Herb Alpert

American musician (born 1935)

Herb Alpert

Alpert in 1966

Background information
Also known as| Dore Alpert, Tito Alpert
Born|  (1935-03-31) March 31, 1935 (age 90)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres|

* Jazz
* Latin
* funk
* pop
* R&B

Occupations|

* Musician
* songwriter
* record producer
* arranger
* conductor
* painter
* sculptor
* theatre producer

Instruments|

* Trumpet
* piano
* vocals

Years active| 1956–present
Labels|

* A&M
* Verve
* Almo Sounds
* Shout! Factory
* Herb Alpert Presents

Website| herbalpert.com

Musical artist

Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter, pianist, singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, conductor, painter, sculptor and theatre producer, who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called Herb Alpert and the TJB) in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss.

Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have appeared on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, five of which reached No. 1; he has been awarded 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to have reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and as an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).[a]

Alpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide.[1] He has received many accolades, including a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards,[2] as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2012.

## Early life and career

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Herb Alpert was born on March 31, 1935[3] and raised in the Boyle Heights[4] section of Eastside Los Angeles,[5] California.[6] He was the youngest of three children (a daughter and two sons)[7] born to Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Leib (or Louis Bentsion-Leib) Alpert.[8] His parents were Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from Radomyshl (in present-day Ukraine) and Romania.[9][10][11]

Alpert was born into a family of musicians. His father, although a tailor by trade, was also a mandolin player. His mother taught violin at a young age, and his older brother, David, was a drummer.[12] His sister Mimi, who was the oldest,[6] played the piano.[7] Alpert began to play trumpet at eight years old.[13]

Alpert started attending Fairfax High School beginning in 10th grade. In 11th grade (1952) he was a member of their gymnastics team. One of his specialties was performing on the rings, but an appendectomy a week before a League Meet sidelined him. In his senior year (1953), he began focusing on his trumpet.[citation needed]

While attending the University of Southern California in the 1950s,[14] he was a member of the USC Trojan Marching Band for two years. Alpert served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and played in the 6th Army Band.[15][16][17] In 1956, he appeared in an uncredited role as "Drummer on Mt. Sinai" in The Ten Commandments.[18]

In 1957, Alpert teamed up with Rob Weerts, another burgeoning lyricist, as a songwriter for Keen Records. A number of songs written or co-written by Alpert during the following two years became Top 20 hits, including "Baby Talk" by Jan and Dean and "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke.[19] In 1960, he began his recording career as a vocalist at RCA Records under the name of Dore Alpert.[9] In 1962, Alpert and his new business partner Jerry Moss formed Carnival Records with "Tell It to the Birds" as its first release, distribution outside of Los Angeles being done by Dot Records. After Carnival released its second single "Love Is Back In Style" by Charlie Robinson, Alpert and Moss found that there was prior usage of the Carnival name and renamed their label A&M Records.[20]

## The Tijuana Brass years

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> All artists should be looking for their own voices. I went through a period of trying to sound like Harry James and Louis Armstrong and Miles [Davis]. And then when Clifford Brown came along, it was almost discouraging. The guy was so good! But I kept at it. I loved playing. And then when I heard Les Paul multitrack his guitar on recordings, I tried that with the trumpet. Boom—that sound came out. After I released 'The Lonely Bull', the record that started A&M in 1962, a lady in Germany wrote a letter to me. She said, 'Thank you, Mr. Alpert, for sending me on a vicarious trip to Tijuana.' I realized that music was visual for her, that it took her someplace. I said, 'That's the type of music I want to make. I want to make music that transports people.'
>  — Herb Alpert in Off Beat Magazine, April 24, 2017

The song that jump-started Alpert's performing career was originally titled "Twinkle Star", written by Sol Lake (who would write many Tijuana Brass songs over the next decade).[21] Alpert was dissatisfied with his first efforts to record the song, then took a break to visit a bullfight in Tijuana, Mexico. As Alpert later recounted, "That's when it hit me! Something in the excitement of the crowd, the traditional mariachi music, the trumpet call heralding the start of the fight, the yelling, the snorting of the bulls, it all clicked."[22] Alpert adapted the tune to the trumpet style, mixed in crowd cheers and other noises for ambience, and renamed the song "The Lonely Bull".[23]

