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.
1975 Earth Wind & Fire – Shining Star (US:#1)
“Shining Star” is a song by Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a single in January 1975 on Columbia Records. The song rose to No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart, becoming their first single to top both charts (and only single to top the former). […]
1975 Earth Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World (US:#12)
“That’s The Way Of The World” is a song recorded by the band Earth, Wind & Fire, released as a single in June 1975 on Columbia Records. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Musicians Bass Verdine White Drums Fred White Drums […]
1975 Linda Lewis – It’s In His Kiss (UK:#6)
“It’s in His Kiss” is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark. It was first released as a single in 1963 by Merry Clayton that did not chart. The song was made a hit a year later when recorded by Betty Everett, who hit No. 1 on the Cashbox magazine R&B charts with it […]
1983 Evelyn “Champagne” King – Action (US:#75)
“Action” is a single from the Evelyn “Champagne” King‘s album Face To Face. It was released in 1983 as lead single at peaked at #75 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass Foster Sylvers Drums Wardell Potts Jr Guitar Marlo Henderson Keyboards Joey Gallo Keyboards Leon Sylvers Percussion Leon Sylvers Percussion Jorge Bermudez Background Vocals […]
2004 Daniel Bedingfield – Nothing Hurts Like Love (UK:#3)
“Nothing Hurts Like Love” is the lead single from New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield‘s second studio album, Second First Impression (2004). It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and number seven on the Danish Singles Chart. Musicians Bass Pino Palladino Bass Erick Coomes Drums Adam Deitch Guitar Erick Coomes Guitar Eric Appapoulay […]
2005 Daniel Bedingfield – The Way (UK:#41)
“The Way” is a song by New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield. It was released on 23 May 2005 as the third and final single from his second studio album, Second First Impression (2004). It was written by Bedingfield and produced by Bedingfield and Jack Puig. The song peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles […]
2005 Daniel Bedingfield – Wrap My Words Around You (UK:#12)
“Wrap My Words Around You” is the second single from British singer Daniel Bedingfield‘s second studio album, Second First Impression. It peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number 30 on the Irish and Swiss charts. Musicians Bass Paul Bushnell Guitar Tim Pierce Guitar David Hart Guitar Eric Appapoulay Keyboards Adam Deitch […]
1986 Dan Seals – Bop (US:#42)
“Bop” is a song written by Paul Davis and Jennifer Kimball and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was released in October 1985 as the second single from his fifth studio album, Won’t Be Blue Anymore. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1986, becoming […]