
Birthday:
01-19-1949
Deathday:
09-26-2003 (54 years)
Birthplace:
Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, and for his stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. While his "four-decade career incorporated every genre of music", Palmer is best known for the pounding rock-soul classic, 'Addicted to Love', and its accompanying video, which came to epitomise the glamour and excesses of the 1980s.
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Act like Our Guests at Heartland
event1978 star_border 4.4
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A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of The Beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.
Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2007 star_border 8
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Featuring the Original Live Countdown performances by the World biggest artists from the 70s and 80s
Robert Palmer: Addictions The DVD
Act like Self
event2003
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01. Sneakin' Sally Thru The Alley 02. Which One Of Us Is The Fool 03. Man Smart, Woman Smarter 04. Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) 05. Johnny & Mary 06. Looking For Clues 07. Some Guys Have All The Luck 08. Pride 09. You Are In My System 10. Some Like It Hot 11. Get It On 12. Riptide 13. Addicted To Love 14. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On 15. Discipline Of Love 16. Sweet Lies 17. Simply Irresistible 18. Every Kinda People
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2002
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01 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 02 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Vocals - Maggie Reilly 03 Marillion - Kayleigh 4 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart 05 Ultravox - Vienna 06 Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable 07 Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues - For You 08 Mel & Kim - Respectable 09 Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You? 10 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy 11 Boy George - Everything I Own 12 Paul Hardcastle - 19 13 Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion 14 Heaven 17 - Temptation Vocals - Carol Kenyon 15 China Crisis - Wishful Thinking 16 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 17 The Babys - Every Time I Think Of You 18 The Specials - Ghost Town...
Songs & Visions
Act like Self
event1997
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A musical event from Wembley Stadium in London featuring the greatest pop hits from the past 40 years performed by today's top recording artists on 16 August 1997. Songs are introduced with images of the year of the song including news footage and visual icons from the worlds of fashion, pop culture and movies. The event also includes a special tribute to Elvis Presley on the 20th anniversary of his death. Featuring performances from varied artists such as Rod Stewart, Jon Bon Jovi, Seal, KD Lang, Mary J Blige, Toni Braxton, Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer, Chaka Khan. Some artists perform alone, some as duets with other artists.
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1978
Act like Self
event1978 star_border 7
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The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The program's theme song, a traditional folk song called "Midnight Special", was performed by Johnny Rivers.
John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad
Act like Self
event2004
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This honest and often blackly hilarious film shows Martyn at home in Ireland, during the lead-up to and aftermath of an operation to have one of his legs amputated below the knee. Contributors include sometime collaborator and buddy Phil Collins, the late Robert Palmer, Ralph McTell, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, fellow hellraiser bassist Danny Thompson, John's ex-wife Beverley Martyn and younger generation fan Beth Orton. We see a man incapable of compromising his creative vision, from his folk club roots in the Sixties, through a career of continuous musical experimentation. Along the way there is a surreal roll-call of accidents and incidents, including a collision with a cow
James Brown & Friends: A Night of Super Soul
Act like Self
event1987
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Godfather of soul James Brown performs with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Billy Vera, Joe Cocker and Robert Palmer in this live concert. Lively interviews with all the stars kick off the evening, and then it's time for the artists to hit the stage with classics such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," "In the Midnight Hour," "I Feel Good" and "Out of Sight." All the guests join Brown for the rousing encore, "Living in America."
Robert Palmer: Video Addictions
Act like Self
event1992
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Slick 1980's rocker Robert Palmer helped define a decade of excess with his lyrics of girls, money, sex, and convertibles. An artist that was almost as well-known for his music as his videos - and most notably the unforgettable imagery in Addicted to Love which became an instant classic. Addictions The Videos DVD features eighteen Robert Palmer videos spanning his entire career before his untimely death in 2003.
The Power Station Video EP
Act like Self
event1986
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The Power Station Video EP is a video by The Power Station, released by EMI-PMI in 1986. The EP contains promotional videos of the first three singles by The Power Station, which were all released in 1985. These singles are "Some Like It Hot", "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" and "Communication". Model Caroline Cossey is featured in "Some Like It Hot". "Communication" contains an array of footage showing communication in the world, with clips of the band performing the song in the studio. The EP was re-released as a DVD, which was part of The Power Station (2 Disc Set) in 2005.
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1988
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A BBC variety entertainment summer series, for the first season presented from The Fort Regent Leisure Centre, Jersey and from The Dominion Theatre in London's Tottenham Court Road for the second.
MTV Video Music Awards
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.5
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An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
The Mike Douglas Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 5.1
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The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
The Terry and Gaby Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 5
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The Terry and Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on Five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and April 2004, produced by Chris Evans' company UMTV. It was hosted by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin.
The opening titles featured Gaby dressed up like a movie star driven to the studio in a limo and walking on red carpet to the door. Meanwhile Terry, carrying a briefcase, rode a rickety old bicycle across London and parked it outside the back door before quietly entering the building through said back door.
The show was not well known for the guests who appeared on it, but rather for its many bloopers or double entendres
TOTP2
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 5.5
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Fast-moving music show mixing classic performances from the Top of the Pops archives with exclusive live performances.
Top of the Pops
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event1964 star_border 6.6
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The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.4
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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