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{{Short description|American musician (born 1935)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Herb Alpert
| image             = Herb Alpert 1966.jpg
| caption           = Alpert in 1966
| alias             = Dore Alpert, Tito Alpert
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1935|3|31}}
| birth_place       = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| instrument        = {{hlist|Trumpet|piano|vocals}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Latin American music|Latin]]|[[jazz]]|[[funk]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|record producer|arranger|conductor|painter|sculptor|theatre producer}}
| years_active      = 1956–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[Verve Records|Verve]]|[[Almo Sounds]]|[[Shout! Factory]]|[[Alternative Distribution Alliance|Herb Alpert Presents]]}}
| website           = {{URL|herbalpert.com}}
}}

'''Herb Alpert''' (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician, who led the band '''Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass''' (sometimes called '''Herb Alpert and the TJB''') in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded [[A&M Records]] with [[Jerry Moss]].

Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have appeared on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, five of which reached No. 1; he has been awarded 14 [[Music recording sales certification|platinum albums]] and 15 [[Music recording sales certification|gold albums]]. Alpert is the only musician to have reached No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] as both a vocalist ("[[This Guy's in Love with You]]", 1968) and as an instrumentalist ("[[Rise (instrumental)|Rise]]", 1979).{{efn|[[Barry White]] is often incorrectly listed as another artist with both a vocal and instrumental Billboard No. 1, but he did not perform an instrument on "Love's Theme".{{what|date=November 2024}}}}

Alpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-jazz-herb-alpert-ent-0930-20150929-column.html |title=Herb Alpert at 80: Gently Upbeat |last=Reich |first=Howard |date=September 29, 2015 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=March 19, 2018 }}</ref> He has received many accolades, including a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] and eight [[Grammy Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/herb-alpert/1271 |title=Herb Alpert |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> as well as the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. In 2006 he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. Alpert was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]] by [[Barack Obama]] in 2012.

==Early life and career==
Herb Alpert was born on March 31, 1935<ref>{{cite web|website=Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herb-Alpert|title=Herb Alpert|accessdate=October 20, 2024}}</ref> and raised in [[Boyle Heights, Los Angeles|Boyle Heights]],<ref name="bh">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-15-ca-28979-story.html |date=March 15, 1998 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=Herb Alpert's Brass Rings |first=Diane |last=Haithman|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref> an [[Eastside Los Angeles|Eastside]]<ref name="ela">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrnSgWipy0Y| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/LrnSgWipy0Y| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|date=2010|work=YouTube|title=Herb Alpert and Lani Hall on CBS Sunday Morning|access-date=June 11, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> neighborhood of [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref name=BBC4>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tr86l|title=Herb Alpert, Tijuana Brass and Other Delights|website=Bbc.co.uk|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824015658/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tr86l|archive-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> He was the youngest of three children (a daughter and two sons)<ref name="Scheinfeld">{{cite book |last=Scheinfeld |first=John |title=Herb Alpert Is.... |oclc=1294535879}}</ref> born to Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Leib (or Louis Bentsion-Leib) Alpert.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwXjAAAAMAAJ&q=TILLIE+Goldberg+alpert|title=International Who's Who 2001|edition=64th|access-date=November 10, 2012|isbn=9781857430813|year=1992|publisher=Europa Publications Limited }}</ref> His parents were [[Jewish]] immigrants to the U.S. from [[Radomyshl]] (in present-day [[Ukraine]]) and [[Romania]].<ref name="herbert">{{Cite news|title=Turning Brass into Gold|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-04-24/lifestyle/9704220259_1_herb-alpert-tijuana-taxi-tijuana-brass|work=The Sun Sentinel|date=April 24, 1997|access-date=September 24, 2008|first=Sean|last=Piccoli|archive-date=September 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905131834/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-04-24/lifestyle/9704220259_1_herb-alpert-tijuana-taxi-tijuana-brass|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=NDN>{{cite news|author=Catherine Clifford|title=Herb Alpert trumpets his totems in Bryant Park|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/pause-a-peek-herb-alpert-trumpets-totems-bryant-park-article-1.586447|work=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]|date=October 16, 2005|access-date=March 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224052546/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/pause-peek-herb-alpert-trumpets-totems-bryant-park-article-1.586447|archive-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name ="Perlmutter"/>

Alpert was born into a family of musicians. His father, although a tailor by trade, was also a [[mandolin]] player. His mother taught violin at a young age, and his older brother, David, was a drummer.<ref name="bookref1">{{cite book|last=Stephen Vincent O'Rourke|title=The Herb Alpert File|date=January 2008|page=2|publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-0-615-17300-9}}</ref> His sister Mimi, who was the oldest,<ref name="BBC4" /> played the piano.<ref name="Scheinfeld" /> Alpert began to play trumpet at eight years old.<ref>{{cite web|website=HerbAlpert.com|url=https://herbalpert.com/herb-alpert-talks-back-with-off-beat-magazine/|title=HERB ALPERT TALKS BACK WITH OFF BEAT MAGAZINE|date=April 24, 2017|access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref>

Alpert started attending [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]] beginning in 10th grade. In 11th grade (1952) he was a member of their gymnastics team. One of his specialties was performing on the rings, but an [[appendectomy]] a week before a League Meet sidelined him. In his senior year (1953), he began focusing on his trumpet.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

While attending the [[University of Southern California]] in the 1950s,<ref name="newspapers/77172652"/> he was a member of the [[Spirit of Troy|USC Trojan Marching Band]] for two years. Alpert served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] during the [[Korean War]], and played in the [[Sixth Army (United States)|6th Army]] [[United States military bands#Army|Band]].<ref name="lamag">[https://www.lamag.com/longform/herb-alpert-always-in-tune-11/ Herb Alpert: Always in Tune] ''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]]''. Retrieved April 13, 2023.</ref><ref name="wrtv">[https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/herb-alpert-the-legend-who-recently-hit-one-more-musical-milestone Herb Alpert; the legend who recently hit one more musical milestone] [[WRTV]]. Retrieved April 13, 2023.</ref><ref name="walk of fame">[https://walkoffame.com/herb-alpert/ Herb Alpert] [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. Retrieved April 13, 2023.</ref> In 1956, he appeared in an uncredited role as "Drummer on Mt. Sinai" in ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/fullcredits#cast|title=The Ten Commandments (1956) – Full cast and crew|website=IMDb.com|access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref>

