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.
1988 Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana (US:#1 UK:#4)
“Dirty Diana” is a song by American singer Michael Jackson. It is the ninth track on Jackson’s seventh studio album, Bad. The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988 as the fifth single from the album. It presents a harder rock sound similar to “Beat It” from Thriller and a guitar solo […]
1988 Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal (US:#7 UK:#8)
“Smooth Criminal” is the seventh single from American recording artist Michael Jackson‘s 1987 Bad album. The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jackson’s lyrics about a woman named Annie, who has been violently attacked in her apartment by a “smooth” assailant. First broadcast on television as a video in early October, it was released […]
1979 Olivia Newton-John – Deeper Than The Night (US:#11 UK:#64)
“Deeper Than the Night” is a 1979 song by Olivia Newton-John. It was the second of four singles released from her 1978 LP, Totally Hot, written by Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano The song reached No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 18 in Canada. On the adult contemporary charts it was a […]
1976 The Cate Brothers – Union Man (US:#24)
The Cate Brothers self-titled debut album was released in 1975 was produced by guitarist Steve Cropper. He also performed on the record along with Levon Helm, Donald “Duck” Dunn, and Poco bass guitarist Timothy B. Schmit (who later joined the Eagles). The album contained the duo’s only Top 40 single, “Union Man”, which spent 20 […]
1978 Dolly Parton – Two Doors Down (US:#19)
“Two Doors Down” was a song written and performed by Dolly Parton, which provided a 1978 U.S. country and pop hit for her. The song was sung from the perspective of a woman who has just broken up with her boyfriend and is debating attending a party two doors down the hall from her apartment. […]
1977 Dolly Parton – Here You Come Again (US:#3 UK:#75)
“Here You Come Again” is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton, which topped the U.S. country singles chart for five weeks, and won the 1979 Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance; it also reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, representing […]
1980 Peter Allen – Fly Away (US:#55)
“Fly Away” is a single by Peter Allen from the album Bi-Coastal, released in 1980. It is the only single of that album that hit the charts. Musicians Bass Mike Porcaro Drums Ed Greene Guitar David Williams Keyboards David Foster Sax Eugene Meros Percussion Paulinho Da Costa Background Vocals Richard Page Background Vocals Steve George Vocals […]
1982 Donald Fagen – New Frontier (US:#70)
“New Frontier” is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Donald Fagen for his debut studio album, The Nightfly (1982). The song was released as the second single from the album in January 1983 through Warner Bros. Records. The song – set in the early 1960s – centers on teenagers finding romance in an underground fallout shelter. It […]