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Fecha de Nacimiento<\/strong> 18 de mayo de 1944<\/div>\n

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Albert Hammond (18 de mayo de 1944) es un cantante, compositor y productor musical ingl\u00e9s. Hammond es uno de los compositores m\u00e1s exitosos que produjo Inglaterra en los a\u00f1os 1960s y 1970s, y ha vivido una larga y exitosa carrera como int\u00e9rprete debido a su popular producci\u00f3n en tres continentes, en dos idiomas y a lo largo de cuatro d\u00e9cadas.<\/div>\n

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Hammond naci\u00f3 en Londres, Inglaterra donde su familia hab\u00eda sido trasladada desde Gibraltar durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Su familia regres\u00f3 a Gibraltar al poco tiempo de su nacimiento, lugar donde \u00e9l creci\u00f3. En 1960 se inici\u00f3 en el campo de la m\u00fasica con la banda gibralte\u00f1a ‘The Diamond Boys’, que no tuvo un exito comercial real pero que jug\u00f3 un papel importante en su introducci\u00f3n a la m\u00fasica popular espa\u00f1ola. Los Diamond Boys realizaron algunas presentaciones en los primeros clubes nocturnos en Madrid, donde convivieron bandas modernas junto a pioneros del rock and roll espa\u00f1ol, tales como Miguel R\u00edos. En 1966 Hammond fue cofundador del grupo vocal brit\u00e1nico “The Family Dog” cuyo “A way of Life” alcanz\u00f3 el n\u00famero 10 de las listas del Reino Unido en 1969.<\/div>\n

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Hammond tambi\u00e9n escribi\u00f3 algunas canciones para otros int\u00e9rpretes, con su colaborador frecuente, Mike Hazlewood.<\/div>\n
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Estos incluyeron “Little Arrows” para Leapy Lee, “Make me an Island” (1969), que Hammond regrabar\u00eda en 1979 en una versi\u00f3n espa\u00f1ola, y “You are such a good looking woman” (1970 para Joe Dolan, “Give me that thing” para los Pipkins en 1970 (un “cover” del album “The Freddie and the Dreamers – Oliver in the Overworld”; “Good morning freedom” para Blue Mink, “Freedom come, freedom go” para The Fortunes en 1971 y “The air that I breathe” que fue todo un \u00e9xito para The Hollies en 1974. In 1971 Hammond cant\u00f3 en el cuarto \u00e1lbum de Michael Chapman, titulado “Wrecked again”, y trabaj\u00f3 brevemente con The Magic Lanterns en grabaciones suyas y de Mike Hazlewood.<\/div>\n
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M\u00e1s tarde Hammond se traslad\u00f3 a los Estados Unidos, donde continu\u00f3 con su carrera profesional como m\u00fasico, donde se dio a conocer por sus \u00e9xitos de los setentas, producidos por Columbia a trav\u00e9s de su subsidiaria Mums Records, tales como:<\/div>\n

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“It Never Rains in Southern California”<\/div>\n
“The Free Electric Band”<\/div>\n
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“I’m a Train”<\/div>\n
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“It Never Rains in Southern California” se convirti\u00f3 en el n\u00famero cinco en el American Billboard Hot 100 y coloc\u00f3 un mill\u00f3n de copias vendidas en todo el mundo, siendo el primero de una cadena de ocho sencillos que se convertir\u00edan en \u00e9xitos en los cinco a\u00f1os subsecuentes. El \u00e1lbum incluy\u00f3 “Down by the River” y “If you gotta break another heart”, que fue grabado por Cass Elliot en una versi\u00f3n reescrita – y “The air that I breathe”. Esta \u00faltima fue la canci\u00f3n favorita de Hammond en dicho \u00e1lbum, y m\u00e1s tarde se convirti\u00f3 en el m\u00e1s importante \u00e9xito internacional en manos de The Holies. Entre tanto, el siguiente album de Hammond, “The Free Electric Band” (t\u00edtulo tomado de un musical que no alcanz\u00f3 a ser producido). Su siguiente \u00e9xito, “I’m a train”, vio la luz en una etapa fren\u00e9tica de la carrera de Hammond. \u00c9l produjo grabaciones con Johnny Cash (“Praise the Lord and pass the soup), colabor\u00f3 con Richard Carpenter y John Bettis (“I need to be in love”), escribi\u00f3 canciones con Art Garfunkel, y, como supbroducto de este \u00faltimo proyecto, grab\u00f3 un tercer \u00e1lbum con el mismo t\u00edtulo producido por Garfunkel y Roy Halee.<\/div>\n