In 1957, Alpert teamed up with Lou Adler, another burgeoning lyricist, as a songwriter for [[Keen Records]]. A number of songs written or co-written by Alpert during the following two years became Top 20 hits, including "[[Baby Talk (Jan and Dean song)|Baby Talk]]" by [[Jan and Dean]] and "[[Wonderful World (Sam Cooke song)|Wonderful World]]" by [[Sam Cooke]].<ref name="herbalpert.com">{{cite web|year=1996|url=http://www.herbalpert.com/biocomponents/chrono.html|title=Herb Alpert – Chronology|publisher=Almo Sounds|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617105155/http://herbalpert.com/biocomponents/chrono.html|archive-date=June 17, 2006}}</ref> In 1960, he began his recording career as a vocalist at [[RCA Records]] under the name of Dore Alpert.<ref name=herbert /> In 1962, Alpert and his new business partner Jerry Moss formed Carnival Records with "Tell It to the Birds" as its first release, distribution outside of Los Angeles being done by Dot Records. After Carnival released its second single "Love Is Back In Style" by Charlie Robinson, Alpert and Moss found that there was prior usage of the Carnival name and renamed their label A&M Records.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rosen|first=Craig |title=The 'A' & 'M' In A&M To Exit After 31 Years |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-05-01.pdf |magazine=Billboard|location=New York|volume=105|issue=18|date=May 1, 1993|page=6}}</ref>

==The Tijuana Brass years==
{{Quote frame |quote=All artists should be looking for their own voices. I went through a period of trying to sound like [[Harry James]] and [[Louis Armstrong]] and [[Miles Davis|Miles [Davis]]]. And then when [[Clifford Brown]] came along, it was almost discouraging. The guy was so good! But I kept at it. I loved playing. And then when I heard [[Les Paul]] [[Multitrack recording|multitrack]] his guitar on recordings, I tried that with the trumpet. Boom—that sound came out. After I released '[[The Lonely Bull (song)|The Lonely Bull]]', the record that started [[A&M Records|A&M]] in 1962, a lady in Germany wrote a letter to me. She said, 'Thank you, Mr. Alpert, for sending me on a vicarious trip to [[Tijuana]].' I realized that music was visual for her, that it took her someplace. I said, 'That's the type of music I want to make. I want to make music that transports people.' |source=Herb Alpert in ''[[OffBeat (music magazine)|Off Beat]]'' Magazine, April 24, 2017}}

The song that jump-started Alpert's performing career was originally titled "Twinkle Star", written by Sol Lake (who would write many Tijuana Brass songs over the next decade).<ref>{{cite web|website=SecondHandSongs|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/27864|title=Sol Lake|accessdate=August 31, 2022}}</ref> Alpert was dissatisfied with his first efforts to record the song, then took a break to visit a bullfight in [[Tijuana]], [[Mexico]]. As Alpert later recounted, "That's when it hit me! Something in the excitement of the crowd, the traditional mariachi music, the trumpet call heralding the start of the fight, the yelling, the snorting of the bulls, it all clicked."<ref>{{cite web|website=Cabinet|url=https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/13/kun.php|title=BORDER SOUND FILES: EXCERPTS FROM AN AUDIO ESSAY|first=Josh|last=Kun|date=Spring 2004|accessdate=August 26, 2022}}</ref> Alpert adapted the tune to the trumpet style, [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] in crowd cheers and other noises for ambience, and renamed the song "[[The Lonely Bull (song)|The Lonely Bull]]".<ref name=pc24>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19779/m1/ |title=Show 24 – The Music Men. [Part 2&#93; : UNT Digital Library|website=Digital.library.unt.edu |date=June 15, 1969 |access-date=November 26, 2010}}</ref>

He personally funded the production of the record as a single, and it spread through [[Radio personality|radio DJs]] until it caught on and became a Top 10 hit in the fall of 1962. He followed up quickly with his debut album, ''[[The Lonely Bull (album)|The Lonely Bull]]'' by "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass". Originally the Tijuana Brass was just Alpert overdubbing his own trumpet, slightly out of sync.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historyofmusic.ca/2017/08/09/the-lonely-bull/|title=The Lonely Bull – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – This Day in the History of Music|website=historyofmusic.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212940/http://historyofmusic.ca/2017/08/09/the-lonely-bull/ |language=en-US|access-date=October 10, 2017 |archive-date=October 10, 2017 }}</ref>

It was A&M's first album (with the original release number being 101), although it was recorded for Conway Records. The title cut reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart. For this album and subsequent releases, Alpert recorded with the group of Los Angeles session musicians known as [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]], whom he holds in high regard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_682_-_herb_alpert_mark_jay_duplass|title=Episode 682 - Herb Alpert / Mark & Jay Duplass|website=Wtfpod.com|date=February 18, 2016 |access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, 1966.jpg|thumb|left|The Tijuana Brass in 1966; from left: Alpert, Tonni Kalash, John Pisano, Nick Ceroli and Pat Senatore]]

Alpert's 1965 album ''[[Whipped Cream & Other Delights]]'' proved so popular&nbsp;— it was the number one album of 1966, outselling [[The Beatles]], [[Frank Sinatra]], and [[The Rolling Stones]]&nbsp;— that Alpert had to turn the Tijuana Brass into an actual touring ensemble rather than a studio band. Some of that popularity might be attributable to the album's notoriously racy cover, which featured model [[Dolores Erickson]] seemingly clothed only in whipped cream. (In a chat with the audience during his concert in Milwaukee on 6 October 2025, Mr. Alpert confirmed "it was shaving cream, not whipped cream".)  However, as writer Bruce Handy pointed out in a ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' article, two other Brass albums, ''[[Going Places (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album)|Going Places]]'' (1965) and ''[[What Now My Love (album)|What Now My Love]]'' (1966), "held the third and fifth spots on the 1966 year-end chart despite pleasant yet far more anodyne covers."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/features/herb-alpert-whipped-cream-other-delights-story-behind-album-cover-50-years-later-7370623/|title= The Real Story Behind Herb Alpert's Iconic 'Whipped Cream & Other Delights' Album Cover, 50 Years Later|first=Bruce|last=Handy|date=May 20, 2016|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref> Another measure of the band's popularity is that a number of Tijuana Brass songs were used as theme music for years by the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC TV]] game show ''[[The Dating Game]]''.<ref>{{cite book|page=101|first=James E.|last=Perone|title= Listen to Pop! Exploring a Musical Genre|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2018|isbn=978-1440863776}}</ref>

