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.
1979 Chanson – Don’t Hold Back (US: #21 UK: #33)
“Don’t Hold Back” is the only single that hit the charts by group Chanson (James Jamerson Jr and David Williams. Chanson was an American studio-based disco group from the late 1970s. Musicians Bass James Jamerson Jr Drums Jeffrey Porcaro Guitar David Williams Keyboards David Paich Sax Don Myrick Sax Fred Jackson Sax William Green Trombone […]
1977 Leo Sayer – Easy To Love (US: #36)
“Easy to Love” is the second single by Leo Sayer from the album Thunder In My Heart. It was released in 1977. Musicians Bass Ben Adkins Drums Jeffrey Porcaro Guitar Ray Parker Jr Guitar Lee Ritenour Keyboards Michael Omartian Vocals Leo Sayer Produced By Richard Perry Songwriters Leo SayerAlbert Hammond Charts US:#36UK:# –
1976 Boz Scaggs – It’s Over (US: #38)
“It’s Over” is the first single from the Silk Degrees album by Boz Scaggs. It was released in 1976. Musicians Bass David Hungate Drums Jeffrey Porcaro Guitar Fred Tackett Guitar Louie Shelton Keyboards David Paich Background Vocals Maxine Green Vocals Boz Scaggs Produced By Joe Wissert Songwriters Boz ScaggsDavid Paich Charts US: #38 UK: […]
1975 Joan Baez – Diamonds And Rust (US: #35)
“Diamonds & Rust” is a song written and performed by Joan Baez. It was written in November 1974 and released in 1975. In the song, Baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade back in time, to a “crummy” hotel in Greenwich Village; she recalls giving him a […]
1974 Neil Diamond – Longfellow Serenade (US: #5)
“Longfellow Serenade“ is the title of a 1974 song by the American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. It was written by Diamond, produced by Tom Catalano, and included on Diamond’s album Serenade. “Longfellow Serenade” spent two weeks at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1974. It became Diamond’s second #1 on the Billboard Easy […]
1974 Joe Cocker – Put Out The Light (US: #46)
Put Out The Light is a single by Joe Cocker from the album I Can Stand a Little Rain. It was released in 1974 Musicians Bass Dave McDaniel Drums Ollie E. Brown Guitar Ray Parker Jr Guitar Ralph Hammer Piano David Paich Sax Jim Horn Sax Trevor Lawrence Trumpet Stuart Blumberg Trumpet Steve Madaio Trombone Mayo Taina Trombone […]
1975 Steely Dan – Black Friday (US: #37)
The track “Black Friday” from the Steely Dan album Katy Lied, which was released as the first single from the album, relates the story of a crooked speculator who makes his fortune and absconds to Australia. Muswellbrook, a town in New South Wales, was chosen to fit in with the lyric, as Fagen later explained: “It […]
1975 Loggins & Messina – Changes (US: #84)
Changes is a single by Loggins & Messina. It was taken from the Mother Lode album, which was released in 1974 Produced By Jim Messina Songwriter Jim Messina Charts US:#84 UK:# –