Greatest Hits | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1970 | |||
Genre | Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening | |||
Length | 42:28 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss | |||
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass chronology | ||||
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Greatest Hits is a 1970 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was the group's first compilation album, with all selections coming from its first five albums. The album was released a few months after Alpert had disbanded the group. It rose to #43 on the U.S. charts, [1] and to #8 in the U.K. [2] The album was eventually certified gold in the spring of 1971. [3]
Greatest Hits was released during Alpert's four-year sabbatical from performing, when he concentrated instead on producing records for other artists signed to his A&M label.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "Lonely Bull" | Sol Lake | The Lonely Bull | 2:29 |
2. | "Spanish Flea" | Julius Wechter | Going Places | 2:07 |
3. | "Getting Sentimental Over You" | George Bassman | Going Places | 1:59 |
4. | "Love Potion #9" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | Whipped Cream & Other Delights | 3:02 |
5. | "Never on Sunday" | Manos Hatzidakis, Bill Towne | The Lonely Bull | 2:38 |
6. | "Mexican Shuffle" | Sol Lake | South of the Border | 2:09 |
7. | "Taste of Honey" | Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow | Whipped Cream & Other Delights | 2:43 |
8. | "Tijuana Taxi" | Ervan Coleman | Going Places | 2:05 |
9. | "South of the Border" | Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr | South of the Border | 2:06 |
10. | "America" | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | Volume 2 | 2:45 |
11. | "Whipped Cream" | Naomi Neville | Whipped Cream & Other Delights | 2:33 |
12. | "Zorba the Greek" | Mikis Theodorakis | Going Places | 4:25 |
HerbAlpert is an American trumpeter who led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss.
Volume 2 is the second album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, known in this recording as "Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass". It was released in 1963 on A&M Records, and sold poorly upon initial release.
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The best-known version is that recorded by American duo the Carpenters for their second studio album Close to You (1970) and produced by Jack Daugherty. Released on May 14, 1970, the single topped both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. It also reached the top of the Canadian and Australian charts and peaked at number six on the charts of both the UK and Ireland. The record was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in August 1970.
"Spanish Flea" is a popular song written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by his wife Cissy Wechter. The original version was recorded by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Cover versions of the song have been recorded by dozens of artists worldwide.
Whipped Cream & Other Delights is a 1965 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, called "Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass" for this album, released on A&M Records. It is the band's fourth full album and arguably their most popular release.
What Now My Love is the sixth album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, released in 1966. It remained at #1 on the Billboard Album chart for nine weeks, the longest of any album released by the group.
S.R.O., issued in 1966, was the seventh album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
The Baja Marimba Band was a musical group led by marimba player Julius Wechter. Formed by producer Herb Alpert after his own Tijuana Brass, the Baja Marimba Band outlasted the Tijuana Brass by several years in part due to TV producer Chuck Barris, who included the group's music on his game shows in the 1970s.
Julius Wechter was an American musician and composer who played the marimba and vibraphone. He also played various percussion instruments. He composed the song "Spanish Flea" for Herb Alpert and was leader of The Baja Marimba Band.
"This Guy's in Love with You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and recorded by Herb Alpert. Although known primarily for his trumpet playing as the leader of the Tijuana Brass, Alpert sang lead vocals on this solo recording, arranged by Bacharach. An earlier recording of the song was by British singer Danny Williams titled "That Guy's in Love", which appears on his 1968 self-titled album.
"The Happening" is a 1967 song recorded by Motown artists The Supremes. The song served as the theme song of the 1967 Columbia Pictures film The Happening, and was released as a single by Motown at the time of the film's release that spring. While the movie flopped, the song peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in May, becoming The Supremes' tenth number-one single in the United States, peaking in the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart at number six, and in the top 5 in the Australian Pop Chart and in the Dutch Pop Chart.
The Beat of the Brass is the tenth album by the popular instrumental group Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, released in 1968. It was the last album by the Tijuana Brass to be released in both mono and stereo versions; all albums afterward would be released in stereo only.
"Milord" or "Ombre de la Rue" [ɔ̃bʁə də la ʁy] is a 1959 song, famously sung by Édith Piaf.
Fandango is a studio album by American musician Herb Alpert released on A&M Records in April 1982 with catalog number SP-3731.
You Smile – The Song Begins is a 1974 studio album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, though billed as "Herb Alpert and the T.J.B." It was the group's first regular studio album since 1969's The Brass Are Comin', and was arranged by Quincy Jones.
Warm is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was the group's twelfth release and their final album to reach the top 40 of the Billboard 200 album chart.
The Brass Are Comin' is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the group's 13th release and its last album before disbanding in December 1969. It was the first of the group's albums to not achieve gold certification. However, the album reached No. 30 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Bullish is a 1984 album released by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, though the Tijuana Brass was not involved in the making of this album. The album was reissued in 2017. The music of the album is mostly electro-funk, with Herb Alpert's characteristic trumpet in accompaniment. The album is mostly instrumental, though Lani Hall provides vocals on the track "Maniac". Describing the album in 1984, Alpert stated that "I don't think of this as a backward-looking record ... It's very contemporary"
Summertime is a 1971 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It consists of tracks assembled by Alpert's A&M Records label and was released during Alpert's hiatus from performing that occurred between the albums The Brass Are Comin' (1969) and You Smile – The Song Begins (1974).
Coney Island is a 1975 studio album by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, the second release that was billed as "Herb Alpert & The T.J.B." It followed the 1974 release of You Smile – The Song Begins. Both albums reflected personnel changes from the Brass that was disbanded after 1969's The Brass Are Comin'.