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 England Dan & John Ford Coley – Love Is The Answer (US: #10 UK: #45)
“Love Is the Answer“ is a song written by Todd Rundgren for his band Utopia. It is the closing track on their 1977 album Oops! Wrong Planet. Although Utopia’s version did not reach the music charts, a cover version by England Dan & John Ford Coley reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart […]
1982 Donna Summer – The Woman In Me (US: #33 UK: #62)
“The Woman in Me“ is the third and final single from Donna Summer’s self-titled 1982 album. The song entered the US top 40 and was a hit on the US Adult Contemporary (#17), Pop (#33) and R&B (#30) charts in early 1983. In North America, the single was also released on a 12″ blue vinyl […]
1985 Far Corporation – Stairway To Heaven (UK: #8)
Far Corporation is a British band created by record producer Frank Farian, who created the bands Boney M. and Milli Vanilli. The name was shortened from “Frank Farian Corporation”, which was originally put together to record a cover of the Paul Simon piece “Mother and Child Reunion” as a charity record and reached the top […]
1983 Eye To Eye – Lucky (US: #88)
“Lucky” is the only single from the album Shakespeare Stole My Baby by Eye To Eye. It was released in 1983 and reached #88 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass Jimmy Haslip Drums Art Wood Guitar (solo) Steve Lukather Guitar Domenic Troiano Keyboards Julian Marshall Percussion Martin Ditcham Background Vocals Daniel Lazerus Vocals Deborah […]
1979 Olivia Newton-John – Totally Hot (US: #52)
Totally Hot is the third single by Olivia Newton-John from here same titled album. It was released in 1979 and peaked at #52 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass David Hungate Drums Mike Botts Guitar John Farrar Guitar Steve Lukather Piano Jai Winding Sax Marty Grebb Sax Jerry Peterson Trumpet Steve Madaio Trombone Chuck Findley […]
1979 Toto – 99 (US: #26)
“99“ is a song by the American rock band Toto. The song appeared on the Hydra album in 1979. When released as a single, it reached number 26 on the Billboard charts. The song was written as a tribute to George Lucas’ film THX 1138 and the music video resembles a scene in the movie. […]
1979 Toto – Hold The Line (US:#5 UK:#14)
“Hold the Line” is a song by the American rock band Toto. The song was written by the band’s keyboardist David Paich, and the lead vocals were performed by Bobby Kimball. The song was released as the band’s debut single in the music industry, and was featured on their debut 1978 eponymous album. The song […]
1979 Olivia Newton-John – A Little More Love (US: #3 UK: #4)
A Little More Love was the lead single by English-born Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John from her 1978 album Totally Hot. It was a worldwide Top 10 hit single, peaking at #4 in the UK and #3 in the US. In Canada, it spent three weeks at #2 during February and March 1979, and was […]