Power Station

Singles. Partial discography (singles):. Albums. Although his style of music declined in popularity with the 1970s mass market, Tommy Roe maintained a following and continued to perform at a variety of concert venues, sometimes with sixties nostalgia rock and rollers such as Freddy Cannon and Bobby Vee. The group quietly disbanded shortly after. In 1986, Tommy Roe was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. The group was staggered, but decided to press on, and toured with bassist Manny Yanes instead, to moderate success. A resident of Beverly Hills, California, Roe is married to Josette Banzet, an actress from France who won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting for her performance in the 1976 television mini-series, Rich Man, Poor Man.

Bernard Edwards (former Chic bassist) stepped in and completed the album Living In Fear (1997) in his stead, and was prepared to tour with the group, but then died suddenly of pneumonia during a trip to Japan. During the 1960s, he had several more top forty hits until 1969 when his song "Dizzy" went to No.1 on the UK Singles Chart as well as to Billboard's No.1 in the USA. However, divorce and drug rehabilitation forced John Taylor to withdraw from the project before the album was complete. In 1965, he and Jerry Lee Lewis combined with Orbison to create an LP for the Pickwick International label. The band reunited ten years later with its original members, including Palmer. Roe had a Billboard No.1 hit record hit in the United States and in Australia in 1962 with the song, "Sheila" and the following year scored two Top 10 hits with "Everybody" and the critically acclaimed "The Folk Singer." Following the enormously successful tour of the United Kingdom by friend Roy Orbison, Tommy Roe toured there and then moved to England where he lived for several years. Palmer went on to record a string of chart-topping hits, including "Addicted To Love", "Simply Irresistible", and "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On". Greatly influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly, Tommy Roe developed a unique style that, combined with his All-American clean-cut image, made him a popular musical performer throughout the 1960s.

The band folded late in 1985, as its members turned to other projects: John Taylor returned to Duran Duran, Andy Taylor left Duran Duran and started a solo career, Tony Thompson was to take the place of John Bonham in a re-formed Led Zeppelin, but he was nearly killed in a 1986 car accident before that reunion could get off the ground. Born Thomas David Roe in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he was raised in Alpharetta, Georgia where he was part of a high school band. Similarly, his friendship with producer Joel Silver led to Power Station writing a song called "We Fight For Love" for the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film Commando. Tommy Roe, born May 9, 1942 is an American pop music singer/songwriter. Des Barres' friendship with actor Don Johnson led to the band's guest appearance on an episode of the TV drama Miami Vice. "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" (1970). Des Barres also performed with them at the enormous Live Aid charity concert in Philadelphia that summer. "Jack And Jill" (1969).

This inevitably led to Palmer's departure from the band. Power Station went on to tour with singer Michael Des Barres (formerly of Silverhead and Checquered Past). "Dizzy" (1969). The group's unexpected success led to two results: the band decided to do a summer tour in America, and Robert Palmer decided to record a new album to take advantage of his sudden name recognition. "Horray for Hazel" (1966). (Incidentally, the album's cover graphics and color scheme, which were also used in the videos, were based on sketches by John Taylor.) The band also released a collection of the band's three music videos called "The Power Station Video EP". "Sweet Pea" (1966). The album itself reached number 12 in the UK and number 6 on the US album chart. "The Folk Singer" (1963).

A third single, "Communication", was not as successful; it barely reached the Top 40 in the US, and disappeared after hitting a dismal number 75 in the UK. "Everybody" (1963). (The music video featured the transsexual model Caroline Cossey, credited as "Tula".) The second single was "Bang A Gong (Get It On)", which went to number 22 in the UK and number 9 in the US, while competing against the Duran Duran single "A View to a Kill". "Sheila" (1962). The first, "Some Like It Hot", reached number 14 on the UK singles charts and number 6 in the USA. The band had two hit singles.

The album was produced by Bernard Edwards, with some informal assistance from Nile Rodgers. In March of 1985, the band issued the album Power Station (originally released on vinyl and subtitled 33⅓ for the turntable speed). On February 16, 1985, the band performed "Some Like It Hot" and "Bang A Gong" on the Saturday Night Live TV show; this was Palmer's only live performance with the band. Before long, they had decided to record the entire album with Palmer.

When he heard that they had recorded demos for "Bang A Gong", he asked to try out vocals on that one as well, and by the end of the day, the group knew that they had found that elusive chemistry which distinguishes successful bands. The group then invited eclectic soul singer Robert Palmer to record vocals for the track "Communication". Those who were approached included Mick Jagger, Billy Idol, Mars Williams and Richard Butler (of The Psychedelic Furs), and Mick Ronson. The original plan for the one-album project was for the three musicians (Taylor, Taylor and Thompson) to provide musical continuity to an album full of material, with a different singer performing on each track.

When Buell and Taylor broke up, the project evolved into the idea of a revolving supergroup; a tentative name for the band was Big Brother. Both Taylors were eager to branch out from the synthesizer-heavy pop of Duran Duran and play some Led Zeppelin-flavored rock'n'roll; the participation of their idols from Chic lent the project a horn-inflected funk that meshed surprisingly well with the crunching guitars and booming drums. Rex song "Bang A Gong (Get It On)". The group began as something of a whim -- it was a one-time gathering of friends to provide backing to model and would-be singer Bebe Buell (John Taylor's girlfriend at the time) who wanted to record a cover of the T.

The band was formed in New York City late in 1984 during a break in Duran Duran's schedule, and were named after the Power Station recording studio where their album was conceived and recorded. Power Station was a pop group made up of singer Robert Palmer, bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, and former Chic drummer Tony Thompson; two other Chic members, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers were also involved on the studio side. "She Can Rock It". "Communication".

"Some Like It Hot". "Bang A Gong (Get It On)". Power Station: 20th Anniversary Edition (2005). Best Of (2003).

Living In Fear (1997). Power Station (1985). Among the bonus tracks on the album will be Michael Des Barres track "We Fight For Love" -- now retitled "Someday, Somehow, Someone's Gotta Pay" (from the Commando OST). The package will include the original 8 track album, 7 bonus tracks and a 40-minute 8-chapter DVD.

EMI are scheduled to release a new version of Power Station on February 21, 2005, to commemorate the album's 20th anniversary. They released the album Astronaut in October 2004. John Taylor and Andy Taylor reunited with the original members of Duran Duran in 2001. Robert Palmer died of a heart attack in September 2003, and Tony Thompson died two months later of kidney cancer.