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.
1985 Luther Vandross – ‘Til My Baby Comes Home (US:#29)
“Til My Baby Comes Home” is a song by American recording artist Luther Vandross released in 1985 as the lead single in support of his platinum album The Night I Fell in Love. Produced By Luther Vandross Songwriters Luther Vandross Marcus Miller Charts US:#29 UK:# –
1993 Whitney Houston – I’m Every Woman (US:#4 UK:#4)
“I’m Every Woman” is a song by American singer Chaka Khan, released as her debut solo single from her first album, Chaka (1978). American singer and actress Whitney Houston recorded “I’m Every Woman” for The Bodyguard soundtrack. Houston’s version was produced by Narada Michael Walden, with additional production by David Cole and Robert Clivillés. It […]
1987 Five Star – The Slightest Touch (UK:#4)
“The Slightest Touch” is a 1987 single by the British pop group Five Star. It reached No. 4 in the UK singles chart, becoming the group’s final Top 10 hit to date. Taken from their second album, Silk & Steel, Five Star chose legendary remixer Shep Pettibone to remix the album track for release as […]
1986 Five Star – Find The Time (UK:#7)
“Find The Time” is a 1986 single by the British pop group Five Star. It was the second single to be taken from their million-plus selling second album, Silk & Steel, and peaked at #7 in the UK in July 1986. The single was written by Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz who had written the […]
1986 Five Star – If I Say Yes (US:#67 UK:#15)
“If I Say Yes” is a 1986 single by British pop group Five Star, and was the follow-up to their biggest-ever UK single, the #2 ranked “Rain or Shine”. It was the fourth release from the group’s Silk & Steel album. A 3:43 remixed version of the song (an edit of the cassette-only “Lew Hahn […]
1986 Five Star – Can’t Wait Another Minute (US:#41 UK:#7)
“Can’t Wait Another Minute” is a 1986 hit single by British pop group Five Star, peaking at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart and giving them their highest ever peak of 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States where it also reached number 7 on the Hot R&B chart. The song […]
1986 Vanity – Under The Influence (US:#56)
“Under The Influence” is a 1986 song by Canadian singer Vanity. It was released on April 12, 1986 as the lead single from her second album, Skin on Skin. The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and number six on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Muscians Bass Davey […]
1986 Don Johnson – Heartbeart (US:#5 UK:#46)
“Heartbeat” is a 1982 song written by Eric Kaz and Wendy Waldman. It was first recorded by Waldman and released on her 1982 album Which Way to Main Street. That same year, Australian-American singer Helen Reddy recorded the song for her 1983 album Imagination, the song failed to chart. The most famous rendition of the […]