He personally funded the production of the record as a single, and it spread through radio DJs until it caught on and became a Top 10 hit in the fall of 1962. He followed up quickly with his debut album, The Lonely Bull by "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass". Originally the Tijuana Brass was just Alpert overdubbing his own trumpet, slightly out of sync.[24]

It was A&M's first album (with the original release number being #101), although it was recorded for Conway Records. The title cut reached No. 6 on the Billboard pop chart. For this album and subsequent releases, Alpert recorded with the group of Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, whom he holds in high regard.[25]

The Tijuana Brass in 1966; from left: Alpert, Tonni Kalash, John Pisano, Nick Ceroli and Pat Senatore

Alpert's 1965 album Whipped Cream & Other Delights proved so popular — it was the number one album of 1966, outselling The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and The Rolling Stones — that Alpert had to turn the Tijuana Brass into an actual touring ensemble rather than a studio band. Some of that popularity might be attributable to the album's notoriously racy cover, which featured model Dolores Erickson seemingly clothed only in whipped cream. However, as writer Bruce Handy pointed out in a Billboard article, two other Brass albums, Going Places (1965) and What Now My Love (1966), "held the third and fifth spots on the 1966 year-end chart despite pleasant yet far more anodyne covers."[26] Another measure of the band's popularity is that a number of Tijuana Brass songs were used as theme music for years by the ABC TV game show The Dating Game.[27]

In 1966, a short animated film by John and Faith Hubley called "A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature" was released; it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1967. The film featured two songs by the band, "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea".[28] Also in 1967, the Tijuana Brass performed Burt Bacharach's title cut to the first movie version of Casino Royale.[29]

Alpert's only No. 1 single during this period, and the first No. 1 hit for his A&M label, was a solo effort: "This Guy's in Love with You", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, featuring a rare vocal.[23][30] Alpert sang it to his first wife in a 1968 CBS Television special titled Beat of the Brass. The sequence was filmed on the beach in Malibu. The song was not intended to be released, but after it was used in the television special, allegedly thousands of telephone calls to CBS asking about it convinced Alpert to release it as a single, two days after the show aired.[31] Although Alpert's vocal skills and range were limited, the song's technical demands suited him.[32]

After years of success, Alpert had a personal crisis in 1969, declaring "the trumpet is my enemy." He disbanded the Tijuana Brass, and stopped performing in public.[11] Eventually he sought out teacher Carmine Caruso, "who never played trumpet a day in his life, (but) he was a great trumpet teacher."[33] "What I found," Alpert told The New York Times, "is that the thing in my hands is just a piece of plumbing. The real instrument is me, the emotions, not my lip, not my technique, but feelings I learned to stuff away—as a kid who came from a very unvocal household. Since then, I've been continually working it out, practicing religiously and now, playing better than ever."[11] The results were noticeable; as Richard S. Ginell wrote in an AllMusic review of Alpert's comeback album, You Smile - The Song Begins, "His four-year sabbatical over, Herb Alpert returned to the studio creatively refreshed, his trumpet sounding more soulful and thoughtful, his ears attuned more than ever to jazz."[34]

## Post-Brass musical career and "Rise"

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Herb Alpert at Schiphol Airport (1974)

In 1979, five years after his last chart hit with the Tijuana Brass, Alpert attempted a disco album of rearranged Brass hits. "It just sounded awful to me," Alpert was quoted later. "I didn't want any part of it." But because the musicians were already booked, Alpert recorded other material, including the instrumental "Rise" (with initial version created by Alpert's nephew, Randy "Badazz" Alpert and his close friend, musician Andy Armer). The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after it was used repeatedly on the soap opera General Hospital. The song also became a hit in the UK, but in a speeded-up version, due to British DJs not realizing that the American 12" single was recorded at 33 rpm instead of 45 rpm.[35] Its bass line would later be included in The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize”, which itself would reach number one on the Hot 100.[36]

Over the next two decades, Alpert released an album nearly every year. He has released more than a dozen records since 2006.

In 2013, Alpert released Steppin' Out, which won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album.[37] Since that time, he has released several other albums, most recently 50 (claimed to be his 50th studio album) and has said he has plans for his next two LPs, one of which will be another Christmas album—his third.

