27 Facts About Robert Palmer

Robert Allen Palmer was an English singer and songwriter.

Robert Palmer was known for his powerful and soulful voice, sartorial elegance and stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues.

Robert Palmer received a number of awards throughout his career, including two Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and an MTV Video Music Award.

Robert Palmer was nominated for the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist in both 1987 and 1989.

Robert Palmer died at the age of 54 due to a heart attack.

Robert Palmer was influenced as a child by blues, soul, and jazz music played on American Forces Radio and by his parents' musical tastes.

Robert Palmer's family returned to the UK when he was 12.

Robert Palmer joined his first band, the Mandrakes, at the age of 15 while still at Scarborough High School for Boys.

Robert Palmer was reportedly fired after police found "the stub of a cannabis joint in a raid on his bedsit".

Robert Palmer played rhythm guitar in the band and shared lead vocals with Brooks.

Brooks later said Robert Palmer "was a very good-looking guy", and that female fans were happy to find that Brooks and Robert Palmer were not romantically linked.

Robert Palmer toured with Little Feat to promote the reggae and rock infused album.

Robert Palmer's next album was an artistic departure, concentrating on pure rock.

Robert Palmer performed live with the band only once that year, on Saturday Night Live.

The band toured and played Live Aid, with singer Michael Des Barres after Robert Palmer bowed out at the last moment to go back into the recording studio and further his solo career.

Robert Palmer recorded the album Riptide at Compass Point Studios in 1985, recruiting Thompson and Andy Taylor to play on some tracks plus Power Station record producer Bernard Edwards, who worked with Thompson in Chic, to helm the production.

The single was accompanied by a memorable and much-imitated music video, directed by Terence Donovan, in which Robert Palmer is surrounded by a bevy of near-identically clad, heavily made-up female models simulating musicians.

In September 1986, Robert Palmer performed "Addicted to Love" at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.

At the 1987 Brit Awards, Robert Palmer received his first nomination for Best British Male.

Concerned about the rising crime rate in Nassau and having landed a deal with EMI, Robert Palmer moved to Lugano, Switzerland in 1987 and set up his own recording studio.

Robert Palmer repeated his previous success of "Addicted to Love" with the video of "Simply Irresistible", again with a troupe of female dancers in heavy makeup.

At the 1989 Brit Awards, Robert Palmer received his second nomination for Best British Male, and "Simply Irresistible" was nominated for Best British Single.

Robert Palmer expanded his range further for his next album, Don't Explain.

Robert Palmer met Sue, his future wife, at Slough railway station in 1969, attracted by her style and by the science-fiction book she was reading.

Robert Palmer died from a heart attack in a Paris hotel room on 26 September 2003 at age 54.

Robert Palmer had been an extremely heavy smoker from his teenage years.

Robert Palmer was in Paris after having recorded a television appearance in London for My Kinda People, a Yorkshire TV retrospective.