Thanks to Frédèric and his incredible research who contacted a lot of session players who played on the charting tracks. We only post the charting singles of the session players we are following.
1999 Savage Garden – The Animal Song (US:#19 UK:#16)
“The Animal Song” is a song by Australian pop music duo Savage Garden, released a single on 23 February 1999. The song was written for the soundtrack of the film The Other Sister and also appeared on their second studio album. The video for the song was directed by Jim Gable. It features Hayes walking […]
1999 Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You (US:#1 UK:#10)
“I Knew I Loved You” is a song recorded by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, released on 28 September 1999 through Roadshow Music and Columbia Records as the second single from their second studio album, Affirmation (1999). Upon release, it topped the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band’s second number one in the United States after “Truly Madly Deeply”. It was the last […]
1972 America – Only In Your Heart (US:#62)
“Only In Your Heart” is the third and final single from the album Homecoming by America (1972), it reached #62 in the US. Musicians Bass Joe Osborn Drums Hal Blaine Guitar Dan Peek Guitar Gerry Beckley Guitar Dewey Bunnell Keyboards Dan Peek Keyboards Gerry Beckley Percussion Hal Blaine Vocals Dan Peek Vocals Gerry Beckley Vocals […]
1972 America – Ventura Highway (US:#8 UK:#43)
“Ventura Highway” is a 1972 song by the band America from their album Homecoming, written by Dewey Bunnell. Dewey Bunnell, the song’s vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric “alligator lizards in the air” in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his […]
1972 America – Don’t Cross the River (US:#35)
“Don’t Cross the River” is the second single from America‘s album Homecoming. It was released in 1972 and reached #35 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass Joe Osborn Drums Hal Blaine Guitar Dan Peek Guitar Gerry Beckley Guitar Dewey Bunnell Banjo Henry Diltz Percussion Hal Blaine Vocals Dan Peek Vocals Gerry Beckley Vocals Dewey Bunnell […]
1999 Shania Twain – You’ve Got A Way (US:#49)
“You’ve Got A Way” is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was released in May 1999 as the ninth single from her third studio album Come on Over. It was also the fourth single released to AC radio and fifth to Oceania. It was written by Robert John […]
1978 Burton Cummings – Break Them To Me Gently (US:#85)
“Break Them To Me Gently” is a song from Burton Cummings‘ album Dream Of A Child (1978). The single was released in 1978 and reached #85 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass Ian Gardiner Drums Jim Gordon Drums Rick Shlosser Guitar Dick Wagner Guitar Randy Bachman Fender Rhodes Burton Cummings Piano Burton Cummings Percussion […]
1999 Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (US:#23 UK:#3)
“Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain from her third studio album, Come On Over (1997). Written by Twain and her longtime collaborator and then-husband Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who also produced the track, the song was released first to North American country radio stations in March 1999 […]