In late 2024, Alpert formed a new Tijuana Brass group, which went on tour in 2025, to celebrate the landmark Whipped Cream and Other Delights album. The tour is titled "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass & Other Delights."[38] The band members (besides Alpert) are: Ray Brinker (drums), Kris Bergh (trumpet, percussion), Hussain Jiffry (bass), Bill Cantos (keyboards, marimba, percussion, vocals), Ryan Dragon (trombone, percussion) and Kerry Marx (guitar).[39]

## A&M Records

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Main article: A&M Records

On October 11, 1989, Philips subsidiary PolyGram announced its acquisition of A&M Records for $500 million.[40] Alpert and Moss later received an extra $200 million payment for PolyGram's breach of the terms of the deal.[41]

## Visual arts

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Alpert has a second career as an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor with group and solo exhibitions around the United States and Europe. The 2010 sculpture exhibition "Herb Alpert: Black Totems" in Beverly Hills brought media attention to his visual work.[42] His 2013 exhibition in Santa Monica included both abstract paintings and large totemlike sculptures.[43]

## Awards and honors

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In May 2000, Alpert was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music.[44]

Alpert being awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama in 2013

In 1977, for his contribution to the recording industry, Alpert was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6929 Hollywood Boulevard.

At the 1997 Billboard Latin Music Awards Alpert received the El Premio Billboard award for his contributions to Latin music.[45]

Alpert and Moss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006, as non-performer lifetime achievers for their work at A&M.

Alpert was awarded the Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award by Society of Singers in 2009.[46]

Alpert was awarded a 2012 National Medal of Arts award by Barack and Michelle Obama on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in the White House's East Room.[47]

## Philanthropy

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The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

In the 1980s Alpert created the Herb Alpert Foundation and the Alpert Awards in the Arts with the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).[48]

The foundation supports youth and arts education as well as environmental issues, and helps fund the PBS series Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason and later Moyers & Company.

Alpert and his wife donated $30 million to University of California, Los Angeles in 2007 to form and endow the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as part of the restructured UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. He donated $24 million, including $15 million from April 2008, to CalArts for its music curricula, and provided funding for the culture-jamming activists the Yes Men.[49]

In 2012, the foundation granted more than $5 million to the Harlem School of the Arts, which allowed the school to retire its debt, restore its endowment and create a scholarship program for needy students. In 2013, the school's building was renamed the Herb Alpert Center. In 2016, Alpert's foundation also bestowed a $10.1 million donation to Los Angeles City College to provide music majors with a tuition-free education, the largest gift to an individual community college in the history of Southern California, and the second-largest gift in the history of the state.[50] In 2020, Alpert bestowed an additional $9.7 million on the Harlem School of the Arts to upgrade its facility.[51]

Alpert founded the Louis and Tillie Alpert Music Center in Jerusalem, which brings together both Arab and Jewish students.[52]

## Business ventures

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In the late 1980s, Alpert started H. Alpert and Co., a short-lived perfume company, which sold products in high-end department stores such as Nordstrom. The company launched with two scents, Listen and Listen for Men. Alpert compared perfume to music, with high and low notes.[53]

In partnership with his daughter Eden, in 2004 Alpert opened Vibrato, a jazz club and restaurant located in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.[54]

As of 2025, Alpert's net worth is estimated at $850 million, largely due to his music career and the sale of A&M Records.[55]

## Documentaries

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On September 17, 2010, the TV documentary Legends: Herb Alpert – Tijuana Brass and Other Delights premiered on BBC4.[56]

In 2020, Herb Alpert Is..., a documentary written and directed by John Scheinfeld, was released.[57]

## Personal life

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Alpert married Sharon Mae Lubin at the Presidio of San Francisco in 1956.[14] They had 2 children, Dore (born 1960) and Eden (born 1966).[58] The couple divorced in 1971. In 1974, Alpert married Lani Hall, once the lead singer of A&M group Brasil '66.[59] Alpert and Hall have a daughter, actress Aria Alpert, born in 1976.[11]

Hall and Alpert recorded a live album, Anything Goes, in 2009; a studio album, I Feel You, in 2011;[60] and another studio album, Steppin' Out, in 2013. An AllMusic review concluded: "Ultimately, Steppin' Out represents not just the third album in a trilogy, but a loving creative partnership that, for Alpert and Hall, spans a lifetime."[61] As of 2025 the couple still performs together.

