Herb Alpert
- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Bandleader who had several big instrumental hits in 1960s with his
band, Herb Alpert & 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". It wasn't until he decided to try a
vocal that he finally hit #1 on the Billboard charts with "This Guy's
in Love With You" in 1968. After the breakup of the Tijuana Brass,
Alpert was out of the public eye until his comeback album, Rise, hit
the charts in 1979. That album produced his first instrumental #1,
"Rise". After several mediocre attempts after that, Alpert laid low and
then resurfaced in 1987 with a more modern jazz/funk sound with "Keep
Your Eye on Me".
