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CodeDS/UK/14616
NameAlpert; Herb (31 March 1935); American musician
Variations of NameDore Alpert | Tito Alpert
Dates31 March 1935
GenderMale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginBoyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, United States (born)
RelationshipsSon of Tillie Goldberg and Louis Leib Alpert (tailor and mandolin player). There were both Jewish immigrants from Radomyshl and Romania
Husband of Lani Hall (singer)
BiographyHerb Alpert is an American jazz musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is 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 also has created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades. His 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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