## Discography

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### Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected peak chart positions and certifications  Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

|
|
|

[62] | US
Jazz
[63] | GER
[64] | NOR
[65] | UK
[66]
The Lonely Bull | 1962  | 10  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* US: Gold[67]

Volume 2 | 1963  | 17  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* US: Gold[67]

South of the Border | 1964  | 6  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* US: Gold[67]

Whipped Cream & Other Delights | 1965  | 1  | —  | —  | 10  | 21  |

* US: Gold[67]

Going Places | 1  | —  | 28  | 5  | 4  |

* US: Gold[67]

What Now My Love | 1966  | 1  | —  | 11  | 20  | 18  |

* US: Gold[67]

S.R.O. | 2  | —  | 3  | 17  | 5  |

* US: Gold[67]

Sounds Like... | 1967  | 1  | —  | 34  | 13  | 21  |

* US: Gold[67]

Herb Alpert's Ninth | 4  | —  | 9  | 7  | 26  |

* US: Gold[67]

The Beat of the Brass | 1968  | 1  | —  | 23  | 8  | 4  |

* US: Gold[67]

Christmas Album | 1968  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* US: Gold[67]

Warm | 1969  | 28  | —  | —  | 14  | 30  |

* US: Gold[67]

The Brass Are Comin' | 30  | —  | 39  | —  | 40  |
Summertime | 1971  | 111  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
You Smile – The Song Begins | 1974  | 66  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Coney Island | 1975  | 88  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Just You and Me | 1976  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela | 1978  | 65  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Rise | 1979  | 6  | —  | —  | 21  | 37  |

* US: Platinum[67]
* UK: Silver[68]

Beyond | 1980  | 28  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Magic Man | 1981  | 61  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Fandango | 1982  | 100  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Blow Your Own Horn | 1983  | 120  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Bullish | 1984  | 75  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Wild Romance | 1985  | 151  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Keep Your Eye on Me | 1987  | 18  | —  | 55  | —  | 79  |

* US: Gold[67]

Under a Spanish Moon | 1988  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
My Abstract Heart | 1989  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
North on South St. | 1991  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Midnight Sun | 1992  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Second Wind[69] | 1996  | —  | 7  | —  | —  | —  |
Passion Dance[70] | 1997  | —  | 8  | —  | —  | —  |
Colors[71] | 1999  | —  | 43  | —  | —  | —  |
Whipped Cream & Other Delights ReWhipped[71] | 2006  | —  | 2  | —  | —  | —  |
I Feel You (with Lani Hall)[72] | 2011  | —  | 5  | —  | —  | —  |
Steppin' Out (with Lani Hall)[73] | 2013  | —  | 11  | —  | —  | —  |
In the Mood[74] | 2014  | 172  | 3  | —  | —  | —  |
Come Fly with Me[75] | 2015  | —  | 7  | —  | —  | —  |
Human Nature[76] | 2016  | —  | 10  | —  | —  | —  |
Music Volume 1[77] | 2017  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  |
The Christmas Wish[78] | —  | 2  | —  | —  | —  |
Music Volume 3:
Herb Alpert Reimagines the Tijuana Brass[79] | 2018  | —  | 6  | —  | —  | —  |
Over the Rainbow[80] | 2019  | —  | 1  | —  | —  | —  |
Catch the Wind[81] | 2021  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Sunny Side of the Street[82] | 2022  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wish Upon a Star[83][84] | 2023  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
50 | 2024  | —  | 17  | —  | —  | —  |

### Compilations

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List of compilations, with selected peak chart positions and certifications  Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[62] | US
Jazz
[63] | NOR
[65] | UK
[66]
Greatest Hits | 1970  | 43  | —  | —  | 8  |

* US: Gold[67]

Solid Brass | 1972  | 135  | —  | —  | —  | —
Herb Alpert & Friends Box Set | 1973  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* UK: Silver

40 Greatest | 1977  | —  | —  | —  | 45  | —
Classics Volume 1 | 1986  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
Classics Volume 20 | 1986  | \
  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-
The Very Best Of Herb Alpert | 1991  | —  | —  | —  | 34  | —
Definitive Hits | 2001  | —  | 7  | 12  | —  | —
Herb Alpert Is... | 2020  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-

### Singles

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List of singles, with selected peak chart positions  Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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[85] | US