In 1966, a short animated film by [[John Hubley|John]] and [[Faith Hubley]] called "[[A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature]]" was released; it won the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] in 1967. The film featured two songs by the band, "[[Tijuana Taxi]]" and "[[Spanish Flea]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/features/34621/ |title=Film Threat - the Bootleg Files: A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature |accessdate=July 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124824/http://www.filmthreat.com/features/34621/ |archivedate=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> Also in 1967, the Tijuana Brass performed [[Burt Bacharach]]'s title cut to the first movie version of ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/28/movies/casino-royale-is-an-lp-bond-with-a-gilt-edge.html|title='Casino Royale' Is an LP Bond With a Gilt Edge|last=Panek|first=Richard|date=July 28, 1991|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 10, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Alpert's only No. 1 single during this period, and the first No. 1 hit for his A&M label, was a solo effort: "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]", written by [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]], featuring a rare vocal.<ref name=pc24/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tijuanabrass.com/alpert/alpert1.php3 |title=Tijuana Brass |website=Tijuanabrass.com |access-date=November 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060518094000/http://www.tijuanabrass.com/alpert/alpert1.php3 |archive-date=May 18, 2006 }}</ref> Alpert sang it to his first wife in a 1968 [[CBS Television]] special titled ''Beat of the Brass''. The sequence was filmed on the beach in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]]. The song was not intended to be released, but after it was used in the television special, allegedly thousands of telephone calls to [[CBS Television|CBS]] asking about it convinced Alpert to release it as a single, two days after the show aired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1811|title=Song Facts|website=Songfacts.com|date=February 14, 1958 |access-date=November 26, 2010}}</ref> Although Alpert's vocal skills and range were limited, the song's technical demands suited him.<ref>Campbell, Mary. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=syJbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=504NAAAAIBAJ&pg=7053,4613323&dq=herb-alpert&hl=en "Herb Alpert Talks About Singing"], ''Nashua Telegraph'' (New Hampshire), Associated Press, December 7, 1968, p. 3:<br />" ...By usual standards, I don't have a great instrument as a vocalist. But maybe there is a basic truth that comes across..."</ref>

After years of success, Alpert had a personal crisis in 1969, declaring "the trumpet is my enemy." He disbanded the Tijuana Brass, and stopped performing in public.<ref name ="Perlmutter">{{cite web|website=The New York Times|first=Donna|last=Perlmutter|title=AT THE STUDIO WITH: Herb Alpert; Tijuana Brass, Right? Don't Ask|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/11/garden/at-the-studio-with-herb-alpert-tijuana-brass-right-don-t-ask.html|date=May 11, 1995|accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref> Eventually he sought out teacher [[Carmine Caruso]], "who never played trumpet a day in his life, (but) he was a great trumpet teacher."<ref>{{cite web|website=Jazzed Magazine|title=Herb Alpert: The Art Of Finding Your Voice|date=December 31, 2015|url=https://www.jazzedmagazine.com/articles/spotlight/herb-alpert-the-art-of-finding-your-voice/|first=Bryan|last=Reesman|accessdate=August 29, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830032059/https://www.jazzedmagazine.com/articles/spotlight/herb-alpert-the-art-of-finding-your-voice/|url-status=dead}}</ref> "What I found," Alpert told ''[[The New York Times]]'', "is that the thing in my hands is just a piece of plumbing. The real instrument is me, the emotions, not my lip, not my technique, but feelings I learned to stuff away—as a kid who came from a very unvocal household. Since then, I've been continually working it out, practicing religiously and now, playing better than ever."<ref name ="Perlmutter"/> The results were noticeable; as Richard S. Ginell wrote in an [[AllMusic]] review of Alpert's comeback album, ''[[You Smile – The Song Begins|You Smile - The Song Begins]]'', "His four-year sabbatical over, Herb Alpert returned to the studio creatively refreshed, his trumpet sounding more soulful and thoughtful, his ears attuned more than ever to jazz."<ref>{{cite web|website=AllMusic|first=Richard S.|last=Ginell|title=You Smile - The Song Begins|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-smile-the-song-begins-mw0000854698|accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>

==Post-Brass musical career and "Rise"==
[[File:HerbAlpert1974.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Herb Alpert at [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol Airport]] (1974)]]
In 1979, five years after his last chart hit with the Tijuana Brass, Alpert attempted a [[disco]] album of rearranged Brass hits. "It just sounded awful to me," Alpert was quoted later. "I didn't want any part of it." But because the musicians were already booked, Alpert recorded other material, including the instrumental "[[Rise (instrumental)|Rise]]" (with initial version created by Alpert's nephew, Randy "Badazz" Alpert and his close friend, musician Andy Armer). The song reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] after it was used repeatedly on the soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]''. The song also became a hit in the UK, but in a speeded-up version, due to British DJs not realizing that the American [[Twelve-inch single|12" single]] was recorded at 33 rpm instead of 45 rpm.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits|first=Fred|last=Bronson|publisher=Billboard|year=1985|page=512|isbn=0-8230-7522-2}}</ref> Its bass line would later be included in [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]’s “[[Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Hypnotize]]”, which itself would reach number one on the Hot 100.<ref name="Wikipedia Liner Notes from Life After Death">[[Life After Death#Disc one|Liner Notes]], Liner notes from both ''Life After Death'' as well as ''Hypnotize'' reference this sample.</ref>

Over the next two decades, Alpert released an album nearly every year. He has released more than a dozen records since 2006.

