99 Miles from L.A.

"99 Miles from L.A."
Single by Albert Hammond
from the album 99 Miles from L.A.
B-side"The Face Not the Image"
ReleasedApril 1975
GenreSoft rock
Length2:58
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Albert Hammond, Hal David
Albert Hammond singles chronology
"We're Running Out"
(1975) 		"99 Miles from L.A."
(1975) 		"Lay the Music Down"
(1975)

"99 Miles from L.A." is a 1975 single written by Albert Hammond and Hal David and performed by Hammond. The song was Hammond's only number one on the Easy Listening chart as well as his most successful release on the chart. "99 Miles from L.A." spent one week at number one and peaked at number ninety-one on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

A new version of this song was included as a track on Hammond's 1976 album, When I Need You.

Cover versions

  • The song provides the title of the first novel by filmmaker/author P. David Ebersole, published by Pelekinesis in 2022.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 110.
  2. ^ "Dionne Warwick – Now". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  3. ^ "Nancy Sinatra – California Girl". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  4. ^ Even More Songs Of Route 66: From Here To There on Lazy SOB Recordings
  5. ^ "99 Miles from L.A." Pelekinesis. Retrieved 2022-10-13.


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