Robert Palmer releases his ninth solo album : ‘Heavy Nova’ featuring ‘Simply Irresistible’ (1988)

Robert Palmer's 'Heavy Nova' is his ninth solo studio album released on June 22, 1988 by EMI.

1 . Simply Irresistible (NYC - 1997)

2 . Simply Irresistible (on Letterman, 1988)

3 . Late Night with David Letterman (NBC 12/16/1988)

4 . She makes my day

5 . She Makes My Day (Royal Variety, Palladium )

6 . Between Us (1988)

7 . Between Us (Royal Albert Hall)

8 . Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming

9 . Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming (Live)

Track Listing : 1.Simply Irresistible (Robert Palmer) - 04:14 . 2.More Than Ever (Robert Palmer) - 03:25 . 3.Change His Ways (Robert Palmer) - 02:56 . 4.Disturbing Behaviour (Robert Palmer) - 03:45 . 5.Early In The Morning (Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Charlie Wilson) - 04:42 . 6.It Could Happen To You (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 02:32 . 7.She Makes My Day (Robert

Robert Palmer releases ‘Secrets,’ his fifth solo album featuring ‘Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)’ (1979)

Robert Palmer's 'Secrets' feat. 'Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)' is his fifth solo album released in June 1979 by Island.

1 . Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)

2 . Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (Midnight Special)

Track Listing : 1.Bad Case Of Loving You (Moon Martin) - 03:10 . 2.Too Good To Be True (Robert Palmer) - 02:54 . 3.Can We Still Be Friends (Todd Rundgren) - 03:37 . 4.In Walks Love Again (Robert Palmer) - 02:45 . 5.Mean Ol' World (Andy Fraser) - 03:33 . 6.Love Stop (John David) - 02:57 . 7.Jealous (Jo Allen) - 03:15 . 8.Under Suspicion (Dennis Linde, Alan Rush) - 03:25 . 9.Woman You'Re Wonderful (Jo Allen, Robert Palmer) - 03:57 . 10.What'S It Take? (Robert Palmer) - 03:26 . 11.Remember To Remember (Robert Palmer) - 03:30

Musicians : Robert Palmer

R.L. Burnside releases ‘Too Bad Jim,’ his sixth album produced by Robert Palmer (1993)

R.L. Burnside's 'Too Bad Jim' is his sixth studio album produced by Robert Palmer, recorded in April 1993 and releasedi In 1994 by Fat Possum.

1 . Shake'Em On Down

2 . When My First Wife Left Me

3 . When My First Wife Left Me (1978)

4 . Poor Black Mattie

5 . Fireman Ring The Bell

6 . 44 Blues (1992)

7 . Going Down South

Track Listing : 1.Shake 'Em On Down (R.L. Burnside

, Traditional) - 04:48 . 2.When My First Wife Left Me (John Lee Hooker) - 03:46 . 3.Short Haired Woman (R.L. Burnside) - 00:00 . 4.Old Black Mattie (Traditional) - 04:10 . 5.Fireman Ring The Bell (R.L. Burnside) - 03:58 . 6.Peaches (Traditional) - 04:15 . 7.Miss Glory B. (R.L. Burnside) - 03:24 . 8..44 Pistol (R.L. Burnside) - 02:56 . 9.Death Bell Blues (R.L. Burnside) - 03:54 . 10.Goin' Down South (R.L. Burnside,…

Island publish Robert Palmer’s eighth solo album : ‘Riptide’ featuring ‘Addicted to Love’ (1985)

Robert Palmer's 'Riptide' feat. 'Addicted to Love' is his eighth solo studio album produced by Bernard Edwards, recorded at Compass Point Studios in Bahamas and released in November 1985 by Island.

1 . Riptide

2 . Riptide (w/ Live)

3 . Hyperactive (Live)

4 . Addicted To Love (Official Video)

5 . Addicted To Love (NYC, 1997)

6 . Trick Bag

7 . Get It Through Your Heart

8 . I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Official Video)

9 . I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (1987)

10 . Discipline Of Love

11 . Discipline Of Love (Live)

Track Listing : 1.Riptide (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 02:24 . 2.Hyperactive (Tony Haynes, Dennis Nelson, Robert Palmer) - 05:08 . 3.Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer) - 06:01 . 4.Trick Bag (Earl King) - 03:01 . 5.Get It Through Your Heart (Robert Palmer) - 02:49 . 6.I Didn'T Mean

We Remember Robert Palmer

September 26, 2003 - Robert Palmer, English singer solo or with Power Station, passed away aged 54. He is remembered.

