40 Years Ago: Robert Palmer Finds His Groove With 'Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley'Long before he became the sharp-dressed star of a series of sleek MTV-era videos, Robert Palmer was an R&B savant. Nick DeRiso
Why Robert Palmer Kept Mixing Things Up With 'Secrets'Five years in, he'd already covered more musical ground than many artists travel in a lifetime.Jeff Giles
Likes It HotHe's chiefly known for a string of big '80s hits, but Robert Palmer's music was always about more than the grinding riffs and thunderous beats of 'Addicted to Love' and 'Simply Irresistible.'Jeff Giles