Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass,
'Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or just TJB'. He is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records (a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold).
Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums. As of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide.
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