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.
1993 Bryan Ferry – Will You Love Me Tomorrow (UK:#23)
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, sometimes known as “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”, is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was originally recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles, who took their single to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart Musicians Bass Nathan East Bass Steve Pearce Guitar […]
1993 Bryan Ferry – I Put A Spell On You (UK:#18)
“I Put a Spell on You” is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins. Bryan Ferry‘s version reached No. 18 in 1993 in the UK Charts. Musicians Bass Nathan East Drums Steve Ferrone Guitar Neil Hubbard Guitar Michael Brook Guitar Robin Trower Guitar David Williams Piano Bryan Ferry Programming Richard T […]
1993 Bryan Ferry – Girl Of My Best Friend (UK:#57)
“The Girl of My Best Friend” is a song written by Sam Bobrick and Beverly Ross and first released in 1959 by Charlie Blackwell as the B-side to his single “Choppin’ Mountains”. It was later recorded by Bryan Ferry for his 1993 covers album Taxi. Musicians Bass Nathan East Drums Steve Ferrone Guitar Neil […]
1973 Tavares – That’s the Sound That Lonely Makes (US:#70)
That’s the Sound That Lonely Makes is the second single by Tavares from their album Check It Out. It peaked at #70 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass James Jamerson Sr Drums James Gadson Guitar Wah Wah Watson Guitar Dean Parks Guitar David T Walker Keyboards Mike Melvoin Piano Joe Sample Percussion Bobbye Hall […]
1973 Tavares – Check It Out (US:#35)
“Check It Out” is the first single by Tavares from the same titled album album. It peaked at #35 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass James Jamerson Sr Drums James Gadson Guitar Wah Wah Watson Guitar Dean Parks Guitar David T Walker Keyboards Mike Melvoin Piano Joe Sample Percussion Bobbye Hall Percussion Gene Estes […]
1971 Billy Preston – Outa-Space (US:#2)
“Outa-Space” is an instrumental recorded by Billy Preston that originally appeared on his 1971 A&M Records-debut album, I Wrote a Simple Song. Preston created the sound of “Outa-Space” by running the sound from a clavinet through a wah wah pedal and then improvising a groove while calling out chord changes to the backing band. He […]
1971 Billy Preston – I Wrote A Simple Song (US:#77)
“I Wrote a Simple Song” is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston that was first released as the title track to his album of the same name in November 1971. It was written by Preston and his regular collaborator, Joe Greene. The song was also Preston’s first single on A&M Records, following the […]
1980 The Doobie Brothers – Real Love (US:#5)
“Real Love” is a hit song by The Doobie Brothers. It was the first of three single releases from their 1980 LP, One Step Closer. “Real Love” became the greatest hit from the album, reaching #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the fall of the year. The song is the group’s third highest-charting […]