Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer: Some People Like What I Do

Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, November 1976

BRIGHT LIGHTS, big city...it's a reception in honour of the Staple Singers and the Meters at a club down in Greenwich Village, prior to their ...

Robert Palmer: Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, August 1974

I ALWAYS felt more than a little sorry for Robert Palmer when he was in Vinegar Joe. ...

Robert Palmer: Pressure Drop

Review by Bud Scoppa, Rolling Stone, February 1976

BRITISHER Robert Palmer is another marcher in the growing column of white folks who prefer playing it greasy and getting down (notable recent examples: Bowie, ...

Robert Palmer: How To Get Rid Of The Nude In Your Bedroom

Interview by Tony Stewart, NME, November 1976

ROBERT PALMER, who's Big In America, finds his musical progress rather cluttered with scantily clad femininity. TONY STEWART murmurs disapprovingly. ...

Robert Palmer Is Blue-Eyed Soul

Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Playgirl, 1977

"CLEAN IS BACK IN," Kaye Ballard intoned, and her predominantly blue-haired audience at The Mike Douglas Show taping nodded in silent agreement as they gazed ...

Robert Palmer

Profile by John Tobler, Blank Space, 1978

HANDS UP those who think Robert Palmer’s an American – it’s by no means a complete misapprehension if all you have to go on are ...

Robert Palmer: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Danny Baker, NME, December 1979

THAT THE Odeon was full for two nights running leads me to think that Robert Palmer's followers form some kind of secret society. I don't ...

Robert Palmer: The Deb's Delight Takes FRIGHT!

Report and Interview by Ian Penman, NME, November 1980

THREE TIMES I got out of my warm bath to answer the telephone. The first call was a few seconds of silence and down. The ...

Robert Palmer: Rhythm 'N Clues

Profile and Interview by Mary Harron, Smash Hits, December 1981

One across (Mary Harron) asks the questions. Six down (Robert Palmer) gives the answers ...

Robert Palmer: Maybe It's Live (Island)

Review by Richard Cook, NME, April 1982

ROBERT PALMER'S roguish dilettantism will get the better of him one of these days. It might have been anticipated that the pre-set routines of a ...

Robert Palmer: Pride

Review by Gavin Martin, NME, April 1983

WHEN HE gets up in the morning his muscles ache and his emotions are strange, far off, unrecognisable things, but the fine jets of water ...

Robert Palmer On Singers

Interview by Adam Sweeting, Q, December 1986

THESE ARE MY favourite 10, and not in any particular order. For instance, I do think Billie Holiday was better than Peter Cox, the singer ...