Composer and OBE recipient Albert Hammond is at least partially responsible for hits "99 MIles From L.A.", "It Never Rains in Southern California", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "Moonlight Lady", "The Air That I Breathe", "One Moment in Time", "When I Need You" and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before".

In 1984 the unusual team of Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias covered "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" and hit Billboard's top ten.