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Herb Alpert


Bandleader who had several big instrumental hits in 1960s with his band, the Tijuana Brass. First big hit was "The Lonely Bull" in 1963. He and the Brass followed that with other big hits like "Tijuana Taxi", "Spanish Flea" (familiar to some as "the Dating Game song"), "A Taste of Honey", and "Zorba the Greek"... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2013 Iron Man 3 (arranger: "Jingle Bells")
 
2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting (performer: "Hypnotize")
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #19.173 (2011) (writer: "Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
2010 Rock & Chips (TV series)
Pilot (2010) (writer: "Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Episode #6.74 (2010) (performer: "Fascinating Rhythm" - uncredited)
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (2009) (performer: "Taste of Honey")
 
2009 Notorious (performer: "Hypnotize")
 
2007 Supernatural (TV series)
Hollywood Babylon (2007) (performer: "Green Peppers")
 
2006 Lady in the Water (performer: "Bittersweet Samba")
 
2005 The Simpsons (TV series)
On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister (2005) (writer: "Tijuana Taxi" - uncredited)
 
2005/I Hitch (writer: " What a Wonderful World" 1958)
 
2004 Johnson Family Vacation (performer: "Justonight")
 
2001 On the Edge (performer: "Spanish Flea")
 
2001 Sex and the City (TV series)
Time and Punishment (2001) (performer: "Rotation")
 
2001 Things Behind the Sun (producer: "Mas Que Nada")
 
2001 Dogtown and Z-Boys (documentary) (performer: "Lollipops and Roses", "Whipped Cream")
 
2000 The Dish (performer: "Spanish Flea")
 
2000 The Crew (writer: "Bim Bam")
 
2000 Love & Basketball (performer: "Making Love In The Rain")
 
1999 The King of Queens (TV series)
Tube Steaks (1999) (producer: "Tijuana Taxi" - uncredited)
 
1998 Lindenstraße (TV series)
Unter Zwang (1998) (writer: "Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
1997 Digging to China (performer: "El Lobo The Wolf")
 
1994 Bert (TV series)
Närkontakt i sjätte klassen (1994) ("HELLO DOLLY")
 
1994 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
Right On (1994) (writer: "North on South Street" / performer: "North on South Street")
 
1990 Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV series)
Pilot (1990) (writer: " What A Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
1987 Otto - Der Neue Film (writer: "What a Wonderful World")
 
1986 One Crazy Summer (performer: "Fandango")
 
1985 Witness (writer: " WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD" 1959)
 
1983 Never Say Never Again (producer: "Never Say Never Again")
 
1983 Breathless (writer: " What A Wonderful World")
 
1980 Inside Moves (performer: "Lonely Bull")
 
1979 Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (TV movie) (performer: "Rise" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Beat of the Brass (TV movie) (performer: "This Guy's In Love With You", "Talk To The Animals")
 
1967 Treasure Isle (TV series) (writer: "Tijuana Taxi")
 
1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Episode #5.13 (1967) (performer: "A Banda")
 
1967 Personality (TV series)
 
1967 Casino Royale ("Casino Royale", "The Look Of Love")
 
1966 The Face Is Familiar (TV series)
 
1966 It's a Knockout (TV series)
 
1966 A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (short) (writer: "Tijuana Taxi")
 
1965 The Dating Game (TV series)
 
1965 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Episode #3.6 (1965) (performer: "A Taste of Honey")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
2006 The Holiday (soloist: trumpet)
 
1983 Never Say Never Again (music producer: title song, musician: trumpet solo, title song)
 
1966 A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (short) (music arranger)
 
1965 The Dating Game (TV series) (composer: theme music)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1979 Am laufenden Band (TV series)
Singer
Episode dated 24 November 1979 (1979) … Singer
 
1965 Fanfare (TV series)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Episode #1.7 (1965) … Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
 
1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Trumpet Player in Dance Band (uncredited)
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
Drummer on Mt. Sinai (uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1984 Trabanten (TV movie)
 
Show ShowSelf (57 titles)
2013 The Chris Montez Story (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2011 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 5 June 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 The Joy of Easy Listening (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
Herb Alpert: Tijuana Brass and Other Delights (2010) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Jazz Trumpeter
Episode dated 17 September 2010 (2010) … Himself - Jazz Trumpeter
 
2010 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself - Performer
Episode #37.1 (2010) … Himself - Performer
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.74 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 The Wrecking Crew (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Only Yesterday: The Carpenters' Story (TV documentary)
Himself - Co-founder of A&M Records, 1962-1990
 
2006 James Bond's Greatest Hits (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992-2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #14.51 (2006) … Himself
Episode #1.71 (1992) … Himself
 
1998 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Carpenters (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
Burt Bacharach... This Is Now (1996) … Himself
 
1991 Victory & Valor: Special Olympics World Games (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 My Abstract Heart (TV documentary)
Musician
 
1990 22nd NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 September 1989 (1989) … Himself
Episode dated 5 September 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The 31st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 Super Bowl XXII (TV movie)
Himself - National Anthem Performer
 
1988 The 15th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1986 The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1984 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #14.12 (1984) … Himself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer (as Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass)
 
1984 Bitte umblättern (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 23 January 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1982 The 24th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1981 The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 20/20 (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 13 March 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
Himself
 
1977 The 4th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1974 Herb Alpert and the TJB (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972 The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1971 Make Your Own Kind of Music! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Richard and Karen Carpenter (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Love It or Leave It (documentary)
Himself/Trumpet Player
 
1970 The Brass Are Comin' (TV movie)
Himself - Host/Musician
 
1970 The Best on Record (TV special)
Himself
 
1970 Herb Alpert und die Tijuana Brass (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969 The Herb Alpert Show (TV movie)
Himself - Trumpet
 
1969 The Royal Variety Performance 1969 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969 The 21st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.2 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Beat of the Brass (TV movie)
Himself - Host & Performer
 
1968 Rowan & Martin at the Movies (documentary short)
Himself
 
1965-1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Band Leader & Trumpeter / Himself - Host / Himself - Host & Trumpeter / …
Episode #5.13 (1967) … Himself - Host
Episode #4.6 (1966) … Himself - Host & Trumpeter
Episode #3.31 (1966) … Himself - Band Leader & Trumpeter
Episode #3.12 (1965) … Himself - Trumpeter & Band Leader
 
1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself - Host
...And All That Brass (1967) … Himself - Host
 
1967 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 22 January 1967 (1967) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1966 Tilt (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 October 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Hollywood Star Spangled Revue (short)
Himself
 
1966 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 10 January 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 March 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965-1966 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Bandleader / Himself - Trumpet Player
Episode #3.27 (1966) … Himself - Bandleader
Episode #3.6 (1965) … Himself - Trumpet Player
 
1966 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #15.21 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Trumpet Player & Band Leader
Episode #19.9 (1965) … Himself - Trumpet Player & Band Leader
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
1999 The Stan Freberg Commercials (video)
Himself (segment "Fandango!")
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1999) Album: "And Colors" (Almo Sounds) See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass | Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I believe the best chance we have of creating responsible and productive kids is through the arts, and it has to be developed just like literacy. See more »

Trivia:

Father of Aria Alpert and Amanda Alpert. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries