Thursday music corner: Robert Palmer (1949-2003) was an English rock singer who achieved success both as a solo artist and as part of the Power Station, and was best known for a brace of highly popular 1980s pop singles, Addicted To Love, which topped the US pop chart in 1986, and Simply Irresistible, which was just kept from the top spot in 1988. He spent his childhood until the age of 12 in Malta, and first came to prominence co-fronting the band Vinegar Joe with Elkie Brooks.
Johnny & Mary appears on Palmer's sixth studio album, Clues, which was released in August 1980. Its synth-pop / new wave style fits well with the album's collaboration with Gary Numan - a cover of Numan's own I Dream Of Wires - and Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz, who guests on the album's first single, Looking For Clues. Johnny & Mary reached the top 20 of pop charts in Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany, and it topped the charts in Spain.
Robert Palmer - Johnny & Mary (1980)
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