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Herb Alpert 88 (Original Post)
LessAspin
Mar 2023
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madaboutharry
(41,390 posts)1. He is currently on tour.
He is also a very good man.
eppur_se_muova
(37,662 posts)2. What a relief! For a second I thought this would be an obituary!
A short biographical blurb: https://medium.com/@KevinPittack/beyond-music-herb-alperts-philanthropic-legacy-30ddccba2ae1
I never knew Alpert was the 'A' in A&M Records.
chicoescuela
(1,644 posts)3. Love his music
Phoenix61
(17,723 posts)4. My dad loved him.
We were camping out at Manatee Springs, waiting out a rainstorm and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was playing on my dads hi-tech 8 track player.