Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert, 1966

A&M Records

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass: This Guy's In Love With You on a single - record of A & M Records

Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American trumpeter , musician and founder of the record label A&M Records .

life and career

Alpert grew up in a small Jewish settlement in West Los Angeles. He had some great instrumental hits with his band The Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. The first success was The Lonely Bull in 1962, followed by Tijuana Taxi , Spanish Flea , A Taste of Honey , Zorba the Greek and others. Alpert is considered to be the creator of the Tijuana brass sound, which combines traditional Mexican style of playing with jazz and funk .

In 1968 his first vocal hit This Guy's in Love with You came out, which reached first place in the US singles chart on June 22, 1968 and held this place for four weeks. After breaking with the Tijuana Brass Band, Herb Alpert was quiet until the comeback with the album Rise , which made it into the charts in 1979, and the released single Rise became his first instrumental hit at number one on the charts.

In 1987 the modern jazz funk vocal tracks Keep Your Eye on Me and Diamonds (in which Janet Jackson took over the vocal part) had success. Alpert subsequently recorded some solo parts on the artist's records. Together with Lou Adler and Sam Cooke he wrote Cooke's hit (What A) Wonderful World (1960).

72 million records were sold and he received eight Grammy Awards. With Jerry Moss he founded the record label A&M Records in 1962 . With this company he not only produced his own music, but also had the Carpenters , Cat Stevens , Liza Minnelli , Joe Cocker , Supertramp , Joe Jackson , The Police , Sting , Suzanne Vega , Carole King , Bryan Adams , Chris de Burgh and others Janet Jackson under contract.

He is also a painter, theater producer and looks after his “Herb Alpert Foundation”, which is dedicated to humanitarian causes and regularly donates large amounts for them.

Herb Alpert has two children with his divorced wife Sharon Lubin. He has been married to the singer Lani Hall since 1973 and has a daughter with her.

In 1994, the Alpert Awards in the Arts was awarded by the Herb Alpert Foundation (prize money: 75,000 US dollars).