[86] | US
R&B
[87] | AUS | BEL
(Fl)
[88] | BEL
(Wa)
[89] | GER
[64] | NL
[90] | NZ
[91] | UK
[66]
"The Trial"
(As Herb B. Lou and The Legal Eagles, with Lou Adler) | 1958  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album singles
"Sweet Georgia Brown" b/w "Viper's Blues"
(As Herbie Alpert and his Quartet) | 1959  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"The Hully Gully" b/w "Kiss Me"
(As Herbie Alpert) | 1959  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Finders Keepers"
(As Herbie Alpert) | 1960  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Gonna Get a Girl"
(As Dore Alpert) | 1961  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Little Lost Lover"
(As Dore Alpert) | 1962  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Tell It to the Birds" b/w "Fallout Shelter"
(As Dore Alpert) | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"The Lonely Bull"  | 6  | —  | —  | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | The Lonely Bull
"Struttin' with Maria"  | 1963  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Dina"
(As Dore Alpert) | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album single
"Marching Thru Madrid"  | 96  | —  | —  | 42  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Volume 2
"Mexican Corn"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"America"  | —  | —  | —  | 25  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"I'd Do It All Again"
(As Dore Alpert) | 1964  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album singles
"Mexican Drummer Man"  | 77  | 19  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"The Mexican Shuffle"  | 85  | 19  | —  | 36  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | South of the Border
"El Presidente"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"South of the Border"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Whipped Cream"  | 1965  | 68  | 13  | —  | 99  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Whipped Cream & Other Delights
"Peanuts"  | —  | —  | —  | 81  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"A Taste of Honey"  | 7  | 1  | —  | 79  | 11  | 14  | 29  | 18  | —  | —
"Mae"  | —  | 26  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Going Places
"3rd Man Theme"  | 47  | 7  | —  | 90  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Zorba the Greek"  | 11  | 2  | —  | 32  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Tijuana Taxi"  | 38  | 9  | —  | 32  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 37
"Spanish Flea"  | 1966  | 27  | 4  | —  | 28  | 19  | —  | 26  | —  | —  | 3
"What Now My Love"  | 24  | 2  | —  | 28  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | What Now My Love
"The Work Song"  | 18  | 2  | —  | 25  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | S.R.O.
"Flamingo"  | 28  | 5  | —  | 30  | 16  | 23  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Mame"  | 19  | 2  | —  | 51  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Wade in the Water"  | 1967  | 37  | 5  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Sounds Like...
"Casino Royale"  | 27  | 1  | —  | 14  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 27
"The Happening"  | 32  | 4  | —  | 51  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Herb Alpert's Ninth
"A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)"  | 35  | 1  | —  | 33  | —  | —  | 22  | —  | —  | —
"Carmen"  | 1968  | 51  | 3  | —  | 40  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Cabaret"  | 72  | 13  | —  | 99  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | The Beat of the Brass
"Slick"  | 119  | 36  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"This Guy's in Love with You"  | 1  | 1  | —  | 1  | —  | 18  | 37  | 13  | —  | 3
"My Favorite Things"  | 45  | 7  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Christmas Album
"To Wait for Love"  | 51  | 2  | —  | 44  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Warm
"Zazueira"  | 1969  | 78  | 9  | —  | 79  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Without Her"  | 63  | 5  | —  | 75  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 36
"Ob La Di Ob La Da"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Marjorine"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"You Are My Life"  | —  | 34  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | The Brass Are Comin'
"The Maltese Melody"  | 1970  | —  | 14  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Jerusalem"  | 74  | 6  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 43  | —  | —  | 42  | Summertime
"Summertime"  | 1971  | —  | 28  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Darlin'"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Without Her"  | 1972  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Solid Brass
"Last Tango in Paris"  | 1973  | 77  | 22  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | You Smile – The Song Begins
"Fox Hunt"  | 1974  | 84  | 14  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Save the Sunlight"  | —  | 13  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"I Belong"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Coney Island
"Coney Island"  | 1975  | —  | 19  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"El Bimbo"  | —  | 28  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album singles
"Whistle Song"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Promenade"  | 1976  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Just You and Me
"African Summer"  | 1977  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
"Skokiaan" (with Hugh Masekela) | 1978  | —  | —  | 87  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Lobo" (with Hugh Masekela) | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Rise"  | 1979  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 19  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 5  | 13  | Rise
"Rotation"  | 30  | 23  | 20  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 46
"Street Life"  | 1980  | 104  | 41  | 65  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Beyond"  | 50  | 39  | 44  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Beyond
"Kamali"  | —  | —  | 64  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"The Continental"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Come What May" (with Lani Hall) | 1981  | —  | 43  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album single
"Magic Man"  | 79  | 22  | 37  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Magic Man
"Manhattan Melody"  | —  | —  | 74  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Route 101"  | 1982  | 37  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Fandango
"Fandango"  | —  | 26  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Love Me the Way I Am"  | 1983  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Garden Party"  | 81  | 14  | 77  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Blow Your Own Horn
"Red Hot"  | 77  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Come What May" (with Lani Hall) (re-issue) | 1984  | —  | 32  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album single
"Bullish"  | 90  | 22  | 52  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Bullish
"Struttin' on Five"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"8 Ball"  | 1985  | —  | —  | 73  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Wild Romance
"You Are the One" (with Brenda Russell) | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"African Flame"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Keep Your Eye on Me"  | 1987  | 46  | —  | 3  | —  | 18  | —  | —  | 19  | —  | 19  | Keep Your Eye on Me
"Diamonds" (with Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith) | 5  | —  | 1  | 47  | 4  | —  | 15  | 3  | 31  | 27
"Making Love in the Rain" (with Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith) | 35  | 21  | 7  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 94  | —  | 87
"Our Song"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"I Need You"  | 1988  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Under a Spanish Moon
"3 O'Clock Jump"  | 1989  | —  | —  | 59  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | My Abstract Heart
"North on South St."  | 1991  | —  | —  | 40  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | North on South St.
"Until We Meet Again"  | 1997  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Passion Dance

