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.
1973 The Temptations – Let Your Hair Down (US:#27)
“Let Your Hair Down” is a 1973 single by American vocal group The Temptations. Dennis Edwards sings lead on the song and the group is backed by Rose Royce on the track. The song originally appeared on the Temptations 1973 album, 1990. Released as a single in November of that year, it reached the number […]
1974 The Love Unlimited Orchestra – Love’s Theme (US:#1 UK:#10)
“Love’s Theme” is an instrumental piece recorded by Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra and released in 1973 as a single. It is one of the few instrumental and purely orchestral singles to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, which it did in early 1974. Billboard ranked it as […]
1974 The Love Unlimited Orchestra – Rhapsody In White (US:#63)
“Rhapsody In White” was the second single of the same titled album by The Love Unlimited Orchestra. It was released in 1974. Musicians Bass Wilton Felder Drums Ed Greene Guitar Dean Parks Guitar David T. Walker Guitar Wah Wah Watson Guitar Don Peake Percussion Gary Coleman Percussion Bobbye Hall Produced By Barry White Songwiters Barry […]
1985 Eric Clapton – See What Love Can Do (US:#89)
See What Love Can Do is a rock song written by Jerry Lynn Williams and released in 1985 by Eric Clapton on his album Behind the Sun at Warner Music Group. When Clapton returned to England from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Tour, Warner Bros. told him they were looking for potential hit […]
1985 David Pack – Prove Me Wrong (US:#95)
Prove Me Wrong is a song written by David Pack and James Newton Howard for the movie White Nights (1985) and released on the album Anywhere You Go. Musicians Drums Jeffrey Porcaro Guitar David Pack Keyboards James Newton Howard Keyboards David Pack Synthesizer James Newton Howard Produced By David PackJames Newton Howard Songwriters David PackJames […]
1984 Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson – To All The Girls I Loved Before (US:#5 UK:#17)
“To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” is a song written by Hal David (words) and Albert Hammond (music). It was originally recorded by Hammond in 1975 on his album 99 Miles From L.A., but is more famous for a 1984 recording by Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, which appeared on Iglesias’s album 1100 Bel […]
1984 Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross – All Of You (US:#19 UK:#43)
“All of You” is a 1984 vocal duet between Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross, produced by Richard Perry, which was released as a single from both Iglesias’s album 1100 Bel Air Place, released on the Columbia Records label, and Ross’s album Swept Away, released on the RCA Records label, for which Ross was then recording. […]
1986 Air Supply – Lonely Is The Night (US:#76)
“Lonely Is the Night” is a song by Australian-British band Air Supply, released in 1986, as the lead single from their ninth studio album, Hearts in Motion (1986). The ballad was written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, while John Boylan produced it. “Lonely Is the Night” was a minor success in the United States, […]