Albert Hammond has been writing hits for over 40 years. He has written such world hits as The Air that I breathe (Hollies), 99 Miles from LA (Art Garfunkel), One Moment in Time (Whitney Houston), When I need you (Leo Sayer), Nothing's Gonna Stop us now (Starship), I don't wanna lose you and Way of the World (Tina Turner) and When you tell me that you love me (Diana Ross). He wrote songs for Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Celine Dion, Chris De Burgh, the Carpenters and Ace of Base. Together with Duffy, he wrote and produced most of the songs on their second album "Endlessly", released in 2010. Under his own name, he has recorded countless hits: "The Free Electric Band", "Down By The River", "It Never Rains In Southern California" .... His songs are responsible for the sale of over 360 million records worldwide, including more than 30 chart hits. Many of his most popular songs, such as "The Air That I Breathe" and "When I Need You" have become hits over and over again. Through various reinterpretations these songs became evergreens, decade after decade. "Legend II" his latest album, is the follow-up to "Legend" which was released in 2010. "Legend II" is, like "Legend", a retrospective of his most famous songs, self-produced and without being simply a ?Greatest Hits? compilation. This CD contains one or the other diamond that some may not have noticed before, or songs that Albert Hammond wrote but made other artists world hits. Like pearls on a string, eighteen extraordinary songs on the new album are lined up here to form a special, radiant complete work. From "The Snows In New York", a track that he wrote together with CHRIS de BURGHS, which is also the first single release, to the world hit "One Moment In Time", songs from the last four decades, songs that are permanent hits.
