How self-serving can one musical genius be to have a label he co-founded release a collection of his best-loved songs? But this is not just any self-serving genius. This is the guy who brought the ...

1. Lonely Bull - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 2. Mexican Shuffle - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 3. Whipped Cream - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 4. Lollipops and Roses - Herb Alpert & The ...

It was the little label that could – that earned the admiration of the industry. By Paul Grein A&M Records is one of the most successful and admired labels in music history. A&M had more than 100 top ...

“As Dizzy Gillespie used to say, ‘The closer I get, the farther it looks,'” Herb Alpert says of how he’s feeling about the 50th anniversary of A&M Records, the label he founded in 1962 with partner ...

Some songs perfectly capture their moment: the cultural climate, the social fabric, the national mood. We’re not here to talk about one of those songs. We’re here to talk about “This Guy’s in Love ...

From the outside looking in, Herb Alpert had it all in the latter half of the 1960s. He was handsome, he was rich and the breezy radio hits with his Tijuana Brass were the feel-good Southern ...

You may remember him for his No. 1 smashes “This Guy’s in Love With You” and “Rise” — and for his signature “happy” trumpet sound fronting the Tijuana Brass — but Herb Alpert has worked his way into ...