Alpert, Herb, 1935-
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Alpert, Herb, 1935-
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Alpert
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Herb
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1935-
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Alpert, Dore, 1935-
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Alpert
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Dore
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1935-
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Alpert, Herbert, 1935-
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Alpert
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1935-
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Herb Alpert (b. March 31, 1935, Los Angeles, CA) 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 "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to PolyGram. Alpert is also a painter and sculpter.
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. Alpert has sold 72 million records worldwide. Alpert is the only recording artist 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).
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91-071762
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n91071762
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