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  • Born March 31, 1935, Los Angeles. Cofounded A&M Records with partner Jerry Moss in 1962. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 (Lifetime Achievement).Note: For %22Rise%22 or songs that sample it, songwriting credit R. Alpert refers to Randy Alpert, Herb's nephew.
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  • Herbert %22Herb%22 Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the %22A%22 of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to Polygram. Alpert has also created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and wife Lani Hall are substantial philanthropists through the operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation.Alpert's musical accomplishments include five No. 1 albums and 28 albums total on the Billboard Album chart, nine Grammy Awards, fourteen platinum albums, and fifteen gold albums. As of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide. Alpert is the only recording artist to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist (%22This Guy's in Love with You%22, 1968) and an instrumentalist (%22Rise%22, 1979).
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  • 1935-03-31
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  • Funk
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