''Hits!'' is a compilation album by

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. An early bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells and the Steve Miller Band, he began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until h ...

, first released in 1980. It focuses primarily on material released in 1976 and 1980. The album has been certified

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by the

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Reception

In a retrospective review by Jason Elias for

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, he criticized the album's lack of comprehensiveness, particularly the omission of "What Can I Say". Elias deemed that the later release '' My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology'' makes ''Hits!'' completely redundant.

Track listing

# " Lowdown" (Boz Scaggs,

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...

) – 4:27 # "You Make It So Hard (to Say No)" (Scaggs) – 3:32 # "

Miss Sun "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. Background The four musicians were working as session musicians on Scaggs' ''Down Two Then Left'' album. The ...

" (Paich) – 5:33 # " Lido Shuffle" (Scaggs, Paich) – 3:41 # "

We're All Alone "We're All Alone" is a song written by Boz Scaggs, which became a hit for Frankie Valli in 1976. The next year it was a top-ten hit for Rita Coolidge in the US and the UK. Scaggs introduced it on his 1976 album ''Silk Degrees'', and included ...

" (Scaggs) – 4:11 # "

Breakdown Dead Ahead "Breakdown Dead Ahead" is a 1980 song recorded by Boz Scaggs, and composed by Scaggs and David Foster. It was the lead single of two released from Scaggs' album ''Middle Man''. During May, the song reached number 15 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot ...

" (Scaggs,

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

) – 4:01 # "

Look What You've Done to Me "Look What You've Done to Me" is a 1980 song recorded by Boz Scaggs, composed by Scaggs and David Foster for the movie ''Urban Cowboy''. It reached #14 on the U.S. ''Billboard Hot 100'' in November, #13 on the Cashbox (magazine), ''Cash Box'' Top ...

" (Scaggs, Foster) – 5:17 # " Jojo" (Scaggs, Foster,

David Lasley David Eldon Lasley (August 20, 1947 – December 9, 2021) was an American recording artist, singer, musician and songwriter. He was best known as a touring background singer for James Taylor, as a session singer on recordings by artists including ...

) – 4:06 # "Dinah Flo" (Scaggs) – 3:03 # "You Can Have Me Anytime" (Scaggs, Foster) – 4:56 The Australian release of ''Hits!'' replaced Track 9 "Dinah Flo" with "What Can I Say" (B. Scaggs, D. Paich).

Re-release

In 2006 ''Hits!'' was re-released with additional tracks and a new cover. # "What Can I Say" (Scaggs, Paich) # "Jojo" (Scaggs, Foster, Lasley) # "Miss Sun"

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(Paich) # "Hard Times" (Scaggs) # "Slow Dancer" (Scaggs, George Daly) # "Harbor Lights" (Scaggs) # "Dinah Flo" (Scaggs) # "Look What You've Done to Me" (Scaggs, Foster) # "Breakdown Dead Ahead" (Scaggs, Foster) # "You Make It So Hard (To Say No)" (Scaggs) # "It's Over" (Scaggs, Paich) # "We're All Alone" (Scaggs) # "Heart of Mine" (

Bobby Caldwell Robert Hunter Caldwell (born August 15, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He released several albums spanning R&B, soul, jazz and adult contemporary. He is known for his soulful and versatile vocals. Caldwell released the ...

, Dennis Matkosky,

Jason Scheff Jason Randolph Scheff (born April 16, 1962) is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter. From 1985 to 2016, he was the bassist and one of the lead vocalists for the rock band Chicago; he is the longest-serving member in the bassist/vocalist p ...

) # "Lowdown" (Scaggs, Paich) # "Lido Shuffle" (Scaggs, Paich)

Personnel

"Lowdown" *

– lead vocals *

– keyboards, strings and horns arrangements *

Fred Tackett Fred Tackett (born August 30, 1945) is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known as a member of the band Little Feat. In addition to his work with Little F ...

– guitar, guitar solo *

Louie Shelton William Louis Shelton (born April 6, 1941) is an American guitarist and music producer. Biography During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s Shelton was a session musician working in recording studios around Hollywood. Among his more notable session wo ...

– guitar *

David Hungate William David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is an American bass guitarist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his T ...

– bass *

Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on ...

– drums * Carolyn Willis – background vocals * Marty McCall – background vocals *

Jim Gilstrap James Earl Gilstrap (born November 10, 1946)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American singer, considered one of the most prolific session musicians in the industry. He is best known for ...

– background vocals * Augie Johnson – background vocals "You Make It So Hard (to Say No) *

– lead vocals, guitar *

James Gadson James Gadson ( James Edward Gadson; born June 17, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He is also a singer and ...

– drums *

James Jamerson James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s (Motown did not list session musician credits on their releases u ...

– bass guitar *

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...

Clarence McDonald Clarence "Mac" McDonald (1944 or 1945 – July 21, 2021) was a Los Angeles-based American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer. McDonald was known for his musical diversity, enduring melodies and signature groove. His most famous composition ...

– keyboards * David T. Walker, Dennis Coffey,

Wah Wah Watson Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as "Wah Wah Watson", was an American guitarist who was a member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records. Career A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvi ...

– guitar * Carolyn Willis, Julia Tillman Wate, Lorna Willard, Myrna Matthew, Pat Henderson - background vocals *

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- string arrangements, conductor "Miss Sun" * Boz Scaggs – lead vocals * Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion * David Paich – keyboards, moog bass, synthesizers *

Steve Lukather Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...

