Songbird (Kenny G composition)  "Songbird" is a song by Kenny G, played on a soprano saxophone, and the third single from his 1986 album "Duotones". It reached No. 3 on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart, No. 4 on the Hot 100 chart and No. 23 on the R&B chart. When released in 1987, the song became the first instrumental to reach the top 5 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 since the "Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer (a No. 1 hit) in 1985.