Plant may have embraced rock stardom during Zeppelin's zenith in the mid-'70s, but the singer has spent the decades following the band's 1980 dissolution exploring the road less-traveled. He had been in the French capital after recording a television appearance in London for Yorkshire TV, a retrospective titled My Kinda People. 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He is a resident of Lakewood Township. [6][2], With the failure of follow-up album Some People Can Do What They Like, however, Palmer decided to move to Nassau, Bahamas, directly across the street from Compass Point Studios. The other representatives from the 30th district for the 2014-2015 Legislative Session are:[7], "It's Musical Chairs To Replace Dimon The Incumbent Senator Chose Not To Run Again. At the 1989 Brit Awards, Palmer received his second nomination for Best British Male, and "Simply Irresistible" was nominated for Best British Single. [12], In his speech to the delegates in Budapest, Singer said to "every anti-Semite, every neo-Nazi, every anti-Israel: we are watching you, we are hearing you, we are reading you, and we will not allow you to continue spreading hatred and bigotry. He repeated his previous success of "Addicted to Love" with the video of "Simply Irresistible", again with a troupe of female "musicians". Singer added: "Moving to Israel with my family at the age of 15 was the initial catalyst for me being motivated to invest myself wholeheartedly in helping to develop projects for educational and economic development in Israel and the Jewish community worldwide.”[6], Between 1976 and 1987, Singer served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including as senior educational officer,[7] an assignment he said which had allowed him "to gain a tremendous amount of life experience, maturity and perspective."[8]. Signed to the Island Records label, they released three albums: Vinegar Joe (1972), Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies (1972) and Six Star General (1973), before disbanding in March 1974. Singer ran in the primary unopposed and became the Republican nominee for the November general election. [23], Palmer performing live at Sunset Strip Roxy in 1986, 1985–1997: The Power Station and MTV success, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, Duran Duran's charity concert at Aston Villa football ground, Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, "Addicted to Love: fashion's favourite video for 30 years", "Elkie Brooks Remembers Singing With Robert Palmer - Robert Palmer : Music & Style", "Billboard Shakeup puts Hollywood Reporter's Janice Min in Charge", "Rod Stewart Robert Palmer Some Boys Have All The Luck Live Songs & Visions Concert Wembley 1997", "British rock star Robert Palmer dies at 54", "Robert Palmer, Singer With Image of a Pop Romeo, Dies at 54", "PALMER TO BE BURIED IN SWITZERLAND | NME", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Palmer_(singer)&oldid=984170495, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 October 2020, at 16:34. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Tel Aviv University in 1976. [3], Incumbent 30th district State Senator John E. Dimon announced that he would not seek re-election in 1993 due to poor health. He has served since 1999 on the Ocean County Board of Health as its Vice Chair. [2] His first solo album Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1974, was heavily influenced by the music of Little Feat and the funk fusion of the Meters who acted as backing band along with producer/guitarist Lowell George of Little Feat. In Number One magazine, he hit back at the claims he joined the band for money: "Firstly, I didn't need the money and, secondly the cash was a long time coming. From 1987 to 1999, Singer held positions within the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, serving under the Prime Ministers Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Benjamin Netanyahu. Palmer's father was a British naval intelligence officer stationed in Malta. Robert W. Singer (born October 29, 1947) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1993, where he represents the 30th Legislative District. Palmer played rhythm guitar in the band, and shared lead vocals with Brooks. [6][8] Brooks later said that Palmer "was a very good-looking guy", and that female fans were happy to find that Brooks and Palmer were not romantically linked.[9]. Some critics described Palmer's abandonment of the tour as unprofessional. [7], In 1970 Palmer joined the 12-piece jazz-rock fusion band Dada, which featured singer Elkie Brooks and her husband Pete Gage. [3] Singer currently serves on the New Jersey Commission on Aging, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and the New Jersey Asian American Commission. He has been on the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council Board of Directors since 2001 and from 1996 to 1999 and the Lakewood Municipal Utility Authority since 1999 as Chair. Singer serves on the Legislative Services Commission, the Commerce Committee and the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. Three of his hit singles, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible", were accompanied with stylish music videos directed by British fashion photographer Terence Donovan.[3]. Prior to retiring from the Lakewood Township Committee, dual office holding was allowed under a grandfather clause in the state law enacted by the New Jersey Legislature and signed into law by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine in September 2007 that prevents dual-office-holding but allows those who had held both positions as of February 1, 2008, to retain both posts.[6]. Palmer expanded his range even further for his next album, Don't Explain (1990). Palmer received a number of awards throughout his career, including two Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, an MTV Video Music Award and two Brit Award nominations for Best British Male Solo Artist. Former Led Zeppelin vocalist whose successful solo career has found him covering a wide range of styles. Blood', Al Jourgensen Just Wants to Have Fun With Surgical Meth Machine, Song Premiere: Jonathan Edwards Teams Up With Alison Krauss on "Tomorrow's Child", Radio on the TV: Performances from Weezer, Jackson Browne, Robert Plant and More, New Releases Roundup: Week of September 9. Robert Singer shares a couple of teases of what’s to come, as well as why the Michael!Dean story came up now. It spawned two hit singles with "Some Like It Hot" (US number 6) and a cover of the T. Rex song "Get It On (Bang a Gong)", which peaked one position higher than the original at US number 9. In April 2015, he took part in a discussion on the future of Holocaust remembrance as part of the commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the [21] Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in Germany, and Singer then moderated a panel at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva on the ICRC’s response to the Holocaust during World War II.

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