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.
1967 Johnny Rivers – Baby I Need Your Lovin’ (US:#3)
“Baby I Need Your Loving” is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group’s first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and […]
1980 Livingston Taylor – First Time Love (US:#38)
“First Time Love” is a single from the album Man’s Best Friends by Livingston Taylor. It peaked at #38 on the US Billboard Charts. Orchestrated by Jimmie Haskell. Musicians Bass Scott Edwards Drums Russ Kunkel Acoustic Guitar Livingston Taylor Keyboards Victor Feldman Percussion Victor Feldman Background Vocals Tom Kelly Background Vocals Tommy Funderburk Vocals Livingston […]
1972 Harry Chapin – Sunday Morning Sunshine (US:#75)
“Sunday Morning Sunshine” is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1972 album, Sniper and Other Love Songs. The song was released as a single the same year as his top 20 hit, “Taxi” and debut album, Heads & Tales. Cash Box described it as a “realistic look […]
1984 Champaign – Off And On Love (UK:#76)
“Off And On Love” is a single by the band Champaign. It was taken from their album Woman In Flames (1984) and hit #76 in the UK Charts.
1990 Extreme – Get The Funk Out (UK:#19)
“Get The Funk Out” is the fourth track and second single from Extreme‘s second studio album Pornograffitti. It features rock artist Pat Travers. The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.
1978 Bette Midler – Storybook Children (Daybreak) (US:#57)
“Storybook Children (Daybreak)” is the first single from Bette Midler‘s 1977 album Broken Blossom. It was released in 1978 and got to #57 in the US Billboard Charts.
1982 Karla Bonoff – Please Be The One (US:#63)
“Please Be the One” is the second single from Karla Bonoff‘s album Wild Heart Of The Young. It was released in 1982 and peaked at #63 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass Bob Glaub Drums Russ Kunkel Guitar Andrew Gold Guitar Danny Kortchmar Organ David Wolinski Organ Mark Jordan Sax Phil Kenzie Percussion Andrew […]
1982 Karla Bonoff – Personally (US:#19)
“Personally” is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff which was released as the lead single from her 1982 album Wild Heart of the Young. The song is Bonoff’s only top 40 hit single.