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.
1988 Richard Marx – Endless Summer Nights (US:#2 UK:#50)
“Endless Summer Nights” is a song written and performed by American rock singer Richard Marx, and released in January 1988 as the third single from his eponymous Triple Platinum debut album. The song peaked at #2 on the U.S. pop and Adult Contemporary charts. “Endless Summer Nights” was a track from Marx’s original demo tapes. […]
1987 Richard Marx – Don’t Mean Nothing (US:#3 UK:#78)
“Don’t Mean Nothing” is the debut single by singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx from his Triple Platinum 1987 eponymous album. It hit #1 on Billboard’s Album Rock Tracks chart and #3 on the Hot 100. With the chart success of “Don’t Mean Nothing” and subsequent singles from his debut album, Marx became the first male artist to […]
1987 Richard Marx – Should’ve Know Better (US:#3 UK:#50)
“Should’ve Known Better” is a hit song written, composed, and performed by American rock singer Richard Marx, who released in September 1987 as the second single from his self-titled debut album. The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as #7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in […]
1986 John Eddie – Jungle Boy (US:#52)
The selftitled album by John Eddie, features the hit single “Jungle Boy”, which peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 17 on the Top Rock Tracks chart in the US. Musicians Bass Phil Chen Drums Max Weinberg Guitar Mike Landau Guitar Joe Sweeney Keyboards Mitchell Froom Organ Ian McLagan Piano Ian […]
1977 Andrew Gold – Lonely Boy (US:#7 UK:#11)
“Lonely Boy” is an international hit song from 1977, written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1976 for his album What’s Wrong with This Picture? It spent five months on the American charts, peaking at number seven in both Canada and the United States, and number 11 in the United Kingdom. While “Lonely Boy” would […]
1983 The Manhattan Transfer – Spice Of Life (US:#40 UK:#19)
The song “Spice of Life”, from The Manhattan Transfer album Bodies and Souls, was a hit on both the R&B chart, reaching #32, and on the Pop chart, reaching #40. This song featured a distinctive harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder. The song has a similar structure to the album cut “Baby Be Mine” on Michael […]
1983 Christopher Cross – Think Of Laura (US:#9)
“Think of Laura” is a popular song by the American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. Released as a single in late 1983 from Cross’ second studio album, Another Page, “Think of Laura” became the singer’s fourth (and, to date, final) single to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked […]
1983 Christopher Cross – No Time For Talk (US:#33)
“No Time for Talk” was the second single from the album Another Page by Christopher Cross. It was released in 1983. Musicians Bass Abe Laboriel Drums Steve Gadd Guitar Christopher Cross Keyboards Michael Omartian Keyboards Rob Meurer Sax Tom Scott Percussion Paulinho Da Costa Produced By Michael Omartian Songwriters Christopher Cross Charts US:#33 UK:# –