Artist

Herb Alpert

Wins

8

Nominations

24

Category

Pop General Composing/Arranging Contemporary Instrumental Music R&B

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
  • 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

  • Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

    Human Nature. Herb Alpert

  • Best Pop Instrumental Album

    Steppin' Out. Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Besame Mucho. Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Chasing Shadows. Herb Alpert, Russ Freeman, James Genus, Gene Lake, Jason Miles

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    The Look Of Love (Track). Herb Alpert

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    North On South St. (Single). Herb Alpert, Greg Smith

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Keep Your Eye On Me (Album). Herb Alpert

  • Best R&B Instrumental Performance

    Diamonds (Single). Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Blow Your Own Horn (Album). Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Beyond (Single). Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Rise. Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Casino Royale. Herb Alpert

  • Record Of The Year

    What Now My Love (Single). Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert

  • Album Of The Year

    What Now My Love (Album). Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    What Now My Love. Herb Alpert

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    What Now My Love. Herb Alpert

  • Record Of The Year

    A Taste Of Honey. Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    A Taste Of Honey. Herb Alpert

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    A Taste Of Honey. Herb Alpert

  • Album Of The Year

    Whipped Cream And Other Delights (Album). Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert

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