In 2013, Alpert released ''[[Steppin' Out (Herb Alpert album)|Steppin' Out]]'', which won a [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album|Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Grammys 2014: Winners list| url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/26/showbiz/grammys-winners-list/index.html|website=CNN | access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>  Since that time, he has released several other albums, most recently ''[[50 (Herb Alpert album)|50]]'' (claimed to be his 50th studio album) and has said he has plans for his next two LPs, one of which will be another Christmas album—his third.

In late 2024, Alpert formed a new Tijuana Brass group, which went on tour in 2025, to celebrate the landmark ''Whipped Cream and Other Delights'' album.  The tour is titled "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass & Other Delights."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://herbalpert.com/billboard-herb-alpert-at-89-the-legend-talks-making-50-albums-the-death-of-his-friend-sergio-mendes-upcoming-tijuana-brass-band-tour/ | title=Herb Alpert – Billboard: Herb Alpert at 89: The Legend Talks Making 50 Albums, the Death of His Friend Sergio Mendes & Upcoming Tijuana Brass Band Tour|website=Herbalpert.com}}</ref>  The band members (besides Alpert) are: Ray Brinker (drums), Kris Bergh (trumpet, percussion), [[Hussain Jiffry]] (bass), Bill Cantos (keyboards, marimba, percussion, vocals), Ryan Dragon (trombone, percussion) and [[Kerry Marx]] (guitar).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://herbalpert.com/us_main_page_section/tour/ |title=Herb Alpert – Tour |access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref>

==A&M Records==
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On October 11, 1989, [[Philips]] subsidiary [[PolyGram]] announced its acquisition of A&M Records for $500&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 12, 1989 |title=Dutch company to buy Alpert's A&M Records |pages=B-5 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]}}</ref> Alpert and co-owner/business partner Jerry Moss later received an extra $200&nbsp;million payment for PolyGram's breach of the terms of the deal.<ref>{{cite web|year=1999|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-12-fi-alpert12-story.html|title=Herb Alpert's Vivendi Deal Has $200-Million Encore Performance|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

==Visual arts==
Alpert has a second career as an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor with group and solo exhibitions around the United States and Europe. The 2010 sculpture exhibition "Herb Alpert: Black Totems" in [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] brought media attention to his visual work.<ref name=article>Cheng, Scarlet. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-25-la-ca-herb-alpert-20100725-story.html "Herb Alpert's sculptures, like visual jazz"], ''Los Angeles Times'', July 25, 2010.</ref> His 2013 exhibition in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] included both abstract paintings and large totemlike sculptures.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/arts/music/herb-alpert-77-is-still-making-albums-and-artworks-too.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | title=A Word With: Herb Alpert The Other Delights in a Trumpeter's Life | work=The New York Times | date=March 3, 2013 | access-date=March 7, 2013 | author=James C. McKinley Jr.}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
In May 2000, Alpert was awarded an honorary doctorate from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/872652/jazz-beat-sonny-rollins-herb-alpert-thelonious-monk/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092929/http://www.mtv.com/news/872652/jazz-beat-sonny-rollins-herb-alpert-thelonious-monk/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2017|title=Jazz Beat: Sonny Rollins, Herb Alpert, Thelonious Monk ...|website=Mtv.com|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Herb Alpert Obama Medal 2013.jpg|right|thumb|Alpert being awarded the National Medal of Arts by [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] in 2013]]

In 1977, for his contribution to the recording industry, Alpert was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6929 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]. 

At the 1997 [[Billboard Latin Music Awards|''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards]] Alpert received the [[Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award|El Premio ''Billboard'']] award for his contributions to [[Latin music (genre)|Latin music]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lannert|first1=John|title=Herb Alpert Is Trumpeted As "El Premio Billboard" Award-Winner|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 3, 1997|volume=109|issue=18|page=LMQ-10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=latin%20billboard%20music%20awards%20herb%20alpert&pg=RA1-PA26|access-date=January 25, 2015|publisher=[[Nielsen Company]]|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

Alpert and Moss were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] on March 13, 2006, as non-performer lifetime achievers for their work at A&M. 

Alpert was awarded the [[Society of Singers|Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award]] by [[Society of Singers]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.singers.org/special-events/|title=Ella Award Special Events|date=February 12, 2011|access-date=May 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514064028/http://www.singers.org/special-events/|archive-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref>

Alpert was awarded a 2012 [[National Medal of Arts]] award by [[Barack Obama|Barack]] and [[Michelle Obama]] on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in the [[White House]]'s [[East Room]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/03/president-obama-award-2012-national-medal-arts-and-national-humanities-m |title=President Obama to Award 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal |date=July 3, 2013 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
[[File:2012-1104-CalArts02.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts]]
In the 1980s Alpert created the Herb Alpert Foundation and the [[Alpert Awards in the Arts]] with [[the California Institute of the Arts]] (CalArts).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alpertawards.org/ |title=Alpert Awards |website=Alpertawards.org |access-date=November 26, 2010 |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001212552/http://www.alpertawards.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The foundation supports youth and arts education as well as [[environmental issues]], and helps fund the PBS series ''Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason'' and later ''[[Moyers & Company]]''. 

Alpert and his wife donated $30&nbsp;million to [[University of California, Los Angeles]] in 2007 to form and endow the [[UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music]] as part of the restructured [[UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture]]. He donated $24&nbsp;million, including $15&nbsp;million from April 2008, to [[CalArts]] for its music curricula, and provided funding for the [[culture jamming|culture-jamming]] activists [[the Yes Men]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/reviews/movies/YESMEN.DTL&type=movies | work=San Francisco Chronicle | title=The Yes Men | date=October 1, 2004}}</ref>

