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.
1977 Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are (US:#3 UK:#19)
“Just The Way You Are” is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger (1977). It was released in September 1977 as the album’s lead single. It became both Joel’s first US Top 10 and UK Top 20 single (reaching No. 3 and No. 19 respectively), as well as Joel’s first […]
1996 Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me (US:#1 UK:#5)
“Because You Loved Me” is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion on her fourth English-language studio album, Falling into You (1996). It was released on 19 February 1996 as the first single in North America and as the second single in the United Kingdom on 20 May 1996. “Because You Loved Me” was […]
1997 Celine Dion – All By Myself (US:#4 UK:#6)
“All By Myself” is a song by American singer-songwriter Eric Carmen released in 1975. The most notable cover version of “All By Myself” was recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion in 1996. It was the fourth (or third, depending on the country) hit single from her fourth English-language studio album, Falling into You. Produced by […]
1981 Bernadette Peters – Dedicated To The One I Love (US:#65)
“Dedicated To The One I Love” is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass that was a hit for the “5” Royales, the Shirelles, the Mamas & the Papas and Bitty McLean. Pauling was the guitarist of the “5” Royales, the group that recorded the original version of the song, produced by Bass, […]
1973 Barry White – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby (US:#3 UK:#23)
“I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby” is a song written, produced and recorded by Barry White. Released in the spring of 1973 as the first single from his 1973 debut album I’ve Got So Much to Give, the song was a number-one hit on the US R&B chart for two weeks, peaked […]
1973 Barry White – I’ve Got So Much To Give (US:#32)
“I’ve Got So Much to Give” is an R&B contemporary romantic ballad composed and recorded by popular soul artist Barry White and released in 1973. It was originally conceived by White as a single but then featured on the album of the same name (released in 1973), that peaked at number one on the Hot […]
1995 Amy Grant – Big Yellow Taxi (US:#67 UK:#20)
“Big Yellow Taxi” is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1970. In 1995, American singer Amy Grant released a cover of “Big Yellow Taxi” to pop and adult contemporary radio in the United States and United Kingdom. The song was the fourth (third in the US) pop radio […]
1986 Anne Murray – Now And Forever (You And Me) (US:#92)
“Now And Forever (You and Me)” is a hit song written by David Foster, Randy Goodrum and Jim Vallance and recorded by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was aided by a popular music video, filmed in Toronto. The back-up vocal was sung by Richard Page, lead singer for the Pop group Mr. Mister. […]