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<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/L5gDsgR.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>"It Never Rains in Southern California"</strong> is a 1972 song jointly written and composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hammond" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Albert Hammond</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hazlewood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Hazlewood</a> and sung by Hammond, a British-born singer-songwriter.</p><h2>Lyrical content</h2><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><h2>Recording</h2><p>Hammond collaborated with Don Altfeld to produce the selection when he recorded it.</p><p>Instrumental backing was provided by L.A. session musicians from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wrecking Crew</a>, but with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Omartian" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michael Omartian</a> on piano.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Never_Rains_in_Southern_California#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> The song appears on Hammond's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Never_Rains_in_Southern_California_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">debut album of the same name</a> and peaked at number five on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> chart. It is Hammond's only top 10 hit to date (although he would have one other top 40 hit in 1974 with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a_Train" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I'm a Train</a>").</p><p>In 1984, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Iglesias" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Julio Iglesias</a> re-worked the song as "Moonlight Lady" for his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">concept album</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1100_Bel_Air_Place" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>1100 Bel Air Place</em></a>, with the original song on which it is based used as an uncredited reprise at the end of the track.</p><p>In 1989, Hammond re-recorded the song for his <em>Best of Me</em> greatest hits compilation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Never_Rains_in_Southern_California#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p>