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	UK	US	R&B	Remarks
1965	South of the Border A&M 108	-	-	-	US6th gold (163 weeks)US	-	First published: October 1964 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
	Whipped Cream & Other Delights A&M 410	DE24 (24 weeks) DE	-	UK21 (22 weeks) UK	US1 gold (185 weeks)US	-	First published: April 1965 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
	!! Going Places !! A&M 4112	DE28 (4 weeks) DE	-	UK4 (144 weeks) UK	US1 gold (164 weeks)US	-	First published: October 1965 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
	The Lonely Bull A&M 101	-	-	-	US10 gold (135 weeks)US	-	First published: December 1962 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1966	Volume 2 (US) / Early Alpert (UK) A&M 103	-	-	-	US17th gold (56 weeks)US	-	First published: December 1963 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
	What Now My Love A&M 4114	DE11 (32 weeks) DE	-	UK18 (17 weeks) UK	US1 gold (129 weeks)US	-	First published: May 9, 1966 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
	SRO A&M 119	DE3 (28 weeks) DE	-	UK5 (26 weeks) UK	US2 gold (85 weeks)US	-	First published: November 1966 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1967	Sounds Like ... A&M 4124	DE34 (12 weeks) DE	-	UK21 (10 weeks) UK	US1 gold (53 weeks)US	-	First published: May 1, 1967 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1967	Herb Alpert's Ninth A&M 4134	DE9 (44 weeks) DE	-	UK26 (9 weeks) UK	US4th gold (49 weeks)US	-	First published: December 8, 1967 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1968	The Beat of the Brass A&M 4146	DE23 (16 weeks) DE	-	UK4 (21 weeks) UK	US1 gold (54 weeks)US	-	First published: April 1968 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1969	Warm A&M 4190	-	-	UK30 (4 weeks) UK	US28 gold (26 weeks)US	-	First published: June 1969 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1969	The Brass Are Comin ' A&M 4228	DE39 (4 weeks) DE	-	UK40 (1 week) UK	US30 (20 weeks) US	-	First published: October 1969 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1971	Summertime A&M 4314	-	-	-	US111 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: July 1971 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
1974	You Smile: The Song Begins A&M 3620	-	-	-	US66 (11 weeks) US	-	First published: May 1974 with The Tijuana Brass Producer: Herb Alpert
1975	Coney Island A&M 4521	-	-	-	US88 (10 weeks) US	-	First release: October 1975 with The Tijuana Brass Producer: Herb Alpert
1978	Herb Albert + Hugh Masekela A&M 728	-	-	-	US65 (19 weeks) US	-	First published: January 1978 with Hugh Masekela Producers: Caiphus Semenya , Herb Alpert, Stewart Levine
1979	Rise A&M 4790	-	-	UK37 silver (7 weeks)UK	US6th platinum (39 weeks)US	R&B6 (31 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1979 Producers: Herb Alpert, Randy Badazz, Andy Armer
1980	Beyond A&M 3717	-	-	-	US28 (12 weeks) US	R&B26 (11 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1980 Producers: Herb Alpert, Randy Badazz, Andy Armer
1981	Magic Man A&M 3728	-	-	-	US61 (10 weeks) US	R&B39 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1981 Producers: Herb Alpert, Michael Stokes
1982	Fandango A&M 3731	-	-	-	US100 (26 weeks) US	R&B52 (6 weeks) R&B	First published: May 19821 Producers: Herb Alpert, José Quintana, Lisa Marie
1983	Blow Your Own Horn A&M 4949	-	-	-	US120 (8 weeks) US	R&B49 (9 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1983 Producers: Herb Alpert, Holland – Dozier – Holland , Randy Badazz, Andy Armer, José Quintana
1984	Bullish A&M 5022	-	AT15 (8 weeks) AT	-	US75 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: August 1984 with The Tijuana Brass Producers: Herb Alpert, John Barnes, Derek Nakamoto
1985	Wild Romance A&M 5082	-	-	-	US151 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: August 1985 Producers: Herb Alpert, Romeo J. Williams
1987	Keep Your Eye on Me A&M 5125	DE55 (5 weeks) DE	-	UK79 (3 weeks) UK	US18th gold (31 weeks)US	R&B5 (30 weeks) R&B	First published: February 13, 1987 Producers: Herb Alpert, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
1991	North on South St. A&M 5345	-	-	-	-	R&B51 (15 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1985 Producers: Herb Alpert, Greg Smith, Robert Gerald, Jimmy B, Troy Staton

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Composer / musician for Lani Hall

1983: Never Say Never Again (theme song Never Say Never Again )

Awards

Herb Alpert is US President Obama on July 10, 2013, the Medal of Honor National Medal of Arts award

eight Grammy Awards
Grammy Trustees Award 1997
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2006, Lifetime Achievement)
National Medal of Arts 2013

literature

Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3rd Revised Edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 , pp. 8-10

Web links

Commons : Herb Alpert - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website
Herb Alpert at Discogs (English)
Herb Alpert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
On A&M Records.com
A&M Records Corner
tijuanabrass.com - with detailed, commented discography (English)
Herb Alpert Foundation

Footnotes

↑ http://www.lamag.com/longform/herb-alpert-always-in-tune-11/
↑ Text and music by Burt Bacharach and Hal David; Producers: Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss; US catalog number: A&M 929.
↑ For more information on the title see: Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 242.
^ A Word With: Herb Alpert The Other Delights in a Trumpeter's Life , New York Times, March 3, 2013, accessed March 7, 2013
↑ http://www.steffi-line.de/archiv_text/nost_int/01a_alpert.htm
↑ https://herbalpertawards.org/about
↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

personal data
SURNAME	Alpert, Herb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alpert, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American musician and actor, co-founder of A&M Records
DATE OF BIRTH	March 31, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , California , USA

[1] ttp://www.lamag.com/longform/herb-alpert-always-in-tune-11/

[2] Text and music by Burt Bacharach and Hal David; Producers: Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss; US catalog number: A&M 929.

[3] For more information on the title see: Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 242.

[4] A Word With: Herb Alpert The Other Delights in a Trumpeter's Life , New York Times, March 3, 2013, accessed March 7, 2013

[5] ttp://www.steffi-line.de/archiv_text/nost_int/01a_alpert.htm

[6] ttps://herbalpertawards.org/about

[charts-7] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US