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Albert Hammond
12+ albums
70ssinger-songwritersoft rockoldiespop
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Albert Louis Hammond (born 18 May 1944) is a Gibraltarian singer, songwriter and record producer. As a songwriter, he has collaborated with Mike Hazlewood, John Bettis, Hal David, Diane Warren, Holly Knight, Carole Bayer Sager, and Roy Orbison. Hammond has written commercially successful songs for artists including Celine Dion, Joe Dolan, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Leo Sayer, Tina Turner, Glen Campbell, Julio Iglesias, Willie Nelson, Lynn Anderson, and Bonnie Tyler, as well as bands such as Ace of Base, Air Supply, Blue Mink, Chicago, Heart, Living in a Box, the Carpenters, the Hollies, the Pipkins, Starship, and Westlife. Songs co-written by Hammond include "Make Me an Island" and "You’re Such a Good Looking Woman" by Joe Dolan, "Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship, "One Moment in Time" performed by Whitney Houston, "The Air That I Breathe", a hit for the Hollies, "To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before", a duet by Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, and "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer. In 2015, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. Hammond is also a solo performer. His most successful single in the United States was "It Never Rains in Southern California", which reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Other recordings include "Down by the River", "The Free Electric Band", "I’m a Train", and "When I’m Gone". He was also a member of the vocal group the Family Dogg, with whom he had the hit "A Way of Life". In additi
