Alpert, Herb
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- Atomic platters [SR] p2005:book, p. 162 (Dore Alpert; Herb Alpert; b. 1935, Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Coney Island [SR] p1975:label (Herb Alpert)
- New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.(Alpert, Herb; b. Mar. 31, 1935, Los Angeles, CA; trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and record company executive)
- Tango nuevo, c1998:half t.p. (Herb Alpert; painter & sculpturer)
- Wikipedia, July 5, 2013(Herb Alpert; born Herbert Alpert, March 31, 1935, Los Angeles, Calif; trumpeter, composer, arranger, songwriter, singer, record producer, record executive, painter, sculptor; most associated with the Tijuana Brass; began his recording career as a vocalist at RCA Records under the name of Dore Alpert)
- Ww in Amer. art, 24th ed.(Alpert, Herb; b. Mar. 31, 1935, Los Angeles, Calif.; painter, sculptor)
Wikipedia description:
Herbert Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called Herb Alpert and the TJB or Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass) 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 number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979). Alpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide. His awards have included a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards, 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.
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