<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Down by the River" (1972) </Td> <Td> "It Never Rains in Southern California" (1972) </Td> <Td> "If You Gotta Break Another Heart" (1973) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Down by the River" (1972) </Td> <Td> "It Never Rains in Southern California" (1972) </Td> <Td> "If You Gotta Break Another Heart" (1973) </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . Instrumental backing was provided by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew . The song appears on Hammond's album It Never Rains in Southern California and peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart . </P> <P> In the UK, the song is perhaps the quintessential example of a turntable hit: a song that, although very frequently played and requested on radio, never makes it into the charts . Through the 1970s, the record was reissued at least five times by various labels but never charted, despite yet more airplay, and is still frequently heard on UK radio . </P>

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