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.
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 […]
1980 Boz Scaggs – Look What You’ve Done To Me (US: #14)
“Look What You’ve Done to Me” is a 1980 song recorded by Boz Scaggs, and composed by Scaggs and David Foster for the movie Urban Cowboy. It reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in November, #13 on the Cash Box Top 100, and went to #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song […]
1981 Bill Champlin – Sara (US: #61)
Runaway was primarily produced by David Foster, who had also produced Bill Champlin‘s previous solo album, Single, in 1978. The album also featured production by Kenny Loggins on “Take It Uptown”, co-written by Kenny Loggins and Bill Champlin. One of the comparatively rare songwriting collaborations with Alan Thicke is also included on the album–“Sara”, co-written […]
1982 Toto – Rosanna (US:#2 UK:#12)
Rosanna is a million-selling Gold-certified hit single, written by David Paich and performed by the American rock band Toto, the opening track and the first single from their 1982 album Toto IV. This song won the Record of the Year Grammy Award in the 1983 presentations. Rosanna was also nominated for the Song of the […]
1984 Kenny Loggins – I’m Free (Heaven Helps The Man) (US: #22)
I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man) is a song recorded by American recording artist Kenny Loggins, composed by Loggins, Dean Pitchford, and produced by Becky Shargo, and Pitchford. It was released in February 1984 as the second of two singles by Loggins from the film, Footloose. It charted at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 […]
1983 Paul Anka – Hold Me ‘Til The Mornin’ Comes (US: #40)
Hold Me ‘Til The Mornin’ Comes is a song by Paul Anka, featuring backing vocals by former Chicago singer Peter Cetera. It was co-written by Anka with David Foster. The song describes a man who is in a relationship that’s dying, yet both are afraid to walk away from it. He struggles with ambivalent feelings, […]