## See also

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* 20th century brass instrumentalists
* Herb Alpert: Music for Your Eyes documentary (2003)
* List of artists who reached number one in the United States
* List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
* List of trumpeters

## Notes

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1. ^ Barry White is often incorrectly listed as another artist with both a vocal and instrumental Billboard No. 1, but he did not perform an instrument on "Love's Theme".[clarification needed]

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Herb Alpert.

* Official website
* Herb Alpert at IMDb
* Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass at IMDb
* "Herb Alpert". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
* Herb Alpert: Biography Archived July 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine on a&m records
* Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass biography, sessionography
* Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass discography
* Herb Alpert Interview with Marc Maron, Feb. 2016
* "Tijuana Strings" parody
* Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass playlist on YouTube

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Herb Alpert

* Herb Alpert
* Nick Ceroli
* Bob Edmondson
* Tonni Kalash
* Lou Pagani
* John Pisano
* Pat Senatore
* Julius Wechter

Albums|

* The Lonely Bull (1962)
* Volume 2 (1963)
* South of the Border (1964)
* Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965)
* Going Places (1965)
* What Now My Love (1966)
* S.R.O. (1966)
* Sounds Like... (1967)
* Herb Alpert's Ninth (1967)
* The Beat of the Brass (1968)
* Christmas Album (1968)
* Warm (1969)
* The Brass Are Comin' (1969)
* Summertime (1971)
* You Smile – The Song Begins (1974)
* Coney Island (1975)
* Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (1978)
* Main Event Live (1978)
* Rise (1979)
* Fandango (1982)
* Bullish (1984)
* Keep Your Eye on Me (1987)
* North on South St. (1991)
* Midnight Sun (1992)
* Anything Goes (2009)
* Steppin' Out (2013)
* 50 (2024)

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits (1970)
* Classics Volume 1 (1986)

Films|

* A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966)

Awards for Herb Alpert

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Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award

* 1993: Morton Gould
* 1994: Emilio Estefan
* 1995: Tito Puente
* 1996: José Feliciano
* 1997: Herb Alpert
* 1998: Ralph Mercado
* 1999: Flaco Jiménez
* 2000: Jorge Pinos
* 2001: Los Lobos
* 2002: El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
* ~~2003~~
* ~~2004~~
* 2005: Marco Antonio Solís
* ~~2006~~
* 2007: Miguel Bosé
* 2008: Conjunto Primavera
* 2009: Carlos Santana
* 2010: Los Temerarios
* 2011: Emmanuel
* 2012: Intocable
* 2013: José José
* 2014: Andrea Bocelli
* 2015: Roberto Carlos
* 2016: Marco Antonio Solís
* 2017: Ricardo Arjona
* 2018: Maná
* 2019: Juan Luis Guerra
* 2020: Armando Manzanero
* 2021: Paquita la del Barrio
* 2022: Raphael
* 2023: Los Ángeles Azules
* 2024: Alejandro Sanz