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A mediados de los setentas Hammond trabaj\u00f3 con el productor e ingeniero Phil Ramone y colabor\u00f3 con el letrista Hal David, generando un sencillo n\u00famero uno en las listas de popularidad de adultos contempor\u00e1neos con “99 Miles from L.A.” La disquera, no obstante, se opuso a la liberaci\u00f3n de este LP o de su sucesor, “When I need you”, el \u00faltimo en ser liberado solo cuando Leo Sayer gener\u00f3 un sencillo con su versi\u00f3n del t\u00edtulo de la canci\u00f3n. “When I need you”, coescrita por Hammond con Carole Bayer Sager, fue grabada por primera vez por Hammond en su \u00e1lbum de 1976, con el mismo t\u00edtulo. Producida por Richard Perry, la versi\u00f3n de Leo Sayer alcanz\u00f3 el n\u00famero 1 en las listas de popularidad del Reino Unido durante dos semanas en febrero de 1977, despu\u00e9s de tres sencillos propios que se colocaron en el n\u00famero 2. Considerado un \u00e9xito mundial, este alcanz\u00f3 el n\u00famero 1 en el Billboard Hot 100 durante una semana en mayo de 1977.<\/div>\n

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Hammond tuvo un tremendo \u00e9xito como compositor de sencillos con sus grabaciones en espa\u00f1ol, bajo la marca de Epic Records, lo que le permiti\u00f3 realizar algunas giras en varios pa\u00edses de Am\u00e9rica Latina. Fue durante esta \u00e9poca cuando conoci\u00f3 a Manuel Montoya, ejecutivo de CBS en M\u00e9xico, que eventualmente se convertir\u00eda en su manager personal en 1985, lo que condujo a la producci\u00f3n ganadora de los Premios Grammi de Lani Hall “Es f\u00e1cil amar”, productor y escritor de “Cantar\u00e9, cantar\u00e1s”. En 1977, fue invitado por el Departamento de Prensa de la Televisi\u00f3n Nacional de Chile, para cerrar su noticiero central 60 Minutos.<\/div>\n

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Hammond tambi\u00e9n colabor\u00f3 con Diane Warren en “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” que se convirti\u00f3 en un n\u00famero 1 en 1987 con Starship, y “I don’t wanna live without your love,” un \u00e9xito para Chicago, que alcanz\u00f3 el n\u00famero 3 en las listas de popularidad de los EE.UU en 1988. Hammond escribi\u00f3 tambi\u00e9n “One moment in time”, el tema musical interpretado por Whitney Houston en las olimpiadas de verano de 1988 celebradas en Se\u00fal, Corea del Sur. Junto con Hal David, Hammond coescribi\u00f3 el \u00e9xito de 1984 “To all the girls I have loved before” para Julio Iglesias y Willie Nelson.<\/div>\n

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Hammond tambi\u00e9n escribi\u00f3 algunas canciones para Tina Turner, incluyendo “I don’t wanna lose you,” “Be tender with me, baby,” “Way of the World” and “Love Thing”) quien tambi\u00e9n grab\u00f3 la versi\u00f3n original de Hammond-Warren “Don’t turn around,” n\u00famero 1 en Reino Unido interpretado por Aswad en 1988, y un exito para Ace of Base cinco a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s.<\/div>\n

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Hammond ha grabado varios albumes tanto en ingl\u00e9s como en espa\u00f1ol, interpretando sus canciones en ambos idiomas. En 1999 fue condecorado “Caballero de la Orden del Imperio Brit\u00e1nico” (OBE) por la Reina Isabel II de Inglaterra.<\/div>\n
En 2005 Hammond produjo su primer \u00e1lbum brit\u00e1nico en varios a\u00f1os, titulado “Revolution of the heart”, con el sencillo “This side of midnight”.<\/div>\n

