Born in London on 18 May 1944; Albert Hammond is a Gibraltarian singer, songwriter and producer. As a singer he became known with his album “It Never Rains in Southern California”. For others he wrote among others “The Air That I Breathe” (The Hollies), “When I Need You” (Leo Sayer), “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (Starship) and “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” (Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson). On 19 June 2008 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2023 – Ich will keine Schokolade (2023) Eva Schäfer sings “One Moment in Time”, which he wrote with John Bettis as the theme song of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul; Whitney Houston recorded it, and Hammond received his first Emmy for it.
Albert Hammond
Composer
