Pop/rock singer, songwriter and guitarist Albert Louis Hammond was born on May 18, 1944 in London, England. He was the second of three children. His father was a firefighter. Hammond grew up in Gibraltar and learned how to fluently speak both English and Spanish. Albert sang in the church as a kid and was a choir boy. In 1958 Hammond and his friend Richard Cartwright began performing as a duo in both Spain and Gibraltar. In 1960 Albert joined the band The Diamond Boys, who performed at nightclub...
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