Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass & Other Delights
Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St., 37902 Knoxville Kort
mán. 14.09.2026 19:30
A legendary trumpet player, Herb Alpert's extraordinary musicianship has earned him five #1 hits, nine GRAMMY® Awards, fifteen Gold albums, fourteen Platinum albums and he has sold over 72 million records worldwide. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass propelled his sound into the pop music limelight, at one point outselling The Beatles two to one. In 1966, they achieved the remarkable feat of simultaneously having four albums in the Billboard Top 10 and five in the Top 20. Herb Alpert also has the distinction of being the only artist who has had a #1 instrumental ("Rise") and a #1 vocal record ("This Guy's In Love With You").
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Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert was the founder and frontman for the instrumental group The Tijuana Brass. Yet his most notable achievement on the Billboard charts was as a solo artist. He is the only artist to hit #1 on a vocal track "This Guy's In Love With You" and an instrumental, "Rise". "Rise" was also sampled in the 1997 rap song "Hypnotize" by the late rapper Notorious B.I.G.
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.
