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.
1993 Diana Ross – Heart (Don’t Change My Mind) (UK:#31)
Heart (Don’t Change My Mind)” is the eighth single from Diana Ross‘ album The Force Behind The Power, it was released in 1993 and hit #31 in the UK. Muscians Bass Freddie Washington Drums Carlos Vega Guitar Mike Landau Keyboards Robbie Buchanan Sax John Helliwell Percussion Mike Fisher Background Vocals Kate Markowitz Background Vocals Valerie […]
1990 Cher – The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss) (US:#33 UK:#1)
“The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)“ is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark. It was first released as a single in 1963 by Merry Clayton that did not chart. The song was made a hit a year later when recorded by Betty Everett, who hit No. 1 on the Cashbox magazine […]
1984 Sergio Mendes – Olympia (US:#58)
Olympia is a 1984 single from Sérgio Mendes featuring lead vocals by Joe Pizzulo as a theme for the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics. It was released the same year on the album Confetti. The song is also used as the theme song for Olympia Sports Camp in Ontario, Canada, and for the World’s Strongest […]
1984 Sergio Mendes – Alibis (US:#29)
Alibis was the first single from Sergio Mendes’ album Confetti. In 1984 he recorded the “Confetti” album, which had the hit songs “Olympia”, which was also used as a theme song for the Olympic games that year and “Alibis”. The ’80s also found Sergio Mendes working with singer Lani Hall again on the song “No Place […]
1987 Smokey Robinson – Just To See Her (US:#8 UK:#52)
“Just to See Her” is a 1987 song written by Jimmy George and Lou Pardini and recorded by American R&B recording artist Smokey Robinson from his studio album One Heartbeat (1986). “Just to See Her” peaked at #7 in Cash Box and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1987. It also reached […]
1983 Sergio Mendes – Rainbow’s End (US:#52)
Sergio Mendes is the 1983 studio album by Sergio Mendes under the A&M Records label. It includes “Never Gonna Let You Go”, a song written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil that reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Another single of that album was Rainbow’s End, written by Don Freeman and David Batteau. […]
1983 Sergio Mendes – Never Gonna Let You Go (US:#4 UK:#45)
“Never Gonna Let You Go“ is a popular song from 1983 credited to Brazilian musician and bandleader Sérgio Mendes and sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller. Songwriters Cynthia Weil (lyrics) and Barry Mann (music) composed the song, which appears on Mendes’ 1983 self-titled album. Weil and Mann originally submitted “Never Gonna Let You Go” […]
1990 Cher – Heart Of Stone (US: #20 UK:#43)
“Heart of Stone“ is the fourth North American and third European single release from American singer/actress Cher‘s nineteenth studio album Heart of Stone. The video featured Cher in a dark room with old clips of herself projected onto screens in the background. The video was shot in the first week of 1990. It made the […]