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.
1981 Randy Crawford – Secret Combination (UK: #48)
Secret Combination is a single from the same titled album, released in 1981 by Randy Crawford. Musicians Bass Abraham Laboriel Sr Drums Jeffrey Porcaro Guitar Steve Lukather Guitar Dean Parks Keyboards Leon Pendarvis Percussion Lenny Castro Background Vocals Phyllis St. James Background Vocals Marti McCall Background Vocals Petsye Powell Background Vocals Alfie Silas Vocals Randy […]
1983 Michael Jackson – Beat It (US: #1 UK: #3)
“Beat It“ is a song written and performed by American singer Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones (with co-production by Jackson). It is the third single from the singer’s sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). Eddie Van Halen played the song’s distinctive overdriven guitar solo. While Van Halen was prevented by his record label from […]
1985 Kenny Loggins – Forever (US: #40)
“Forever” is a Kenny Loggins song from his 1985 album, Vox Humana. It was released as the second single from the album, after “Vox Humana”, and became another Top 40 hit for Loggins. The song was originally written for a short film called Access All Areas produced by Jenny Sullivan (ex-wife of Jim Messina, Loggins’ […]
1981 Boz Scaggs – Miss Sun (US: #14)
“Miss Sun” is a 1980 hit for Boz Scaggs first recorded in 1977 by David Paich – originally the sole credited writer – along with David Hungate, Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro. The four singers were working as session musicians on Scaggs’ Down Two Then Left album. They also worked on the self-titled album by […]
1983 Lionel Richie – Running With The Night (US: #7 UK: #9)
“Running with the Night” was the second single released from Lionel Richie’s multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning 1983 album, Can’t Slow Down. Richie co-wrote the song with songwriter Cynthia Weil and co-produced it with James Anthony Carmichael. The electric guitar solo on “Running with the Night” was played by Steve Lukather, best known as a member […]
1982 George Benson – Never Give Up On A Good Thing (US:#52 UK:#14)
“Never Give Up on a Good Thing” was a single by American R&B singer George Benson, which entered the UK Singles Chart on 23 January 1982. It reached a peak position of number 14, and remained in the chart for 10 weeks. It was written by Michael Garvin and Tom Shapiro. . The B side […]
1982 Chicago – Love Me Tomorrow (US:#22)
“Love Me Tomorrow” is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 16 (1982), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The second single released from the album, it reached #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #8 on the adult contemporary chart. […]
1985 Eric Clapton – Forever Man (US: #26 UK: #51)
“Forever Man“ is a song from Eric Clapton‘s 1985 album Behind the Sun, released as the first single of the album. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, becoming his second single to do so. In total, the single release sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. Clapton had just signed a […]