Herb Alpert
Wins
8
Nominations
24
Category
Biography
"I practice every day. I've been doing it since I was 8."
- Born Herb Alpert on March 31, 1935, in Los Angeles, California
- The Lonely Bull, the 1962 debut album by jazz trumpeter Herb Alpert and his band, the Tijuana Brass, hit No. 10 on the Billboard 200. The title track reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. As a solo artist, Alpert's 1979 album, Rise, peaked at No. 6. The title track earned him his second career No. 1 single.
- Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass' Top 10 hit "A Taste Of Honey" earned Alpert his first career GRAMMYs for 1965 for Record Of The Year, Best Instrumental Arrangement and Best Instrumental Performance, Non-Jazz.
- The band performed "A Taste Of Honey" and "What Now My Love" on "The Best On Record" 1966 TV special celebrating the 8th GRAMMY Awards.
- Did you know? Alpert and Jerry Moss founded A&M Records in 1962. The duo received a Recording Academy Trustees Award in 1997.
- Alpert has three recordings inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame: Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, "The Lonely Bull" and "A Taste Of Honey."
- In 2016 the Herb Alpert Foundation, founded by Alpert with his wife, Lani Hall, made a $10.1 million donation to Los Angeles City College to provide all music majors at the school with a tuition-free education. The foundation is dedicated to supporting the "mechanisms and means through which young people can discover, harness and fully develop their unique creative energies and their special talents."
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Herb Alpert
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Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Human Nature
Herb Alpert
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Best Pop Instrumental Album Winner
Steppin' Out
Herb Alpert, Lani Hall, Mick Guzauski, Hussain Jiffry, Alan Myerson
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Besame Mucho
Herb Alpert
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Chasing Shadows
Herb Alpert, Russ Freeman, James Genus, Gene Lake, Jason Miles
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Pop Instrumental Performance
The Look Of Love (Track)
Herb Alpert
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Best Instrumental Composition
North On South St. (Single)
Herb Alpert, Greg Smith
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Keep Your Eye On Me (Album)
Herb Alpert
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Best R&B Instrumental Performance
Diamonds (Single)
Herb Alpert
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Blow Your Own Horn (Album)
Herb Alpert
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Beyond (Single)
Herb Alpert
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Pop Instrumental Performance Winner
Rise
Herb Alpert
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Casino Royale
Herb Alpert
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Record Of The Year
What Now My Love (Single)
Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
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Album Of The Year
What Now My Love (Album)
Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
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Pop Instrumental Performance Winner
What Now My Love
Herb Alpert
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Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Winner
What Now My Love
Herb Alpert
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Record Of The Year Winner
A Taste Of Honey
Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
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Pop Instrumental Performance Winner
A Taste Of Honey
Herb Alpert
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Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Winner
A Taste Of Honey
Herb Alpert
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Album Of The Year
Whipped Cream And Other Delights (Album)
Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
