Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade,
he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. He is an artist who paints
and sculpts abstract expressionist works and is a philanthropist with
his wife, Lani Hall, through the Herb Alpert Foundation. His career as
a musician includes recording five No. 1 albums and 28 albums on the
Billboard magazine album chart, fourteen platinum albums, fifteen gold
albums, and nine Grammy Awards. He has sold 72 million records
worldwide. Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love
with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).Herb Alpert was
born and raised in the Boyle Heights section of Eastside Los Angeles,
California, the son of Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Leib Alpert.
His parents were Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from Radomyshl (in
present-day Ukraine) and Romania.Alpert was born into a family of
musicians. His father, although a tailor by trade, was also a talented
mandolin player. His mother taught violin at a young age, and his
older brother, David, was a talented young drummer. Herb began trumpet
lessons at the age of eight and played at dances as a teenager.
Acquiring an early wire recorder in high school, he experimented on
this crude equipment. After graduating from Fairfax High School in
1952, he joined the United States Army and frequently performed at
military ceremonies. After his service in the Army, Alpert tried his
hand at acting, but eventually settled on pursuing a career in music.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade,
he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. He is an artist who paints
and sculpts abstract expressionist works and is a philanthropist with
his wife, Lani Hall, through the Herb Alpert Foundation. His career as
a musician includes recording five No. 1 albums and 28 albums on the
Billboard magazine album chart, fourteen platinum albums, fifteen gold
albums, and nine Grammy Awards. He has sold 72 million records
worldwide. Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love
with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).Herb Alpert was
born and raised in the Boyle Heights section of Eastside Los Angeles,
California, the son of Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Leib Alpert.
His parents were Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from Radomyshl (in
present-day Ukraine) and Romania.Alpert was born into a family of
musicians. His father, although a tailor by trade, was also a talented
mandolin player. His mother taught violin at a young age, and his
older brother, David, was a talented young drummer. Herb began trumpet
lessons at the age of eight and played at dances as a teenager.
Acquiring an early wire recorder in high school, he experimented on
this crude equipment. After graduating from Fairfax High School in
1952, he joined the United States Army and frequently performed at
military ceremonies. After his service in the Army, Alpert tried his
hand at acting, but eventually settled on pursuing a career in music.
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