Albert Hammond OBE has been a successful pop song writer for almost 50 years.
Born in London, England as an evacuee from war torn Gibraltar, Hammond returned
to his parents' homeland after the war where he later formed a band called The
Diamond Boys, one of the pioneering rock & roll bands in Spain. He later moved
back to England and co-founded The Family Dogg, a band which gave him his first
taste of chart success when their single 'A Way of Life' went to number six in
the UK Charts.
Although he became a relatively successful performer in his own right with songs
like 'Free...