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 Glenn Frey – All Those Lies (US:#41)
“All Those Lies” is a song by Glenn Frey from his album No Fun Allowed. It was released in 1982 and reached the US Billboard at #41.
1976 Earth, Wind & Fire – Saturday Nite (US:#21 UK:#17)
“Saturday Nite” is a song by R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire which was issued as a single in 1976 by Columbia Records. The song reached numbers 4 and 21 on Billboard Hot Soul Songs and Hot 100 charts, respectively. “Saturday Nite” also rose to No. 17 on the UK Singles chart – their first […]
1976 Earth, Wind & Fire – Getaway (US:#12)
“Getaway” is a single by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire released in 1976 on Columbia Records. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Getaway” also peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Dance Singles charts Getaway was produced by Maurice […]
1983 Billy Griffin – Serious (UK:#64)
“Serious” is the second single from the album Respect by Bill Griffin. It was released in 1983 and hit the UK Charts at #64.
2003 Ruben Studdard – Flying Without Wings (US:#2)
“Flying Without Wings” is a song by Irish boy band Westlife, released on 18 October 1999 as the third single from their self-titled debut studio album (1999). It is the band’s fourth-best-selling single on both paid-for and combined sales in the United Kingdom as of January 2019. “Flying Without Wings” was covered by American Idol […]
2003 Ruben Studdard – Sorry 2004 (US:#9)
“Sorry 2004” is a song recorded by the American R&B singer Ruben Studdard. It was released as a single from his first album Soulful. This song spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number nine on February 28, 2004. It also charted on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, staying 28 weeks and […]
1983 Dan Fogelberg – Make Love Stay (US:#29)
“Make Love Stay” is the title of a popular song from 1983 written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. It was one of two new songs included on his 1982 greatest hits album, along with the song “Missing You”. Fogelberg later described “Make Love Stay” in the liner notes to a retrospective album […]
1976 Candi Staton – Run To Me (UK:#51)
“Run To Me” is the second single from Candi Staton‘s album Young Hearts Run Free. It peaked at #51 in the UK Charts.