Miss Sun

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Miss Sun is a 1980 hit for Boz Scaggs first recorded in 1977 by David Paich - originally the sole credited writer - along with David Hungate, Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro the four of whom were working as session musicians on both Scagg's Down Two Then Left album and also the self-titled album by Lisa Dalbello which was produced by David Foster. Dalbello - with whom Porcaro had formed a relationship - was invited to vocalize on the "Miss Sun" track which was one of several demos which Lukather, Hungate, Paich and Porcaro cut at Davlen Studios; these demos led to the four musicians being signed to Columbia - Scaggs' 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 Foster producing and Hungate, Lukather, Paich and Porcaro providing backing: Dalbello chanced to then be in Los Angeles and was invited to replicate her vocal contribution to the original demo. Scaggs' version of "Miss Sun" - on which he shared songwriting credit with Paich - was the original track on Scagg's 1981 album release Hits! which would punctuate Scaggs' career as a regular album artist his subsequent releases being spaced several years apart: the "Miss Sun" single peaked at #14 in February 1981. [1]