Albert Hammond has been writing hits for over 50 years. He has penned such global hits as The Air that I breathe (Hollies), 99 Miles from LA (Art Garfunkel), One Moment in Time (Whitney Houston), When I need you (Leo Sayer), Nothing's Gonna Stop us now (Starship), I don't wanna lose you and Way of the World (Tina Turner) and When you tell me that you love me (Diana Ross).
He has written songs for Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Celine Dion, Chris De Burgh, the Carpenters and Ace of Base. Together with Duffy, he wrote and produced most of the tracks on their second album Endlessly, released in 2010. He also scored countless hits under his own name - The Free Electric Band, Down By The River, It Never Rains In Southern California, Everything I Want To Do, Moonlight Lady, The Peacemaker, New York City Here I Come, I'm A Train.
Songbook Live can almost be classified as a piece of living music history. In 2015 Albert Hammond received the highly decorated IVOR NOVELLO AWARD for his "Outstanding Song Collection" and performed over 100 concerts across Europe, 80% of which were sold out.
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