– guitar *

Steve Porcaro Steven Maxwell Porcaro (born September 2, 1957) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, and film composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother (after the deaths of Jeff in 1992 and M ...

– synthesizers *

Lisa Dal Bello Lisa Dal Bello (born 22 May 1959), also known as Dalbello, is a Canadian musician. She released three albums in the pop and pop/rock genre in her late teens, from 1977 through 1981 under her full name. In 1984, she re-emerged as Dalbello, wit ...

– vocals "Lido Shuffle" * Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar * David Paich – keyboards, horns arrangements, synthesizers solo * Jeff Porcaro – drums * David Hungate – bass guitar * Fred Tackett – guitar "We're All Alone" * Boz Scaggs – lead vocal * Jeff Porcaro – drums * David Hungate – bass guitar * David Paich – keyboards, strings and horns arrangements "Breakdown Dead Ahead" *

Rick Marotta Richard Thomas Marotta (born January 7, 1948) is an American drummer and percussionist. He has appeared on recordings by leading artists such as Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Hall & Oates, Ste ...

– drums * Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar *

– keyboards *

Don Grolnick Don Grolnick (September 23, 1947 – June 1, 1996) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer. He was a member of the groups Steps Ahead and Dreams, both with Michael Brecker, and played often with the Brecker Brothers. As a sessi ...

– electric piano *

Lenny Castro Lenny or Lennie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lenny (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lennie (surname), a list of people * Lenny (singer) (born 1993), Czech songwriter Arts and entertainment Music * ''L ...

– percussion * David Hungate – bass * Steve Lukather – guitar, guitar solo *

Ray Parker Jr. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film '' Ghostbusters''. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-10 h ...

– guitar *

Paulette Brown Paulette Brown is an American lawyer who was the president of the American Bar Association for a one-year term from August 4, 2015 to August 2016. She was nominated for the presidency and was later confirmed by the organization's House of Delegate ...

Venetta Fields Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941) is an American-born singer, musical theater actress and vocal coach. She was a backing vocalist for American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Humble ...

, Bill Thedford – background vocals "Look What You've Done To Me" * David Foster – keyboards, strings and horns arrangements *

Don Felder Donald William Felder (born September 21, 1947) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 until his termination from the band in 2001. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 with th ...

, Steve Lukather – guitar *

Mike Porcaro Michael Joseph Porcaro (May 29, 1955 – March 15, 2015) was an American bass player known for his work with the rock band Toto. He retired from touring in 2007 as a result of being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was ...

– bass guitar * Jeff Porcaro – drums *

Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don ...

Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. He is the drummer and one of the lead singers for the Eagles. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles hits such as "Witchy Woman", "Despe ...

Timothy B. Schmit Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He has performed as the bassist and vocalist for Poco and the Eagles (band), Eagles, having replaced bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner in both cases ...

, background vocals "JoJo" * Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar * David Foster – keyboards, synthesizer, strings arrangements *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– horns arrangements * Ray Parker Jr., Steve Lukather – guitar * John Pierce – bass guitar * Jeff Porcaro – drums * Lenny Castro – percussion * Adrian Tapia – saxophone solo *

Sharon Redd Sharon Redd (October 19, 1945 – May 1, 1992) was an American singer from New York City. She was the half sister of Snap! singer Penny Ford. Life and career Sharon Redd was born on October 19, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia, to Gene and Katherine Re ...

, Charlotte Crossley – background vocals "Dinah Flo" * Boz Scaggs – vocals, electric guitar *

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in th ...

– piano * Pete Carr – electric guitar *

Charles Chalmers Charles Chalmers is an American saxophonist, session musician, backup singer, songwriter and producer. He has written several hit songs for many recording artists, and has also arranged and performed on many Grammy winning recordings. Seven of tho ...

– saxophone, background vocals * Sandra Chalmers – background vocals * Roger Hawkins – drums *

Eddie Hinton Eddie Hinton (15 June 1944 – 28 July 1995) was an American songwriter and session musician, best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers. He played lead guitar for Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section from 1969 to 1971 and after leaving th ...

– acoustic guitar *

David Hood David Hood (born September 21, 1943) is an American bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone. He is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Early life and education Hood was born in Sheffield, Alabama and attende ...

– bass guitar * Clayton Ivey – organ, keyboards * Jimmy Johnson – electric guitar * Donna Rhodes – background vocals *

Muscle Shoals Horns The Muscle Shoals Horns is an American brass section of session musicians who performed on many rhythm and blues and rock music, rock records between the late 1960s to the present, as well as making their own recordings which included the 1976 R&B ...

– horns, horns arrangements "You Can Have Me Anytime" * Boz Scaggs – lead vocal * David Foster – piano, synthesizers * David Hungate – bass *

Marty Paich Martin Louis Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. As a musician and arranger he worked with jazz musicians Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kento ...

– strings arrangements * Jeff Porcaro – drums *

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...

– guitar solo Production * Boz Scaggs – producer *

Johnny Bristol John William Bristol (February 3, 1939 – March 21, 2004) was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a native of Morganton, North Carolina, about which ...

– producer * David Foster – producer *

Roy Halee Roy Decker Halee (born 1934) is an American record producer and engineer, best known for working with Simon & Garfunkel, both as a group and for their solo projects. Early life He grew up on Long Island, New York. His father, also named Roy ...

– engineer, producer * Joe Wissert – producer * Tom Perry – engineer *

Al Schmitt Albert Harry Schmitt (April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021) was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and other ...

– engineer *

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated an ...

– engineer, producer * Greg Venable – engineer * Mike Reese – mastering * Lois Walker – mastering

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References

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