Classic Songs :: ALBERT HAMMOND - It Never Rains in Southern California

 Flashback sounds and then some . . . . . . here’s a good one for a Sunday

Albert Hammond -"It Never Rains in Southern California" is a 1972 song jointly written and composed by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and sung by Hammond, a British-born singer-songwriter.

Hammond collaborated with Don Altfeld to produce the selection when he recorded it.

Instrumental backing was provided by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew.  The song appears on Hammond's debut album of the same name and peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.  It is Hammond's only top 10 hit to date (although he would have one other top 40 hit in 1974 with "I'm a Train").  He would also produce a hit, "The Free Electric Band" that peaked at #48 on the Billboard charts and #19 in the UK.