tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post9040149282620896..comments2024-03-28T11:09:49.882-04:00Comments on Great but Forgotten: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (Music)Chuck Rothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10903706448043066253noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2305571058310227787.post-9759618936099044962011-10-08T07:58:45.790-04:002011-10-08T07:58:45.790-04:0010/8/11
RobGems.ca wrote:
Herb Alpert actually did...10/8/11<br />RobGems.ca wrote:<br />Herb Alpert actually did some singing records for Dot & RCA Victor under the name of "Dore Alpert" with little-to-no success around 1961-64. The last notable Dore Alpert single was issued by A&M Records in 1964. It was titled "Dina", backed with "You're Doing it To Him what You're doing To me." None of these vocal singles charted or sold as well as his instrumental records with the Tijuana Brass, so he put off singing for nearly four years, until the release of "This Guy's In Love With You." Alpert had just signed friend & musician Burt Bacharach to the A&M label the year before(1967),and wanted to have hits with him. While Bacharach never had a Top 40 single on his own, his albums sold very well,and Bacharach's compositions were hits for other artists. Of special notice to Herb's long-out-of print singles as "Dore Alpert" was a 1962 single titled "Tell It To The Birds". It was issued as Alpert's first independent single on Carnival Records. Alpert then realized there was another record label named "Carnival" (a R&B/Soul Label located in Philedelphia, who's biggest artists were The Manhattans (of "Kiss & Say Goodbye" fame),so Alpert and his new partner Jerry Moss then changed the name of the label to A(lpert)&M(oss) Records, or just A&M for short. While "Tell It To The Birds" only sold locally, the 3rd single on the newley re-christened A&M label, "The Lonely Bull" took off to become a national smash. The rest was history for A&M Records.Also, a side note: "The Lonely Bull" was not the first instrumental hit to employ a "Mexi-American" sound. Alpert was also inspired by the 1961 Top 10 hit By Bob Moore (the famous Nashville bassist) titled "Mexico" (#6,Monument records, 1961.)Alpert was impressed by this song to do a cover of it on his "Lonely Bull" album.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com