ROBERT PALMER

Robert Palmer had been playing in bands and as a solo artist for over twenty years before he cracked the American Top Ten, as a member of the pop supergroup, Power Station. Palmer had several Top Forty hits all over the world like, “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor),” and “Every Kinda People,” but it would be his mid to late eighties hits that would make him a household name.

Duran Duran band mates John and Andy Taylor were taking a break from their hectic band schedule and got a couple of buddies together (Palmer, and the incredible Tony Thompson) to jam.  They liked what they heard and the foursome decided to cut a record of eight songs they enjoyed playing.  The Power Station LP was a huge hit and spawned two Top Ten singles: “Some Like it Hot,” and a cover of T-Rex’ “Get It On (Bang a Gong).” Since Palmer had not experienced this level of success before, he decided to strike while the iron was hot (cliché alert!) and release a solo album in the fall of 1985.

 Riptide sold over 5 million albums and charted 3 hit singles: the number one smash, “Addicted to Love,” a cover of Cherrelle’s great R&B tune “I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", which went to #2, and “Hyperactive.” Not only was “Addicted to Love” noteworthy for its memorable and often-imitated video filled with wall-to-wall fashion models, it also won Palmer a Grammy Award. Three years after Riptide, Palmer was back with Heavy Nova, another blockbuster album, known for its hit singles “Simply Irresistible” and a cover of the Gap band’s “Early in the Morning.”

He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. - Isaiah 40:29