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.
1987 Michael Jackson – Bad (US: #1 UK: #3)
“Bad” is a song by an American singer Michael Jackson. “Bad” was released by Epic Records on September 7, 1987, as the second single from Jackson’s third major-label and seventh studio album of the same name. The song was written and composed by Jackson and co-produced by Quincy Jones and Jackson. Jackson stated that the […]
1987 Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel (US: #1 UK: #3)
“The Way You Make Me Feel“ is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released by Epic Records in November 1987, it was the third single from Jackson’s seventh studio album Bad. Written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones (and co-produced by Jackson), the song is credited as being a pop […]
1988 Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana (US:#1 UK:#4)
“Dirty Diana” is a song by American singer Michael Jackson. It is the ninth track on Jackson’s seventh studio album, Bad. The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988 as the fifth single from the album. It presents a harder rock sound similar to “Beat It” from Thriller and a guitar solo […]
1988 Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal (US:#7 UK:#8)
“Smooth Criminal” is the seventh single from American recording artist Michael Jackson‘s 1987 Bad album. The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jackson’s lyrics about a woman named Annie, who has been violently attacked in her apartment by a “smooth” assailant. First broadcast on television as a video in early October, it was released […]
1979 Olivia Newton-John – Deeper Than The Night (US:#11 UK:#64)
“Deeper Than the Night” is a 1979 song by Olivia Newton-John. It was the second of four singles released from her 1978 LP, Totally Hot, written by Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano The song reached No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 18 in Canada. On the adult contemporary charts it was a […]
1976 The Cate Brothers – Union Man (US:#24)
The Cate Brothers self-titled debut album was released in 1975 was produced by guitarist Steve Cropper. He also performed on the record along with Levon Helm, Donald “Duck” Dunn, and Poco bass guitarist Timothy B. Schmit (who later joined the Eagles). The album contained the duo’s only Top 40 single, “Union Man”, which spent 20 […]
1978 Dolly Parton – Two Doors Down (US:#19)
“Two Doors Down” was a song written and performed by Dolly Parton, which provided a 1978 U.S. country and pop hit for her. The song was sung from the perspective of a woman who has just broken up with her boyfriend and is debating attending a party two doors down the hall from her apartment. […]
1977 Dolly Parton – Here You Come Again (US:#3 UK:#75)
“Here You Come Again” is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton, which topped the U.S. country singles chart for five weeks, and won the 1979 Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance; it also reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, representing […]