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Hi Yaji and all,

You're right, it's Albert...I didn't change the "Alfred" in Tzing's message. 
"The Air That I Breathe" was recorded by the Hollies, and he also had a BIG 
solo hit with "It Never Rains In Southern California"...perhaps his best known
song.

There is a message from someone who identifies himself as "Albert Hammond" on
"The Albert Hammond Message Board"...

http://imusic.com/cgi-bin/bbs/bbs.cgi?x=alberthammond

So, if you believe that it's really him (it could be anyone, and in a later
message someone actually questions this), you could post a message and see if 
he responds to it...

Here's his bio from the "All Music Guide"...

"Best remembered for his 1972 smash "It Never Rains in Southern California," pop
singer/songwriter Albert Hammond was born May 18, 1942 in London but raised in
Gilbraltar, Spain. During the mid-1960s he fronted the local band Los Diamond 
Boys, but upon relocating to Britain in 1966 formed the Family Dogg with friend
Steve Rowland; although the group's 1969 debut LP {#A Way of Life} generated a 
hit title track, subsequent releases flopped and Hammond eventually exited the 
lineup. After a brief tenure with the Magic Lantern he mounted a solo career; 
"It Never Rains in Southern California" reached the U.S. Top Five in late 1972, 
followed early the next year by an album of the same name. The Free Electric 
Band appeared in 1973 as well, and with his self-titled follow-up Hammond 
returned to the Top 40 with the single "I'm a Train; " though he continued his 
prolific recording pace throughout the remainder of the decade, he eventually 
became best known for his songwriting, co-authoring Leo Sayer's 1977 
chart-topper "When I Need You." With frequent collaborator Diane Warren,
Hammond also wrote the Starship hit "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" and Chicago's "I
Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love," while with the great Hal David, he penned 
the Julio Iglesias/Willie Nelson duet "To All the Girls I've Loved Before." 
~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide"

The A.M.G. also lists his recordings at this URL:

http://www.getmusic.com/artists/amg/Artist/098/18098.html#recordings

"Christmas Tree" appears on his "Greatest Hits" album, which is out of print..:-(
So, the references in my previous post are either cover versions of the Hammond
song, or a completely different song with the same name (not specified on the 
Web).

Thank you for the confirmation Yaji-san...:-)

Best regards,

Mike

Date:11/3/1998. Yaji 's message 

>Hi Tzing, Mike and everyone,
>
>I believe that Seiko's song "Christmas Tree", which she sang
>on her Christmas album "Christmas Tree" in 1991, is a cover of the song
>"Under the Christmas Tree" by ALBERT Hammond, if I remember right...
>
>Yaji from F.B.Tokyo
>
>P.S.
>Seiko's movie video "GEDO"...
>http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/SAVE/005/M00216/38/MSM0263_l.jpg
>
>
>Date:11/3/2000. Tzing 's message 
>
>>Hi...
>>Does anyone know the song "Under the Christmas Tree" by Alfred Hammond?
>>Seiko seems to have done the cover for that in the Eternal ablum (1990)
>>and named it "Christmas Tree"