Happy Birthday to Herb Alpert!
Herb Alpert 2017 (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
It's Herb Alpert's 90th birthday. Alpert is best-known for playing trumpet and leading Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. He also formed A&M Records with Jerry Moss, and is the only artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as both vocalist and instrumentalist, with 1968's "This Guy's in Love with You" and 1979's "Rise," respectively. We're celebrating with your favorite tracks featuring horn sections. Arrange them below and we'll spin a set.
Hear your requests weekdays after 9 a.m.
Today's set:
- Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass "A Taste of Honey"
- The Beatles "Got to Get You Into My Life"
- Tom Jones "It's Not Unusual"
- Tower of Power "What Is Hip?"
Sponsored by the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, featuring "Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist." brucemuseum.org.