Note: In the years scored out, the award was not handed

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Grammy Award for Record of the Year

1950s|

* "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (May 1959)
* "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin (November 1959)

1960s|

* "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (1961)
* "Moon River" – Henry Mancini (1962)
* "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1963)
* "Days of Wine and Roses" – Henry Mancini (1964)
* "The Girl from Ipanema" – Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965)
* "A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1966)
* "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1967)
* "Up, Up and Away" – The 5th Dimension (1968)
* "Mrs. Robinson" – Simon & Garfunkel (1969)

1970s|

* "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" – The 5th Dimension (1970)
* "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel (1971)
* "It's Too Late" – Carole King (1972)
* "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack (1973)
* "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack (1974)
* "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John (1975)
* "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille (1976)
* "This Masquerade" – George Benson (1977)
* "Hotel California" – Eagles (1978)
* "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (1979)

1980s|

* "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (1980)
* "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (1981)
* "Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes (1982)
* "Rosanna" – Toto (1983)
* "Beat It" – Michael Jackson (1984)
* "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Tina Turner (1985)
* "We Are the World" – USA for Africa (1986)
* "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1987)
* "Graceland" – Paul Simon (1988)
* "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1989)

1990s|

* "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Bette Midler (1990)
* "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins (1991)
* "Unforgettable" – Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992)
* "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1993)
* "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (1994)
* "All I Wanna Do" – Sheryl Crow (1995)
* "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1996)
* "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1997)
* "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin (1998)
* "My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion (1998)

2000s|

* "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob Thomas (2000)
* "Beautiful Day" – U2 (2001)
* "Walk On" – U2 (2002)
* "Don't Know Why" – Norah Jones (2003)
* "Clocks" – Coldplay (2004)
* "Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles & Norah Jones (2005)
* "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day (2006)
* "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Dixie Chicks (2007)
* "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (2008)
* "Please Read the Letter" – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (2009)

2010s|

* "Use Somebody" – Kings of Leon (2010)
* "Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum (2011)
* "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (2012)
* "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra (2013)
* "Get Lucky" – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014)
* "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – Sam Smith (2015)
* "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2016)
* "Hello" – Adele (2017)
* "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars (2018)
* "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2019)

2020s|

* "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (2020)
* "Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish (2021)
* "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic (2022)
* "About Damn Time" by Lizzo (2023)
* "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (2024)
* "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (2025)

* v
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* e

National Medal of Arts recipients 2010s & 2020s

2010|

* Robert Brustein
* Van Cliburn
* Mark di Suvero
* Donald Hall
* Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
* Quincy Jones
* Harper Lee
* Sonny Rollins
* Meryl Streep
* James Taylor

2011|

* Will Barnet
* Rita Dove
* Al Pacino
* Emily Rauh Pulitzer
* Martin Puryear
* Mel Tillis
* United Service Organization (USO)
* André Watts

2012|

* Herb Alpert
* Lin Arison
* Joan Myers Brown
* Renée Fleming
* Ernest Gaines
* Ellsworth Kelly
* Tony Kushner
* George Lucas
* Elaine May
* Laurie Olin
* Allen Toussaint
* Washington Performing Arts Society

2013|

* Julia Alvarez
* Brooklyn Academy of Music
* Joan Harris
* Bill T. Jones
* John Kander
* Jeffrey Katzenberg
* Maxine Hong Kingston
* Albert Maysles
* Linda Ronstadt
* Billie Tsien & Tod Williams
* James Turrell

2014|

* John Baldessari
* Ping Chong
* Míriam Colón
* The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
* Sally Field
* Ann Hamilton
* Stephen King
* Meredith Monk
* George Shirley
* University Musical Society
* Tobias Wolff

2015|

* Mel Brooks
* Sandra Cisneros
* Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
* Morgan Freeman
* Philip Glass
* Berry Gordy
* Santiago Jiménez Jr.
* Moisés Kaufman
* Ralph Lemon
* Audra McDonald
* Luis Valdez
* Jack Whitten

2019|

* Alison Krauss
* Sharon Percy Rockefeller
* The Musicians of the United States Military
* Jon Voight

