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Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1945, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1964. He began writing for Rolling Stone in the early '70s -- and continued to do so as a contributing editor throughout his life. From 1981 until 1988, he was the chief pop music critic at The New York Times, the first person to hold that title, and he continued to write for the Times after that. He is the author of Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta (1981); Baby That Was Rock and Roll: The Legendary Leiber and Stoller (1978); A Tale of Two Cities: Memphis Rock and New Orleans Roll (1979); Jerry Lee Lewis Rocks!... Read full bio

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Blues & Chaos will be released on September 06, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Sep 06, 2011
Blues & Chaos is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 06, 2011
Excerpt:
Introduction from Blues & Chaos
Sep 23, 2010
Excerpt:
Preface from Blues & Chaos
Feb 22, 2010
Blues & Chaos will be released on November 10, 2009 in eBook
Nov 10, 2009
Blues & Chaos will be released on November 10, 2009 in Hardcover
Nov 10, 2009
Blues & Chaos is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 10, 2009
Excerpt:
Introduction from Blues & Chaos
Sep 25, 2009

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World News Network, March 29, 2013
...Love" by Lawrence Gowan, Eddie has over two hundred songs recorded by artists including Joe Cocker, Carly Simon, Robert Palmer, Donna Summer, Rita Coolidge, Rascal Flatts and Amy Sky. His worldwide sales are currently in excess of 65 million recordings....
Pittsburgh City Paper, March 6, 2013
...in my legs and arms when I hear certain 8-counts of certain songs. Cyndi Lauper, The Pointer Sisters, Robert Palmer Addicted to Love, you might as well face it. I'm wearing soft shoes, my hair in French braids. I'm in the dance school waiting...
Times Daily, February 25, 2013
...one,” he said. “That is a testament to this area and the love of music we have here.” Robert Palmer can be reached at 256-740-5720 or robert.palmer@TimesDaily.com...
Times Daily, February 25, 2013
...837 (37 percent) Colbert County patrons: 5,534 (12 percent) Patrons from other areas: 2,100 (4 percent) Robert Palmer can be reached at 256-740-5720 or robert.palmer@TimesDaily.com...
Onion AV Club, January 25, 2013
...British songstress Jessie Ware for their portrayal of Kate, specifically in how Ware “manages to be simultaneously both Robert Palmer and the Robert Palmer Girls.” Kate is strong in battle and confident in her sexuality, and when she wakes up in...
Toronto Star Online, January 11, 2013
...a cigarette or snort a line of cocaine — in other words you’re addicted to love (as Robert Palmer famously sang). Another study shows broken-hearted participants thinking about their ex-lovers 85 per cent of their waking hours, as well as engaging in...
GQ Magazine UK, November 15, 2012
...Julie Christie, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, the ladies of Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love video: it's safe to say that Terence Donovan worked with some of the world's most beautiful women. However, despite a series of subjects...
Grimsby Telegraph, January 19, 2013
...wants to spread the word to other parents and has even written to the Home Secretary about it. Robert Palmer, 53, of Arundel Place, Cleethorpes, was horrified when his son Morgan, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), told...
Grimsby Telegraph, January 19, 2013
...wants to spread the word to other parents and has even written to the Home Secretary about it. Robert Palmer, 53, of Arundel Place, Cleethorpes, was horrified when his son Morgan, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), told...
Grimsby Telegraph, January 19, 2013
...wants to spread the word to other parents and has even written to the Home Secretary about it. Robert Palmer, 53, of Arundel Place, Cleethorpes, was horrified when his son Morgan, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), told...
NewsRT.co.uk, January 19, 2013
...Robert Palmer, 53, of Arundel Place, Cleethorpes, was horrified when his son Morgan, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), told him what he had unearthed. The computer whiz had...
NewsRT.co.uk, January 19, 2013
...Robert Palmer, 53, of Arundel Place, Cleethorpes, was horrified when his son Morgan, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), told him what he had unearthed. The computer whiz had...
Grimsby Telegraph, January 19, 2013
...wants to spread the word to other parents and has even written to the Home Secretary about it. Robert Palmer, 53, of Arundel Place, Cleethorpes, was horrified when his son Morgan, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), told...
Starpulse, January 19, 2013
...Actor Shawn Wayans (1971) Actor William Ragsdale (1961) Comedian Paul Rodriguez (1955) Actor David Patrick Kelly (1952) Singer Robert Palmer (1949; d. 2003) Country singer Dolly Parton (1946) Actress/singer Shelley Fabares (1944) Singer Janis...