The four musicians worked as session musicians on Scaggs's Down Two Then Left album. They also worked on the self-titled album by Lisa Dalbello which was produced by David Foster. With whom Porcaro had formed a relationship, Dalbello was invited to vocalize on the "Miss Sun" track, one of several demos that Lukather, Hungate, Paich, and Porcaro cut at Davlen Studios. These demos led to the four musicians being signed to Columbia — Scaggs's label — as the nucleus of the group Toto. "Miss Sun" was never featured on an original Toto album — the demo track was released on Toto XX in 1998 — but in 1980 Scaggs cut the song with Bill Schnee producing and with Hungate, Lukather, Paich, and Porcaro providing backing. Dalbello chanced to be in Los Angeles and was invited to replicate her vocal contribution to the original demo. The Boz Scaggs version of "Miss Sun" (on which the single releases alone credit the songwriting to both Paich and Scaggs) was the only previously unreleased track on Scaggs's 1980 compilation album Hits! which would punctuate his career as a regular album artist, his subsequent releases being spaced several years apart.
The Average White Band had cut the song a few months earlier for their 1980 album Shine (produced by David Foster) but it was left off the initial release and not added until years later as a bonus track.
miss, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2016, learn,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Miss Sun news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Miss Sun is a 1980 hit for Boz Scaggs first recorded in 1977 by David Paich along with David Hungate Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro Miss Sun Single by Boz Scaggsfrom the album Hits B side Simone ReleasedNovember 1 1980 1 Recorded1980GenreSmooth soulLength5 33 album version 4 10 single edit LabelColumbiaSongwriter s David PaichProducer s Bill SchneeBoz Scaggs singles chronology Look What You ve Done to Me 1980 Miss Sun 1980 Heart of Mine 1988 Contents 1 Background 2 Personnel 3 Chart history 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 ReferencesBackground editThe four musicians worked as session musicians on Scaggs s Down Two Then Left album They also worked on the self titled album by Lisa Dalbello which was produced by David Foster With whom Porcaro had formed a relationship Dalbello was invited to vocalize on the Miss Sun track one of several demos that Lukather Hungate Paich and Porcaro cut at Davlen Studios These demos led to the four musicians being signed to Columbia Scaggs s label as the nucleus of the group Toto Miss Sun was never featured on an original Toto album the demo track was released on Toto XX in 1998 but in 1980 Scaggs cut the song with Bill Schnee producing and with Hungate Lukather Paich and Porcaro providing backing Dalbello chanced to be in Los Angeles and was invited to replicate her vocal contribution to the original demo The Boz Scaggs version of Miss Sun on which the single releases alone credit the songwriting to both Paich and Scaggs was the only previously unreleased track on Scaggs s 1980 compilation album Hits which would punctuate his career as a regular album artist his subsequent releases being spaced several years apart As a single Miss Sun peaked at 14 in February 1981 and at 13 Adult Contemporary 2 Billboard ranked it No 99 in its year end survey for 1981 The Average White Band had cut the song a few months earlier for their 1980 album Shine produced by David Foster but it was left off the initial release and not added until years later as a bonus track Personnel editBoz Scaggs lead vocals David Paich keyboards backing vocals Moog bass Steve Lukather guitar Jeff Porcaro drums percussion Steve Porcaro synthesizers Lisa Dalbello vocalsChart history editWeekly charts edit Chart 1980 1981 Peakposition Canada RPM Top Singles 33 US Billboard Hot 100 3 14 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 4 13 Cash Box Top 100 5 18 Year end charts edit Chart 1981 Rank US Top Pop Singles Billboard 6 99References edit Miss Sun by Boz Scaggs Song Free Music Listen Now on Myspace Myspace com Retrieved 2016 10 16 Stevelukather net Sessions Archived from the original on 2009 03 29 Retrieved 2009 05 27 Whitburn Joel 2011 Top Pop Singles 1955 2010 13th Ed Prometheus Global Media ISBN 978 0 89820 188 8 Whitburn Joel 2002 Top Adult Contemporary 1961 2001 Record Research ISBN 0 89820 149 7 Whitburn Joel 2014 Cash Box Pop Hits 1952 1996 Sheridan Books Inc ISBN 978 0 89820 209 0 Number One Awards Billboard s 1981 Year End Charts Pop Singles Billboard Vol 93 no 51 December 26 1981 p YE 9 Retrieved 5 April 2020 nbsp This 1970s song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miss Sun amp oldid 1194156506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
