Step 1 : Introduction to the question "3. Albert Hammond sang about getting on board a 'west bound 747' in 1972 to head to which US state where, according to the song title, it never rains?"
...1. Alaska 2. Oregon 3. California 4. Washington 'It Never Rains in Southern California' was jointly written by Hammond with Mike Hazlewood and reached number two on the US Billboard chart. It tells the story of the failure of an attempted career in Hollywood. It may never rain, but 'girl don't they warn ya. It pours, man it pours'. Among other songs written by Hammond and Hazlewood are 'Free Electric Band', 'The Air that I Breathe' (a big hit for The Hollies) and the rather less memorable 'Little Arrows', sung by Leapy Lee.