In 2012, the foundation granted more than $5&nbsp;million to the [[Harlem School of the Arts]], which allowed the school to retire its debt, restore its endowment and create a scholarship program for needy students. In 2013, the school's building was renamed the Herb Alpert Center. In 2016, Alpert's foundation also bestowed a $10.1&nbsp;million donation to [[Los Angeles City College]] to provide music majors with a tuition-free education, the largest gift to an individual community college in the history of Southern California, and the second-largest gift in the history of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-herb-alpert-lacc-music-20160825-snap-story.html|title=Herb Alpert Foundation to donate $10.1&nbsp;million to LACC – making studies for music majors tuition-free|first=Carolina A.|last=Miranda|date=August 25, 2016|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> In 2020, Alpert bestowed an additional $9.7 million on the Harlem School of the Arts to upgrade its facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/arts/design/herb-alpert-harlem-school-arts.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage |title=With Help From Herb Alpert, Letting the Light In at the Harlem School of the Arts |date=November 8, 2020 |author=James S. Russell |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Alpert founded the Louis and Tillie Alpert Music Center in [[Jerusalem]], which brings together both Arab and Jewish students.<ref name="foundation">{{cite web |title=The Louis and Tillie Albert Music Center |url=http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/media/29386/Alpert-Music-Center-2007-2008.pdf |website=jerusalemfoundation.org |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=December 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213200527/http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/media/29386/Alpert-Music-Center-2007-2008.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Business ventures==
In the late 1980s, Alpert started H. Alpert and Co., a short-lived perfume company, which sold products in high-end department stores such as [[Nordstrom]]. The company launched with two scents, Listen and Listen for Men. Alpert compared perfume to music, with high and low notes.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-18-vw-650-story.html| newspaper=LA Times | title=Fashion 88 : For Herb Alpert, There's More Than Music in the Air | date=November 18, 1988}}</ref>

In partnership with his daughter Eden, in 2004 Alpert opened [[Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill & Jazz|Vibrato]], a jazz club and restaurant located in the [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]] neighborhood of Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web| website=Forbes| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2022/12/12/at-las-beautiful-vibrato-grill-jazz-magic-happens-on-a-nightly-basis/| first=Steve|last=Baltin | title=At los Angeles's Beautiful Vibrato Grill Jazz Magic Happens on a Nightly Basis| date=December 12, 2022| accessdate=August 31, 2024}}</ref>

As of 2025, Alpert's net worth is estimated at $850 million, largely due to his music career and the sale of A&M Records to [[Interscope Records]].<ref name="Yahoo2025">{{cite web |last=Reeves |first=Melanie |title=The world's 25 richest music stars, RANKED |url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ranked-20-richest-musicians-2024-180000974.html |website=Yahoo Finance |date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=April 11, 2025}}</ref>

== Documentaries ==
On September 17, 2010, the TV documentary ''Legends: Herb Alpert – Tijuana Brass and Other Delights'' premiered on [[BBC4]].<ref name=BBC>BBC "Legends: Herb Alpert – Tijuana Brass and Other Delights" [https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk37/fri.shtml#fri_legends BBC ''Legends'' Series]. Retrieved September 1, 2010.</ref>

In 2020, ''Herb Alpert Is...'', a documentary written and directed by [[John Scheinfeld]], was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.herbalpertis.com/|title=Herb Alpert Is...|website=Herb Alpert Is...}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Alpert married Sharon Mae Lubin at the [[Presidio of San Francisco]] in 1956.<ref name="newspapers/77172652">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77172652/herb-alpert-sharon-mae-lubin-marriage/|date=June 24, 1956|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Herb Alpert & Sharon Mae Lubin Marriage|page=86|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref> They had 2 children, Dore (born 1960) and Eden (born 1966).<ref>{{cite web|website=HerbAlpert.com|url=https://herbalpert.com/my-favourite-photograph-by-composer-herb-alpert/|title=My Favourite Photograph By Composer Herb Alpert|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1971. In 1974, Alpert married [[Lani Hall]], once the lead singer of A&M group [[Sérgio Mendes#Brasil '66|Brasil '66]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/herb-alpert-and-lani-hall-aim-to-bring-joy-to-seattles-triple-door/|website=Seattle Times|date=March 20, 2018|first=Nicole|last=Brodeur|title=Herb Alpert and Lani Hall aim to bring joy to Seattle's Triple Door|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref> Alpert and Hall have a daughter, actress Aria Alpert, born in 1976.<ref name ="Perlmutter"/> 

Hall and Alpert recorded a live album, ''[[Anything Goes (Herb Alpert and Lani Hall album)|Anything Goes]]'', in 2009; a studio album, ''I Feel You'', in 2011;<ref>{{cite web|website=AllMusic|title=I Feel You|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-feel-you-mw0002087207|first=Thom|last=Jurek|accessdate=September 4, 2022}}</ref> and another studio album, ''[[Steppin' Out (Herb Alpert album)|Steppin' Out]]'', in 2013. An [[AllMusic]] review concluded: "Ultimately, ''Steppin' Out'' represents not just the third album in a trilogy, but a loving creative partnership that, for Alpert and Hall, spans a lifetime."<ref>{{cite web|website=AllMusic|title=Steppin' Out|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-feel-you-mw0002087207|first=Matt|last=Collar|accessdate=September 4, 2022}}</ref> As of 2025 the couple still perform together.

