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.
1982 America – Right Before Your Eyes (US:#45)
“Right Before Your Eyes” is a song written by Ian Thomas and introduced on his 1977 album Goodnight Mrs. Calabash. Recorded by America for their 1982 album View from the Ground, the America version of “Right Before Your Eyes” was issued as that album’s second single – following up America’s Top Ten comeback single “You […]
1982 America – You Can Do Magic (US:#8 UK:#59)
“You Can Do Magic” is a song by singer-songwriter Russ Ballard which was recorded as a 1982 single by folk rock duo America from their album View from the Ground. The song was one of two Ballard compositions on View from the Ground, the other being “Jody”. Ballard wrote both songs specifically for America at […]
2000 Don Henley – Taking You Home (US:#58)
“Taking You Home” is a 2000 track from Don Henley‘s CD Inside Job. The track was written by Henley along with Stuart Brawley and Stan Lynch and was Henley’s only number one on the Adult Contemporary chart as a solo artist. “Taking You Home” stayed at number one for four weeks and went to number […]
1975 Linda Ronstadt – Heat Wave (US:#5)
“Heat Wave” is a 1963 song written by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team. It was first made popular by the American Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Released as a 45 rpm single on July 9, 1963, on the Motown subsidiary Gordy label, it hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart—where it stayed […]
1975 Linda Ronstadt – The Tracks Of My Tears (US:#25 UK:#42)
“The Tracks of My Tears” is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. It is a multiple award-winning 1965 hit R&B song originally recorded by their group, The Miracles, on Motown’s Tamla label. In 1967, Johnny Rivers covered the song and his version was a number 10 hit on the Billboard […]
1975 Linda Ronstadt – Love Is A Rose (US:#63)
“Love Is a Rose” is a song written and composed by Neil Young. It first became popular in 1975 when Linda Ronstadt had a country hit with her version. “Love Is a Rose” has also been covered by other artists over the years. Neil Young first recorded “Love Is a Rose” in 1974 for the […]
1986 Pointer Sisters – Goldmine (US:#33 UK:#78)
Goldmine was the leading single from the Pointer Sisters album Hot Together, released in 1986. Musicians Drums (programming) Peter Bunetta Guitar Paul Jackson Jr Synthesizer Paul Fox Synthesizer Bill Cuomo Synthesizer Rick Chudacoff Synthesizer Sharon Robinson Percussion Paulinho Da Costa Percussion Paul Fox Vocals June Pointer Produced By Richard Perry Songwriters Andy Goldmark Bruce Roberts […]
1987 Diana Ross – Dirty Looks (US:#49)
“Dirty Looks” is the lead single from the 1987 album Red Hot Rhythm & Blues by Diana Ross written by Lotti Golden and Richard Scher. The song, which peaked at #12 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles, originally appeared on Warp 9’s second LP on Motown, “Fade in, Fade Out.” Musicians Musicians in the tags above […]