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Su hijo, Albert Hammond Jr. es un exitoso m\u00fasico, quien act\u00faa por su cuenta y tambi\u00e9n es integrante de “The Strokes”.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hammond fue inmortalizado en una canci\u00f3n de Half Man Half Biscuit en su pista de 1986 titulada “Albert Hammond Bootleg”. El 19 de junio de 2008 Hammond fue incluido en el Sal\u00f3n de la Fama de los compositores.<\/div>\n

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Hammond had tremendous success as a composer of singles with his recordings in Spanish, under the Epic Records label, which allowed him to tour several Latin American countries. It was during this time that he met Manuel Montoya, a CBS executive in Mexico, who would eventually become his personal manager in 1985, which led to Lani Hall’s Grammi Award-winning production “It’s Easy to Love,” producer and writer. from “I will sing, you will sing.” In 1977, he was invited by the Press Department of the National Television of Chile, to close its central newscast 60 Minutes.<\/div>\n

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Hammond also collaborated with Diane Warren on “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” which became a No. 1 in 1987 with Starship, and “I don’t wanna live without your love,” a hit for Chicago, which reached No. 3 on the US charts in 1988. Hammond also wrote “One moment in time”, the theme song performed by Whitney Houston at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. Along with Hal David, Hammond co-wrote the 1984 hit “To all the girls I have loved before” for Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson.<\/div>\n

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Hammond also wrote some songs for Tina Turner, including “I don’t wanna lose you,” “Be tender with me, baby,” “Way of the World” and “Love Thing”) who also recorded the original version of Hammond- Warren’s “Don’t turn around,” number 1 in the UK performed by Aswad in 1988, and a hit for Ace of Base five years later.<\/div>\n

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Hammond has recorded several albums in both English and Spanish, performing his songs in both languages. In 1999 he was awarded “Knight of the Order of the British Empire” (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II of England.<\/div>\n

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In 2005 Hammond produced his first British album in several years, entitled “Revolution of the heart”, with the single “This side of midnight”.<\/div>\n

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Date of Birth<\/strong> May 18, 1944<\/div>\n

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Albert Hammond (18 May 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and music producer. Hammond is one of the most successful composers that England produced in the 1960s and 1970s, and has had a long and successful career as a performer due to his popular production on three continents, in two languages \u200b\u200band spanning four decades.<\/div>\n

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Hammond was born in London, England where his family had been relocated from Gibraltar during World War II. His family returned to Gibraltar shortly after his birth, where he grew up. In 1960 he started in the field of music with the Gibraltarian band ‘The Diamond Boys’, which did not have a real commercial success but played an important role in its introduction to Spanish popular music. The Diamond Boys made some presentations in the first nightclubs in Madrid, where modern bands coexisted with pioneers of Spanish rock and roll, such as Miguel R\u00edos. In 1966 Hammond co-founded the British vocal group “The Family Dog” whose “A way of Life” reached number 10 on the UK charts in 1969.<\/div>\n

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Hammond also wrote some songs for other performers, with his frequent collaborator, Mike Hazlewood. These included “Little Arrows” for Leapy Lee, “Make me an Island” (1969), which Hammond would rerecord in 1979 in a Spanish version, and “You are such a good looking woman” (1970 for Joe Dolan, “Give me that thing “for the Pipkins in 1970 (a” cover “of the album” The Freddie and the Dreamers – Oliver in the Overworld “;” Good morning freedom “for Blue Mink,” Freedom come, freedom go “for The Fortunes in 1971 and” The air that I breathe “which was a hit for The Hollies in 1974. In 1971 Hammond sang on Michael Chapman’s fourth album, entitled” Wrecked again “, and worked briefly with The Magic Lanterns on his and Mike Hazlewood’s recordings.<\/div>\n

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Later Hammond moved to the United States, where he continued his professional career as a musician, where he became known for his hits of the seventies, produced by Columbia through its subsidiary Mums Records, such as:<\/div>\n