==Discography==
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of studio albums, with selected peak chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine|title=Herb Alpert Chart History - Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/herb-alpert/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Billboard charts|US<br>Jazz]]<br><ref name="Billboard Jazz">{{cite magazine|title=Herb Alpert Chart History - Jazz Albums|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/herb-alpert/chart-history/jls/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br><ref name="Deutsche Charts" />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="Norwegian Charts">{{cite web|title=Discography Herb Alpert|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Herb+Alpert|website=Norwegian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK Charts" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[The Lonely Bull (album)|The Lonely Bull]]'' 
|1962
|10
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|US]]: Gold<ref name="RIAA">{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum ("Alpert" search)|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=alpert|access-date=April 2, 2021|website=RIAA|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row |''[[Volume 2 (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album)|Volume 2]]''
|1963
|17
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[South of the Border (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album)|South of the Border]]''
|1964
|6
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[Whipped Cream & Other Delights]]''
| rowspan="2" |1965
|1
|—
|—
|10
|21
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[Going Places (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album)|Going Places]]''
|1
|—
|28
|5
|4
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[What Now My Love (album)|What Now My Love]]''
| rowspan="2" |1966
|1
|—
|11
|20
|18
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[S.R.O. (album)|S.R.O.]]''
|2
|—
|3
|17
|5
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[Sounds Like...]]'' 
| rowspan="2" |1967
|1
|—
|34
|13
|21
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[Herb Alpert's Ninth]]'' 
|4
|—
|9
|7
|26
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[The Beat of the Brass]]'' 
|1968
|1
|—
|23
|8
|4
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[Christmas Album (Herb Alpert album)|Christmas Album]]''
|1968
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[Warm (Herb Alpert album)|Warm]]''
| rowspan="2" |1969
|28
|—
|—
|14
|30
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[The Brass Are Comin']]'' 
|30
|—
|39
|—
|40
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Summertime (Herb Alpert album)|Summertime]]''
|1971
|111
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[You Smile – The Song Begins]]'' 
|1974
|66
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row | [[Coney Island (album)|''Coney Island'']]
|1975
|88
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Just You and Me''
|1976
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela]]''
|1978
|65
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Rise (Herb Alpert album)|Rise]]''
|1979
|6
|—
|—
|21
|37
|
* US: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" />
* [[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Silver<ref>{{Cite web|title=Herb Alpert - Rise|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5541-2479-2|access-date=April 2, 2021|website=British Phonographic Industry}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row |''Beyond''
|1980
|28
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Magic Man'' 
|1981
|61
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Fandango (Herb Alpert album)|Fandango]]''
|1982
|100
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Blow Your Own Horn''
|1983
|120
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Bullish (album)|Bullish]]''
|1984
|75
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Wild Romance''
|1985
|151
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Keep Your Eye on Me]]'' 
|1987
|18
|—
|55
|—
|79
|
* US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope=row |''Under a Spanish Moon''
|1988
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''My Abstract Heart''
|1989
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[North on South St.]]''
|1991
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Midnight Sun (Herb Alpert album)|Midnight Sun]]''
|1992
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Second Wind''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shuster|first=Fred|date=May 8, 1996|title=Herb Alpert Counting On His 'Second Wind'|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/may/08/herb-alpert-counting-on-his-second-wind/|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref>
|1996
|—
|7
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Passion Dance''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grey|first=Hilarie|date=April 26, 2019|title=Herb Alpert: Passion Dance|url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/herb-alpert-passion-dance/|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=JazzTimes|language=en-US}}</ref>
|1997
|—
|8
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Colors''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=Grey|first=Hilarie|date=April 26, 2019|title=Herb Alpert: Colors|url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/herb-alpert-colors/|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=JazzTimes|language=en-US}}</ref>
|1999
|—
|43
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Whipped Cream & Other Delights ReWhipped''<ref name="auto"/>
|2006
|—
|2
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''I Feel You'' (with [[Lani Hall]])<ref>{{Cite web|website=AllMusic|title=I Feel You|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-feel-you-mw0002087207|accessdate=September 4, 2022}}</ref>
|2011
|—
|5
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[Steppin' Out (Herb Alpert album)|Steppin' Out]]'' (with [[Lani Hall]])<ref>{{Cite web|website=AllMusic|title=Steppin' Out|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/steppin-out-mw0002585218|accessdate=September 4, 2022}}</ref>
|2013
|—
|11
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''In the Mood''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trakin|first=Roy|date=July 31, 2014|title=Trumpet Great Herb Alpert to Release 'In the Mood' on Sept. 30|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trumpet-great-herb-alpert-release-722589|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}</ref>
|2014
|172
|3
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Come Fly with Me''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ifeanyi|first=K. C.|date=September 21, 2015|title=Exclusive: Stream Jazz Legend Herb Alpert's New Album "Come Fly With Me"|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3051305/exclusive-stream-jazz-legend-herb-alperts-new-album-come-fly-with-me|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}}</ref>
|2015
|—
|7
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Human Nature''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lawrence|first=Dave|date=December 2, 2016|title=Herb Alpert talks Human Nature album and Blue Note shows on HPR's ATC|url=https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/herb-alpert-talks-human-nature-album-and-blue-note-shows-hprs-atc|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=Hawaii Public Radio|language=en}}</ref>
|2016
|—
|10
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Music Volume 1''<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 16, 2017|title=Herb Alpert's Latest Album Tops Billboard Jazz Chart|url=https://scvnews.com/herb-alperts-latest-album-tops-billboard-jazz-chart/|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=SCV News|language=en-US}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |2017
|—
|3
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''The Christmas Wish''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lawrence|first=Dave|date=December 14, 2017|title=A Christmas Wish: HPR's ATC welcomes back Herb Alpert|url=https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/christmas-wish-hprs-atc-welcomes-back-herb-alpert|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=Hawaii Public Radio|language=en}}</ref>
|—
|2
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Music Volume 3:<br>Herb Alpert Reimagines the Tijuana Brass''<ref>{{Cite web|last=McElhiney|first=Brian|date=October 4, 2018|title=Herb Alpert, Lani Hall bring a taste of honey to Bend|url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/herb-alpert-lani-hall-bring-a-taste-of-honey-to-bend/article_698ed7fb-7d75-5b03-bab9-bcb8b0fcbc19.html|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=The Bulletin|language=en}}</ref>
|2018
|—
|6
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Over the Rainbow''<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 17, 2019|title=Over the Rainbow: An Interview With Herb Alpert, PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/herb-alpert-2019-interview-2640921806.html|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=PopMatters|language=en-US}}</ref>
|2019
|—
|1
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Catch the Wind''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collar |first1=Matt |title=Catch the Wind - Herb Alpert {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/catch-the-wind-mw0003542709?1642777859293 |website=All Music |access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
|2021
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''Sunny Side of the Street''<ref>{{Cite web |title=AllMusic {{!}} Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands |url=https://www.allmusic.com/ |access-date=July 21, 2024 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>
|2022
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! scope=row |''Wish Upon a Star''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collar |first1=Matt |title=Herb Alpert - Wish Upon A Star |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wish-upon-a-star-mw0004021007 |website=All Music |access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref><ref name="billboard-wish">{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Melinda |title=Herb Alpert on Making His Grand Ole Opry Debut, Country Artists He Admires & Taylor Swift Tying His Six-Decade Record |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/herb-alpert-grand-ole-opry-debut-taylor-swift-interview-1235394957/ |access-date=January 3, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824144101/https://www.billboard.com/music/country/herb-alpert-grand-ole-opry-debut-taylor-swift-interview-1235394957/ |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|2023
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope=row |''[[50 (Herb Alpert album)|50]]''
|2024
|—
|17
|—
|—
|—
|
|}

