Did Mary Ambrose co-write love takes time on Robert Palmers Honey as she had said I thought he wrote it with Sharon O'neill who i was a fan of?

Answer 1

No, she did not. According to the liner notes on Honey, "Love Takes Time" was in fact written by Robert Palmer and Sharon O'Neill. According to Mary Ambrose's brother and many other witnesses, Mary Ambrose did not even meet Robert Palmer until late 1995. Honey was released in 1994. Mary Ambrose tried to claim credit for co-writing Aeroplane on Robert Palmer's Don't Explain. That song was written by Robert Palmer alone. Robert Palmer did allow her to do some back up singing on Rhythm and Blues and Drive, but on Rythm and Blues, B.J. Nash had to go over and correct Ambrose's contributions and on Drive Tina Ann Hart had to re-do Ambrose's contributions, also. Palmer did give Ambrose credit in the liner notes for both, though. At any rate, credit should be given where credit is due. Love Takes Time was co-written by Sharon O'Neill, not Mary Ambrose.

Answer 2

No, she did not. In an article that was posted ten days after Palmer's death, the writer of the article quoted Palmer as saying that Mary Ambrose had co-written Love takes Time with him. That same article was later debunked by Palmer's publicist, Elizabeth Fried, as the information came to light that Palmer had never given the interview in the first place. Sadly, the writer did not understand that an interview log was maintained by Palmer's publicist. The arrangement for this writers interview was never made. At the time this writer alleged that Palmer had given him the interview in person in Toronto, Canada, Palmer was in New York City on a publicity tour for the release of Honey. The factual information is that Robert Palmer wrote Love Takes Time with Sharon O'Neill, a songwriter from New Zealand who also wrote True Love with him for his Don't Explain Album.

Answer 3

No, she did not. That song was written by Robert Palmer, Sharon O'Neill and Alan Mansfield. It appeared on Robert Palmer's Rhythm and Blues album.