"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.
The lyrics of "It Never Rains In Southern California" tell a first-person story of a showbiz aspirant whose attempts to break into entertainment were failures, but who wants to hide that fact from those he had left behind to pursue his dreams.
Though Hammond's and Hazlewood's lyrics do not actually specify the narrator's living conditions, it can be inferred that he was found homeless and penniless, a humiliation he would naturally be unwilling to reveal to those he had left behind.
Recording
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.[2] 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").
In 1989, Hammond re-recorded the song for his Best of Me greatest hits compilation.[3]
^Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Hard to Find 45s on CD, Vol. 14 – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
^Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew, featuring a female chorus, a flute ensemble, piano, guitar, strings, and bass. St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN978-1-250-03046-7.
^Albert Hammond - Best Of Me, retrieved February 13, 2022
^. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
^. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
^"S-南沙織". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
External links
Lyrics of this song at LetsSingIt
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California on YouTube
March 10, 2023
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