=== Compilations ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of compilations, with selected peak chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Billboard 200"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Billboard charts|US<br>Jazz]]<br><ref name="Billboard Jazz"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="Norwegian Charts"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[UK Albums  Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK Charts" />
|-
! scope=row |''[[Greatest Hits (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album)|Greatest Hits]]''
|1970
|43
|—
|—
|8
|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|US]]: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
|-
! scope=row |''Solid Brass''
|1972
|135
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope=row |''Herb Alpert & Friends Box Set''
|1973
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Silver
|-
! scope=row |''40 Greatest''
|1977
|—
|—
|—
|45
|—
|-
! scope=row |''[[Classics Volume 1]]''
|1986
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope=row |''Classics Volume 20''
|1986
| ---
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
! scope=row |''The Very Best Of Herb Alpert''
|1991
|—
|—
|—
|34
|—
|-
! scope=row |''Definitive Hits''
|2001
|—
|7
|12
|—
|—
|-
! scope=row |''Herb Alpert Is...''
|2020
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=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Herb Alpert Chart History - Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/herb-alpert/chart-history/hsi/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US<br />AC]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Herb Alpert Chart History - Adult Contemporary|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/herb-alpert/chart-history/asi/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br />R&B]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Herb Alpert Chart History - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/herb-alpert/chart-history/bsi/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Ultratop|BEL<br>(Fl)]]<br><ref name="Ultratop FL">{{cite web|title=Discografie Herb Alpert|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Herb+Alpert|website=Ultratop Vlaanderen|publisher=Hung Medien|language=Dutch|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Ultratop|BEL<br>(Wa)]]<br><ref name="Ultratop Wa">{{cite web|title=Discographie Herb Alpert|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Herb+Alpert|website=Ultratop Wallonie|publisher=Hung Medien|language=French|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br><ref name="Deutsche Charts">{{cite web|title=Discographie von Herb Alpert|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=herb+alpert|website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=German|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Dutch Charts|NL]]<br><ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web|title=Discografie Herb Alpert|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Herb+Alpert|website=Dutch Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|language=Dutch|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="New Zealand Charts">{{cite web|title=Discography Herb Alpert|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Herb+Alpert|website=New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|title=Herb Alpert full Official Charts History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12958/herb-alpert/|website=Official Charts|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row | "The Trial"<br>{{small|(As Herb B. Lou and The Legal Eagles, with [[Lou Adler]])}}
| 1958
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! scope=row | "Sweet Georgia Brown" b/w "Viper's Blues"<br>{{small|(As Herbie Alpert and his Quartet)}}
| 1959
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! scope=row | "The Hully Gully" b/w "Kiss Me"<br>{{small|(As Herbie Alpert)}}
| 1959
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! scope=row | "Finders Keepers" <br>{{small|(As Herbie Alpert)}}
| 1960
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! scope=row | "Gonna Get a Girl" <br>{{small|(As Dore Alpert)}}
| 1961
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! scope=row | "Little Lost Lover"<br>{{small|(As Dore Alpert)}}
| rowspan="3"| 1962
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! scope=row | "Tell It to the Birds" b/w "Fallout Shelter"<br />{{small|(As Dore Alpert)}}
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! scope=row | "[[The Lonely Bull (song)|The Lonely Bull]]"
| 6
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| 1
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| rowspan="2" |''[[The Lonely Bull (album)|The Lonely Bull]]''
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! scope=row | "Struttin' with Maria"
| rowspan="5" | 1963
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! scope=row | "Dina"<br />{{small|(As Dore Alpert)}}
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|Non-album single
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! scope=row | "Marching Thru Madrid" 
| 96
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| 42
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| rowspan="3" |''[[Volume 2 (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album)|Volume 2]]''
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! scope=row | "Mexican Corn"
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! scope=row | "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]"
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| 25
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! scope=row | "I'd Do It All Again"<br />{{small|(As Dore Alpert)}}
| rowspan="5"| 1964
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! scope=row | "Mexican Drummer Man"
| 77
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! scope=row | "The Mexican Shuffle"
| 85
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| 36
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[South of the Border (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album)|South of the Border]]''
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! scope=row | "El Presidente"
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! scope=row | "[[South of the Border (1939 song)|South of the Border]]"
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! scope=row | "[[Whipped Cream (song)|Whipped Cream]]"
| rowspan="7"| 1965
| 68
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| 99
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| rowspan="3" |''[[Whipped Cream & Other Delights]]''
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! scope=row | "Peanuts"
| —
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| 81
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! scope=row | "[[A Taste of Honey　(song)|A Taste of Honey]]" 
| 7
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| 79
| 11
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| 29
| 18
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! scope=row | "Mae"
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| rowspan="5" |''[[Going Places (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album)|Going Places]]''
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! scope=row | "[[The Third Man Theme|3rd Man Theme]]"
| 47
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| 90
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! scope=row | "[[Zorba's Dance|Zorba the Greek]]" 
| 11
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| 32
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! scope=row | "Tijuana Taxi"
| 38
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| 32
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| 37
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! scope=row | "[[Spanish Flea]]"
| rowspan="5" | 1966
| 27
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| 28
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| 26
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! scope=row | "[[What Now My Love (song)|What Now My Love]]"
| 24
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| 28
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| ''[[What Now My Love (album)|What Now My Love]]''
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! scope=row | "The Work Song"
| 18
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| 25
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[S.R.O. (album)|S.R.O.]]''
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! scope=row | "[[Flamingo (song)|Flamingo]]"
| 28
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| 30
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! scope=row | "[[Mame (song)|Mame]]"
| 19
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| 51
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! scope=row | "[[Wade in the Water]]"
| rowspan="4"| 1967
| 37
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| rowspan="2"|''[[Sounds Like...]]''
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! scope=row | "Casino Royale"
| 27
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| 14
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| 27
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! scope=row | "[[The Happening (song)|The Happening]]"
| 32
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| 51
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[Herb Alpert's Ninth]]''
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! scope=row | "[[A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)]]"
| 35
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| 33
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! scope=row | "Carmen"
| rowspan="6"| 1968
| 51
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| 40
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! scope=row | "[[Cabaret (Cabaret song)|Cabaret]]" 
| 72
| 13
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| 99
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| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Beat of the Brass]]''
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! scope=row | "Slick"
| 119
| 36
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! scope=row | "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]"
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! scope=row | "[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]"
