peak: #33
"You Blow Me Away"
Entered Charts: 1994
Peak: #38
"Johnny And Mary"
Entered Charts: 1980
Peak: #44
"Simply Irresistible"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #44
"Spect Yourself"
Entered Charts: 1995
Peak: #45
"Witchcraft"
Entered Charts: 1992
Peak: #50
"Every Kinda People"
Entered Charts: 1978
Peak: #53
"You A In My System"
Entered Charts: 1983
Peak: #53
"Girl U Want"
Entered Charts: 1994
Peak: #57
"Sweet Lies"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #58
"Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"
Entered Charts: 1979
Peak: #61
"You Can Have It (Take My Heart)"
Entered Charts: 1983
Peak: #66
"Dams To Member"
Entered Charts: 1991
Peak: #68
"It Could Happen To You"
Entered Charts: 1989
Peak: #71
"Riptide"
Entered Charts: 1986
Peak: #85
"True Love"
Entered Charts: 1999
Peak: #87
"Discipline Of Love"
Entered Charts: 1985
Peak: #95