Albert Hammond

England’s Albert Hammond has achieved tremendous success on both sides of the Atlantic. With chief collaborator Mike Hazelwood, he wrote “Gimme Dat Ding”—a novelty hit for The Pipkins in 1970, and “It Never Rains In Southern California,” which established Hammond himself as a recording star two years later. Other major hits penned by Hammond include The Hollies’ “The Air That I Breathe,” Leo Sayer’s “When I Need You” and Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.” He also co-wrote with Hal David the huge Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias duet “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before.”

Key songs in the Hammond catalog include “It Never Rains In Southern California,” “To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before,” “The Air That I Breathe,” “Nothing’s Going To Stop Us Now,” “When I Need You,” “99 Miles from L.A.” and “Moonlight Lady.”

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