| 45
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| ''[[Christmas Album (Herb Alpert album)|Christmas Album]]''
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! scope=row | "To Wait for Love"
| 51
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| 44
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| rowspan="5" | ''[[Warm (Herb Alpert album)|Warm]]''
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! scope=row | "Zazueira"
| rowspan="5" | 1969
| 78
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| 79
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! scope=row | "[[Without Her (Harry Nilsson song)|Without Her]]"
| 63
| 5
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| 75
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| 36
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! scope=row | "[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da|Ob La Di Ob La Da]]"
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! scope=row | "Marjorine"
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! scope=row | "You Are My Life"
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| 34
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Brass Are Comin'|The Brass Are Comin{{'}}]]''
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! scope=row | "The Maltese Melody"
| rowspan="2" | 1970
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| 14
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! scope=row | "Jerusalem"
| 74
| 6
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| 42
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Summertime (Herb Alpert album)|Summertime]]''
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! scope=row | "[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]"
| rowspan="2" | 1971
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| 28
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! scope=row | "[[Darlin' (Beach Boys song)|Darlin']]"
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! scope=row | "Without Her"
| 1972
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| ''Solid Brass''
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! scope=row | "Last Tango in Paris"
| 1973
| 77
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[You Smile – The Song Begins]]''
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! scope=row | "Fox Hunt"
| rowspan="3" | 1974
| 84
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! scope=row | "Save the Sunlight"
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! scope=row | "I Belong"
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| rowspan="2" | [[Coney Island (album)|''Coney Island'']]
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! scope=row | "Coney Island"
| rowspan="3" | 1975
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| 19
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! scope=row | "El Bimbo"
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| 28
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! scope=row | "Whistle Song"
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! scope=row | "Promenade"
| 1976
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| ''Just You and Me''
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! scope=row | "African Summer"
| 1977
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela]]''
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! scope=row | "Skokiaan" <small>(with [[Hugh Masekela]])</small>
| rowspan="2" | 1978
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| 87
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! scope=row | "Lobo" <small>(with Hugh Masekela)</small>
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! scope=row | "[[Rise (instrumental)|Rise]]"
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| 1
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| 19
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| 5
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Rise (Herb Alpert album)|Rise]]''
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! scope=row | "Rotation"
| 30
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| 46
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! scope=row | "[[Street Life (The Crusaders song)|Street Life]]"
| rowspan="4" | 1980
| 104
| 41
| 65
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! scope=row | "Beyond"
| 50
| 39
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| rowspan="3" | ''Beyond''
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! scope=row | "Kamali"
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| 64
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! scope=row | "The Continental"
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! scope=row | "[[Come What May (1952 song)|Come What May]]" <small>(with [[Lani Hall]])</small>
| rowspan="3" | 1981
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| 43
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! scope=row | "Magic Man"
| 79
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| 37
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| rowspan="2" | ''Magic Man''
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! scope=row | "Manhattan Melody"
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| 74
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! scope=row | "Route 101"
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| 37
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Fandango (Herb Alpert album)|Fandango]]''
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! scope=row | "Fandango"
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| 26
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! scope=row | "Love Me the Way I Am" 
| rowspan="3" | 1983
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! scope=row | "Garden Party"
| 81
| 14
| 77
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| rowspan="2" | ''Blow Your Own Horn''
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! scope=row | "Red Hot"
| 77
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! scope=row | "Come What May" <small>(with Lani Hall) (re-issue)</small>
| rowspan="3"| 1984
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| 32
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! scope=row | "Bullish"
| 90
| 22
| 52
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| rowspan="2"| ''Bullish''
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! scope=row | "Struttin' on Five"
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! scope=row | "8 Ball"
| rowspan="3"| 1985
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| 73
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| rowspan="3"| ''Wild Romance''
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! scope=row | "You Are the One"<small> (with [[Brenda Russell]])</small>
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! scope=row | "African Flame"
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! scope=row | "Keep Your Eye on Me"
| rowspan="4"| 1987
| 46
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| 3
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| 18
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| 19
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| 19
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Keep Your Eye on Me]]''
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! scope=row | "[[Diamonds (Herb Alpert song)|Diamonds]]" <small>(with [[Janet Jackson]] and [[Lisa Keith]])</small>
| 5
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| 1
| 47
| 4
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| 15
| 3
| 31
| 27
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! scope=row | "[[Making Love in the Rain]]" <small>(with Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith)</small>
| 35
| 21
| 7
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| 94
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| 87
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! scope=row | "Our Song"
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! scope=row | "I Need You"
| 1988
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| ''Under a Spanish Moon''
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! scope=row | "3 O'Clock Jump"
| 1989
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| 59
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|''My Abstract Heart''
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! scope=row | "North on South St."
| 1991
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| 40
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| ''[[North on South St.]]''
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! scope=row | "Until We Meet Again"
| 1997
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|''Passion Dance''
|}

== See also ==
* [[20th century brass instrumentalists]]
* ''[[Herb Alpert: Music for Your Eyes]]'' documentary (2003)
* [[List of artists who reached number one in the United States]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart]]
* [[List of trumpeters]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|herbalpert.com}}
* {{IMDb name|0004704}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1663297|name=Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass}}
* {{Rockhall}}
* [https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/herb-alpert Herb Alpert: Biography] 
* [https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/herb-alpert-the-tijuana-brass Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass biography, discography, videography, sessionography, more]
* [https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/herb-alpert-lani-hall Herb Alpert & Lani Hall biography, concerts]
* [https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/herb-alpert-hugh-masekela Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela biography, discography, concerts]
* [http://www.tijuanabrass.com Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass discography]
* [http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_682_-_herb_alpert_mark_jay_duplass Herb Alpert Interview] with [[Marc Maron]], Feb. 2016
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvrPnsgmNbQ "Tijuana Strings" parody]
* {{YouTube|playlist=OLAK5uy_mXhJDgj1e_-NO6ZTMhw-MLDonN8xHG6U8 |title=Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass}}

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