Why do they say it never rains in Southern California?
About. This song concerns the struggles of a singer who moves out to California to pursue a career in Hollywood but does not have any success and deteriorates in the process.
Who did the song it never rains in Southern California?
Albert Hammond
It Never Rains in Southern California/Artists
When did Albert Hammond release it never rains in Southern California?
1972
It Never Rains in Southern California/Released
Why does it never rain in California?
A semi-permanent ridge of high pressure during the summer months keeps it dry, with the exception of the occasional tropical-moisture fueled thunderstorm. Dry conditions are considered normal from April to September in Mediterranean climate zones. That’s as much as six months without rain—without worry!
Who Wrote never rains in California?
Mike Hazlewood
It Never Rains in Southern California/Composers
What year was the song it never rains in California?
It Never Rains in Southern California/Released
“It Never Rains in Southern California” is a 1972 song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and sung by Hammond, a British-born singer-songwriter.
What age is Albert Hammond?
77 years (May 18, 1944)
Albert Hammond/Age
What album is It Never Rains in Southern California on?
The song appears on Hammond’s album It Never Rains in Southern California 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.
What is it about the Mamas and the Papas?
The Mamas and the Papas were the royal family of American rock-not because their music kept growing and progressing to plateau after plateau of greatness (it didn’t), but because they were the first, with the Spoonful, of the big American groups, the first, that is, since the Beatles.
When did the Mamas and Papas move to Los Angeles?
In 1965, the three of them then headed to St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, to write and rehearse. They were joined by the alto-voiced Cass Elliot. The foursome relocated to Los Angeles, where they signed to Lou Adler’s Dunhill label. After briefly calling themselves the Magic Circle, they took the name The Mamas and The Papas.