Robert Palmer was born on 19 January 1949 in England. He spent his childhood on the island of Malta where his father, an officer in the Royal Navy, was based. He listened to Lena Horne, Nat "King" Cole and Billie Holiday on the American Armed Forces Radio. He moved to London in 1969 and spent a few years experimenting with bands such as Dada'and Vinegar Joe. When Vinegar Joe broke up, he left for the United States. He recorded his first album 𝑆𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛' 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑦. He migrates to New York and experiments with new music. He incorporated some reggae sounds on 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑝 (1975), and 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑜 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 (1976). His first real success came with the album 𝐷𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑢𝑛 (1978), followed by several albums that also received critical acclaim. In the 80's, Robert Palmer changed his musical style once again by incorporating synthesizers. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐺𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑘 confirmed his popularity with the public. He chose to focus on jazz on his 1992 album 𝑅𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛' 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ, a record of jazz standards immortalised by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, among others. The public did not seem to like this new experimentation. However, they remained faithful and each album release was appreciated. Robert Palmer died on September 26, 2003, at the age of 54 years old in Paris, after the release of his last album 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒. Despite variations in style, Robert Palmer still maintains a Blues and Rhythm & Blues vein.
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📍 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣𝙣𝙮, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤
🔸 Placebo covered 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 and can be found as a Bside on 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑒 𝐼𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑛. Originaly, this song was released as a single in 1980. 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑒 𝐼𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑛 was Palmer's twelfth single and the first single from the album 𝐶𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠, released the same year. It received a moderate response from the public in the UK and did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. However, it was in Europe that the song did best in the charts, reaching the top 10 in some countries, including France, where the single was a huge commercial success in terms of sales - it was certified gold - and was later used as the theme for Renault advertisements.
🔸 Virgin Radio puiblished a post in 2021 to remind Placebo's cover and to inform their version was used in the new Renault commercial.
📖 𝑰𝒏 2003, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒓
Back in the 2000's, when Placebo covered Robert Palmer and it's to be (re)discovered on Virgin Radio.
A bit of nostalgia never hurts! In 2003, Placebo covered 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦- a song signed by Robert Palmer. 18 years later, the song is getting a second lease of life by accompanying the Renault Pro + advert - a way for the world to (re)discover one of the most popular covers of 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, the album released by 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜's band.
While there's nothing quite like delving into the band's past, fans of the band are still waiting for a new album. As a reminder, 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜's last opus (entitled 𝐴 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑈𝑠 𝑇𝑜 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚) was released in 2016. 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 should have performed in France on the 4th of July, but due to the pandemic, we will have to wait a little longer before seeing the band on stage... be patient! In the meantime, Virgin Radio will let you (re)discover the song. 📕
(𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰.𝘧𝘳 - 𝘔𝘢𝘺 3𝘳𝘥, 2021)
𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒂𝒅
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💬 "I've been pissing off Steve and Stefan for years to do a cover of Robert Palmer's Johnny & Mary. Because beyond the theme that has illustrated commercials, it's a very beautiful and sad song. It's about the relationship of a couple who don't talk to each other anymore and in which everyone is very lonely. And that's something that happens too often in the life of a couple."
(𝘮𝘤𝘮.𝘯𝘦𝘵)
📍 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜
💬 "When we do a cover version, the idea is not to interpret only artists who are close to us, but songs that have had an impact on us. I don't like everything Robert Palmer has done but this one works well, it's very catchy. Brian kept humming the tune in the studio, the only way to make him stop was to record the song."
(𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 - 𝘋𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘥)
Let's listen to both versions ✨ 🎶 ✨
𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒓
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𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐
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