2020|

* Toby Keith
* Ricky Skaggs
* Mary Costa
* Nick Ut
* Earl A. Powell III

2021|

* Bruce Springsteen
* Gladys Knight
* Mindy Kaling
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus
* José Feliciano
* Vera Wang
* Joan Shigekawa
* Judith Francisca Baca
* Fred Eychaner
* Antonio Martorell
* The Billie Holiday Theatre
* The International Association of Blacks in Dance

2022|

* Ruth Asawa
* Randy Batitsa
* Clyde Butcher
* Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
* Missy Elliott
* Flaco Jiménez
* Eva Longoria
* Idina Menzel
* Herbert Ohta
* Bruce Sagan
* Carrie Mae Weems

2023|

* Mark Bradford
* Ken Burns
* Bruce Cohen
* Jo Carole Lauder
* Spike Lee
* Queen Latifah
* Selena Quintanilla
* Steven Spielberg

* Complete list
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 2006

Performers|

* Black Sabbath
* Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward
* Blondie
* Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry, Frank Infante, Chris Stein, Gary Valentine
* Miles Davis
* Lynyrd Skynyrd
* Bob Burns, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Ed King, Billy Powell, Artimus Pyle, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant, Leon Wilkeson
* Sex Pistols
* Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious

Lifetime achievement|

* Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss

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Billboard Year-End number one albums

1956–1975|

* 1956: Calypso – Harry Belafonte
* 1957: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast
* 1958: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast
* 1959: The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
* 1960: Music from The Sound of Music – Original Cast
* 1961: Music from Camelot – Original Cast
* 1962: West Side Story – Soundtrack
* 1963: West Side Story – Soundtrack
* 1964: Music from Hello, Dolly! – Original Cast
* 1965: Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Soundtrack
* 1966: Whipped Cream & Other Delights – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
* 1967: More of the Monkees – The Monkees
* 1968: Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* 1969: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Iron Butterfly
* 1970: Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
* 1971: Jesus Christ Superstar – Soundtrack
* 1972: Harvest – Neil Young
* 1973: The World Is a Ghetto – War
* 1974: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
* 1975: Greatest Hits – Elton John

1976–2000|

* 1976: Frampton Comes Alive! – Peter Frampton
* 1977: Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
* 1978: Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack
* 1979: 52nd Street – Billy Joel
* 1980: The Wall – Pink Floyd
* 1981: Hi Infidelity – REO Speedwagon
* 1982: Asia – Asia
* 1983: Thriller – Michael Jackson
* 1984: Thriller – Michael Jackson
* 1985: Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
* 1986: Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
* 1987: Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi
* 1988: Faith – George Michael
* 1989: Don't Be Cruel – Bobby Brown
* 1990: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 – Janet Jackson
* 1991: Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
* 1992: Ropin' the Wind – Garth Brooks
* 1993: The Bodyguard – Soundtrack
* 1994: The Sign – Ace of Base
* 1995: Cracked Rear View – Hootie & the Blowfish
* 1996: Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
* 1997: Spice – Spice Girls
* 1998: Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture – James Horner
* 1999: Millennium – Backstreet Boys
* 2000: No Strings Attached – NSYNC

2001–present|

* 2001: 1 – The Beatles
* 2002: The Eminem Show – Eminem
* 2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent
* 2004: Confessions – Usher
* 2005: The Massacre – 50 Cent
* 2006: Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood
* 2007: Daughtry – Daughtry
* 2008: As I Am – Alicia Keys
* 2009: Fearless – Taylor Swift
* 2010: I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
* 2011: 21 – Adele
* 2012: 21 – Adele
* 2013: The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
* 2014: Frozen – Soundtrack
* 2015: 1989 – Taylor Swift
* 2016: 25 – Adele
* 2017: Damn – Kendrick Lamar
* 2018: Reputation – Taylor Swift
* 2019: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
* 2020: Hollywood's Bleeding – Post Malone
* 2021: Dangerous: The Double Album – Morgan Wallen
* 2022: Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
* 2023: One Thing at a Time – Morgan Wallen
* 2024: The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
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National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Italy
* Australia
* Czech Republic
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Croatia
* Poland
* Israel
* Finland

Academics|

* CiNii

Artists|

* ULAN
* MusicBrainz
* Grammy Awards

People|

* Trove
* DDB

Other|

* IdRef
* SNAC
* Yale LUX

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