A Dashing Singer with a video no red-blooded male can forget

The famous video featuring a clutch of gloss-lipped, black mini-skirted deadpan models posing as backing band to the song Addicted to Love, is the late Robert Palmer's most enduring image.

Born in 1964, Robert Palmer joined his first band, The Mandrakes, at the age of 15. With his impeccable suits and slicked-back hair, Robert Palmer had a 1974 hit with the Allen Toussaint song, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley. A move to the Bahamas to record the albums Double Fun and Secrets brought him success with singles Every Kinda People and A Bad Case of Lovin' You. By 1982 he managed to achieve his biggest hit in Britain with Some Guys Have All the Luck.

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Three years later, a side project, Power Station, saw him team up with John and Andy Taylor of Duran Duran. The group scored three US Top 10 hits with Some Like It Hot, Communications and Get It On.

A prolific singer with a varied musical style, here is a hit from his 1978 album Double Fun - Every Kinda People