Tracklist :

1 . I Feel Good (w/ James Brown)

2 . Some Like It Hot (Live)

3 . Addicted To Love

4 . Johnny And Mary

5 . Baby Tonight (w/ UB40)

6 . Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You

7 . I Didn't Mean To Turn You On

8 . Bad Case Of Loving You

9 . Know By Now

10 . Every Kinda People (Live, 1978)

11 . You Are In My System

12 . Looking For Clues

Robert Plant releases ‘Now and Zen,’ his fourth album featuring Jimmy Page on two songs (1988)

Robert Plant's 'Now and Zen' is his fourth solo album released on February 29, 1988 by Es Paranza.

1 . Heaven Knows (Official Video)

2 . Heaven Knows (Madison Square Garden)

3 . Tall Cool One' (Official Video)

4 . Tall Cool One (Knebworth Festival, 1990)

5 . Ship Of Fools (Official Video)

6 . Ship Of Fools (Madison Square Garden)

7 . Full Show (Montreal, 1988 )

Track Listing : 1.Heaven Knows (David Barratt, Phil Johnstone) - 04:06 . 2.Dance On My Own (Robert Crash, Phil Johnstone, Robert Plant) - 04:30 . 3.Tall Cool One (Phil Johnstone, Robert Plant) - 04:40 . 4.The Way I Feel (Doug Boyle, Phil Johnstone, Robert Plant) - 05:40 . 5.Helen Of Troy (Phil Johnstone, Robert Plant) - 05:06 . 6.Billy'S Revenge (Phil Johnstone, Robert Plant) - 03:34 . 7.Ship Of Fools (Phil Johnstone,

Happy Birthday Roberta Flack. ‘Sophisticated Lady’

This day (February 10, 1939), in Black Mountain, North Carolina,, is born Roberta Flack an American singer, songwriter and musician.

Tracklist :

1 . Feel Like Making Love

2 . w/ The Fugees - Killing Me Softly (1996)

3 . Imagine

4 . Back Together Again

5 . w/ Peabo Bryson - Tonight I Celebrate My Love

6 . Killing Me Softly With His Song (1988)

7 . w/ Sadao Watanabe - Here'S To Love

8 . Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack Live

10 . The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1972)

Tracklist :

Killing Me Softly With His Song . The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face . Feel Like Makin' Love . The Closer I Get To You . Where Is the Love . Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow . Jesse . Bridge Over Troubled Water . Back Together Again . Making Love .

This week In ’80s Throwback’ 39/52

Robert Palmer, XTC, Level 42, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Dionne Warwick, Bryan Ferry, Tom Waits, Joe Cocker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen

This week In Male Balladeers 25/52

David Gilmour, Jason Mraz, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Ed Sheeran, Paddy McAloon, Chico Buarque, Bruce Hornsby, Eliades Ochoa, Robert Palmer, Brian Wilson, Ray Davies

This week In ’80s Throwback’ 25/52

Cyndi Lauper, Prefab Sprout, Pretenders, Depeche Mode, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Lionel Richie, Robert Palmer, Bobby Brown, Tom Tom Club

This week In Male Balladeers 45/52

Robert Palmer, Leonard Cohen, Art Garfunkel, , Neil Diamond, Bryan Adams, Caetano Veloso, Tom Yorke, Bob Dylan, Robbie Williams, Billy Idol, Hunter Hayes

This week In ’80s Throwback’ 45/52

Billy Idol, Robert Palmer, The Pointer Sisters, R.E.M., Men At Work, ABBA, Grace Jones, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Diamond, The Rolling Stones, Eurythmics

Charles Mingus record ‘Mingus at Antibes’ at the Antibes Jazz Festival (1960)

Charles Mingus' 'Mingus at Antibes' is a double album recorded at the Antibes Jazz Festival on July 13, 1960 and released in 1976 By Atlantic.

