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.
1983 Rick Springfield – Human Touch (US:#18 UK:#23)
“Human Touch” is a 1983 single performed by Australian musician Rick Springfield from his album Living in Oz. The song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. It was also his most successful hit in the UK, peaking at number 23; this also led to a performance on Top of the […]
1973 Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life (US:#1 UK:#7)
“You Are the Sunshine of My Life” is a 1973 single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder’s third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his first number-one on the Easy Listening chart. It won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for both Record […]
1972 Stevie Wonder – Superstition (US:#1 UK:#11)
“Superstition” is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was released on October 24, 1972, as the lead single from his fifteenth studio album, Talking Book (1972), by Tamla. The lyrics describes popular superstitions and their negative effects. “Superstition” reached number one in the U.S. and number one on the soul singles chart. It […]
1984 Mr. Mister – Hunters Of The Night (US:#57)
“Hunters of the Night” is a song by the band Mr. Mister, released as the second single from their 1984 debut album, I Wear the Face. Musicians Bass Richard Page Drums Pat Mastelotto Guitar Steve Farris Synthesizer Steve George Vocals Richard Page Produced By Peter McIan Songwiters Richard PageSteve GeorgeJohn LangGeorge Ghiz Charts US:#57UK:# –
1972 Stevie Wonder – Superwoman (US:#33)
“Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)” is a 1972 soul track by Stevie Wonder. It was the second track on Wonder’s Music of My Mind album, and was also released as the first single. In essence a two-part song, there is a coherence in that it tells a story of the singer’s relationship […]
1984 Mike Oldfield – To France (UK:#48)
“To France” is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album Discovery and features Maggie Reilly on vocals. The musical theme used in “To France” was also used on the first track on side two of the Discovery album, “Talk About Your Life”. It references Mary, Queen of Scots, […]
1984 Mike Oldfield – Tricks Of Light (UK:#91)
“Tricks of the Light” is a single by musician Mike Oldfield released in 1984 and is from the Virgin Records album Discovery. Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer perform vocals for this song. The single’s B-side, “Afghan” (working title “Celtic”, is a non-album track, and was recorded at the same time as the Discovery album. The […]
1977 Linda Ronstadt – It’s So Easy (US:#5)
“It’s So Easy!” is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty. It was originally released as a single in 1958 by the Crickets, which failed to chart. it was the final release by the Crickets when Holly was still in the band. Linda Ronstadt recorded “It’s So Easy” in 1977 for her […]