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“It Never Rains in Southern California”<\/div>\n
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“It Never Rains in Southern California” became number five on the American Billboard Hot 100 and had one million copies sold worldwide, being the first of a string of eight singles that would become hits within five years. subsequent. The album included “Down by the River” and “If you gotta break another heart”, which was recorded by Cass Elliot in a rewritten version – and “The air that I breathe.” The latter was Hammond’s favorite song on the album, and later became the biggest international hit at the hands of The Holies. Meanwhile, Hammond’s next album, “The Free Electric Band” (title taken from a musical that failed to be produced). His next hit, “I’m a train”, saw the light of day in a frenzy in Hammond’s career. He produced recordings with Johnny Cash (“Praise the Lord and pass the soup), collaborated with Richard Carpenter and John Bettis (” I need to be in love “), wrote songs with Art Garfunkel, and, as a byproduct of the latter project, recorded a third album with the same title produced by Garfunkel and Roy Halee.<\/div>\n

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In the mid-1970s Hammond worked with producer and engineer Phil Ramone and collaborated with lyricist Hal David, generating a number one single on the contemporary adult charts with “99 Miles from L.A.” The label, however, opposed the release of this LP or its successor, “When I need you”, the last to be released only when Leo Sayer generated a single with his version of the song’s title. “When I Need You”, co-written by Hammond with Carole Bayer Sager, was first recorded by Hammond on his 1976 album of the same title. Produced by Richard Perry, the Leo Sayer version reached number 1 on the UK charts for two weeks in February 1977, after three singles of his own that reached number 2. Considered a worldwide hit, it reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in May 1977.<\/div>\n

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Hammond had tremendous success as a composer of singles with his recordings in Spanish, under the Epic Records label, which allowed him to tour several Latin American countries. It was during this time that he met Manuel Montoya, a CBS executive in Mexico, who would eventually become his personal manager in 1985, which led to Lani Hall’s Grammi Award-winning production “It’s Easy to Love,” producer and writer. from “I will sing, you will sing.” In 1977, he was invited by the Press Department of the National Television of Chile, to close its central newscast 60 Minutes.<\/div>\n

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Hammond also collaborated with Diane Warren on “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” which became a No. 1 in 1987 with Starship, and “I don’t wanna live without your love,” a hit for Chicago, which reached No. 3 on the US charts in 1988.<\/div>\n

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Hammond also wrote “One moment in time”, the theme song performed by Whitney Houston at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. Along with Hal David, Hammond co-wrote the 1984 hit “To all the girls I have loved before” for Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson.<\/div>\n

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Hammond also wrote some songs for Tina Turner, including “I don’t wanna lose you,” “Be tender with me, baby,” “Way of the World” and “Love Thing”) who also recorded the original version of Hammond- Warren’s “Don’t turn around,” number 1 in the UK performed by Aswad in 1988, and a hit for Ace of Base five years later.<\/div>\n

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Hammond has recorded several albums in both English and Spanish, performing his songs in both languages. In 1999 he was awarded “Knight of the Order of the British Empire” (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II of England.<\/div>\n

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In 2005 Hammond produced his first British album in several years, entitled “Revolution of the heart”, with the single “This side of midnight”.<\/div>\n

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His son, Albert Hammond Jr. is a successful musician, who performs on his own and is also a member of “The Strokes.”<\/div>\n

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Hammond was immortalized in a Half Man song Half Biscuit on his 1986 track titled “Albert Hammond Bootleg”.<\/div>\n

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On June 19, 2008, Hammond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<\/div>\n

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1<\/td>\nEchame a Mi la Culpa<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nEres toda una mujer<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSi me amaras<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nFallaste Coraz\u00f3n<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nI’m A Train<\/td>\n1974<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nAnsiedad<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nEl aire que respiro<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nI Don’t Wanna Die In An Air Disaster<\/td>\n1974<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nThese Are the Good Old Days<\/td>\n1975<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nEsp\u00e9rame En El Cielo<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nQue Seas Feliz<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nComprenderte<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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