Herb Alpert
Birth Place: USA
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BIO
Herb Alpert 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.
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.[1] 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).
Productions
Awards and Nominations
Herb Alpert, Seven Guitars
winner
Herb Alpert, Angels in America: Perestroika
winner
Herb Alpert, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Herb Alpert, Jelly's Last Jam
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Best Play (Tony Awards) for Seven Guitars, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam.
Herb Alpert has won the Tony Award for Best Play for Angels in America: Perestroika and the Tony Award for Best Play for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.
Videos
