Australian singles chart:
It Never Rains in Southern California entered the Kent charts on 18 December 1972 and peaked at #12. The song was #81 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Album:
The song is on It Never Rains in Southern California which entered the Kent album charts on 16 February 1973 and peaked at #62.
Songwriters:
Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
Producers:
Albert Hammond, Don Altfeld
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
Songfacts:
Albert Hammond is a British-born singer and songwriter who wrote It Never Rains in Southern California with help from lyricist Mike Hazlewood. Their songs have been recorded by many artists, including Art Garfunkel, Johnny Cash and Olivia Newton-John.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/albert-hammond/it-never-rains-in-southern-california
Lyrics:
Got on board a westbound 747
Didn’t think before deciding what to do
Oh, that talk of opportunities, TV breaks and movies
Rang true, sure rang true
Seems it never rains in southern California
Seems I’ve often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California
But girl, don’t they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours
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