Musician Herb Alpert, who led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s and co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss, turns 86 years old today. Here are five facts about Alpert:
1) While attending the University of Southern California in the 1950s, he was a member of the USC Trojan Marching Band for two years.
2) Later that decade, Alpert teamed up with Rob Weerts as songwriters for Keen Records. A number of songs written or co-written by Alpert during became Top 20 hits, including “Baby Talk” by Jan and Dean and “Wonderful World” by Sam Cooke.
3) Winner of nine Grammy Awards, he has sold 72 million records worldwide, achieving sales of 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums.
4) 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).
5) He has a second career as an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor with group and solo exhibitions around the United States and Europe.
Source: Wikipedia
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