1 . I'll Remember April (w/ Bud Powell, LIVE '60)

2 . I'll Remember April (Antibes, Jazz Festival)

Track Listing : 1.Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Charles Mingus) - 11:54 . 2.Prayer For Passive Resistance (Charles Mingus) - 08:06 . 3.What Love? (Charles Mingus) - 13:34 . 4.I'Ll Remember April (Gene De Paul) (Charles Mingus) - 13:39 . 5.Folk Forms I (Charles Mingus) - 11:08 . 6.Better Git Hit In Your Soul (Charles Mingus) - 11:00

Jean-Pierre Leloir

Musicians : Charles Mingus – Bass, Piano On (1 - 6) . Ted Curson – Trumpet . Eric Dolphy– Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet On (3) . Booker Ervin –

Island release Jimmy Cliff’s ‘The Harder They Come,’ the soundtrack album of the movie of the same name (1972)

Jimmy Cliff's 'The Harder They Come' is the soundtrack album (released on July 7, 1972 by Island) to the eponymous film where Cliff is the star.

1 . The Harder They Come

2 . The Harder They Come

3 . Draw Your Brakes Scotty

4 . Bongoman/Rivers of Babylon Mashup

5 . Jimmy Cliff Recording The Harder They Come In Studio Session

Track Listing : 1.You Can Get It If You Really Want (Jimmy Cliff) - 02:40 . 2.Draw Your Brakes (Derrick Harriott, Texas Dixon, Keith Rowe) - 02:57 . 3.Rivers Of Babylon (Brent Dowe, James Mcnaughton) - 04:16 . 4.Many Rivers To Cross (Jimmy Cliff) - 03:02 . 5.Sweet And Dandy (Frederick Hibbert) - 03:01 . 6.The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff) - 03:41 . 7.Johnny Too Bad (Trevor Wilson, Winston Bailey, Hylton Beckford, Derrick Crooks) - 03:04 . 8.007 (Shanty Town) (

Happy Birthday Gladys Knight. ‘Give Me The Knight’

This day (May 28, 1944), in Atlanta, Georgia, is born Gladys Knight

Tracklist :

1 . I Heard It Through The Grapevine (2019)

2 . Somewhere (2018)

3 . Midnight Train to Georgia (2017)

4 . Just a Little (2015)

5 . I Hope You Dance (2012)

6 . w/ BB Winans (2011)

7 . The Need To Be (2009)

8 . Licence To Kill (1997)

9 . & Bb King – Please Send Me Someone To Love (1987)

10 . Memories (1983)

11 . I Will Survive (1982)

12 . & The Pips – Neither One Of Us

13 . & The Pips – I Heard It Through The Grapevine

14 . Help Me Make It Through The Night (1972)

Tracklist :

Licence to Kill . Midnight Train To Georgia . Every Beat of My Heart . Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me . Since I Fell For You . Baby Don't Change Your Mind . Choice Of Colors . But Not For Me . Do You Hear What I Hear .I Heard It

Island release Joe Cocker’s ‘Sheffield Steel’ recorded with the Compass Point Allstars (1982)

Joe Cocker's 'Sheffield Steel' is his eighth studio album recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau and released on May 22, 1982 by Island.

1 . Sweet Little Woman

2 . Seven Days (Montreux)

3 . Many Rivers To Cross (Dortmund)

4 . Many Rivers To Cross

5 . Just Like Always (1988)

Joe Cocker - Sheffield Steel

Track Listing : 1.Look What You'Ve Done (Leo Nocentelli) . 2.Shocked (Ira Ingber, Greg Sutton) . 3.Sweet Little Woman (Andy Fraser) . 4.Seven Days (Bob Dylan) . 5.Marie (Randy Newman) . 6.Ruby Lee (Bill Withers, Melvin Dunlap) . 7.Many Rivers To Cross (Jimmy Cliff) . 8.So Good, So Right (Brenda Russell) . 9.Talking Back To The Night (Steve Winwood, Will Jennings) . 10.Just Like Always (Jimmy Webb)

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