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Hace 5 días · During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, five of which became No. 1 albums; he has scored 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums .
13 de may. de 2024 · Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American trumpeter and music industry executive known for leading the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and for cofounding A&M Records. Hit albums by Herb Alpert, one of the best-selling instrumentalists of all time, helped A&M Records become an industry ...
May 20, 2024. By. Charles Waring. Cover: Courtesy of A&M Records. To say that, back in 1985, Janet Jackson lived in her brother Michael ’s shadow was something of an understatement. At that...
Hace 6 días · published 21 May 2024. Recorded for just £800, Free’s Tons Of Sobs remains one of rock’s greatest debut albums. (Image credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo) At the time when the sunshine 60s were about to give way to the uncertain 70s, the Island Records label was seen by rock fans as a trademark of quality.
14 de may. de 2024 · Finally you got signed to A&M Records. But in 1992 your debut album was shelved. How devastating was that for a young artist? Well it wasn’t devastating, because I didn’t want them to put it out. I was the one who went to them and said: “I feel like this isn’t the right record. I have one shot, and if this comes out, then I ...
Hace 1 día · A&M Records produced albums for The Carpenters, Carol King, Stan Getz, and Cat Stevens, to name a few. Alpert and Moss had a good ear for producing hit albums. Alpert had a close working relationship with Burt Bacharach who co-wrote “Close to You” with Hal David which became a hit for the Carpenters.
17 de may. de 2024 · As the bandleader of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Alpert made the Top 40 chart 14 times with hits such as “A Taste of Honey,” “This Guy’s In Love With You,” and “Rise.” A music legend, Alpert is co-founder of the independent record label A&M Records and the winner of nine Grammy Awards.
