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99 Miles From L.A.
"99 Miles from L.A." is a 1975 single written by Albert Hammond and Hal David and performed by Hammond. The song was Hammond's only number one on the Easy Listening chart as well as his most successful release on the chart. "99 Miles from L.A." spent one week at number one and peaked at number ninety-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A new version of this song was included as a track on Hammond's 1976 album, ''When I Need You''. Cover versions * The song was included as a track on Art Garfunkel's 1975 album, '' Breakaway''. * Johnny Mathis covered the song live on his 1975 album ''Feelings''. * In 1990, Julio Iglesias covered the song for his album ''Starry Night''. * Dionne Warwick covered the song on her 2012 50th anniversary album ''Now''. * Nancy Sinatra covered the song on her 2002 album ''California Girl''. * Stevie Holland covered the song on her 2015 album '' Life Goes On''. * Claire Small covered the song on the 2012 album ''Even More Songs of Route 66: From Here to The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hammond
Albert Louis Hammond OBE (born 18 May 1944) is a British-Gibraltarian singer, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific songwriter, he also collaborated with other songwriters such as Mike Hazlewood, John Bettis, Diane Warren, Holly Knight and Carole Bayer Sager. Hammond's son Albert Hammond Jr. is a guitarist with American band the Strokes. Hammond wrote commercially successful singles 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, and bands Ace of Base, Air Supply, Blue Mink, Chicago, Heart, Living in a Box, the Carpenters, the Hollies, the Pipkins, Starship, and Westlife. Notable 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" sung by Whitney Houston, "The Air That I Breathe", a hit for the Hollies, "To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |