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Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to PolyGram. Alpert has also created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and wife Lani Hall are substantial philanthropists through the operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation. Alpert's musical accomplishments include five No. 1 albums and 28 albums total on the ''Billboard'' Album chart, nine Grammy Awards, fourteen platinum albums, and fifteen gold albums.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.herbalpert.com/biocomponents/bio.html )〕 As of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.herbalpert.com/biocomponents/chrono.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.onamrecords.com/History_1.html )〕 Alpert is the only recording artist to hit No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979). ==Early life and career== Alpert was born and raised in the Boyle Heights section of Eastside Los Angeles, California, the son of Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Alpert. His family was Jewish, and had come to the U.S. from Radomyshl (in present-day Ukraine) and Romania.〔 His father, although a tailor by trade, was also a talented mandolin player. His mother taught violin at a young age. His older brother David was a talented young drummer. Alpert himself began trumpet lessons at the age of eight and played at dances as a teenager. Acquiring an early wire recorder in high school, he experimented on this crude equipment. After graduating from Fairfax High School in 1952, he joined the United States Army and frequently performed at military ceremonies. After his service in the Army, Alpert tried his hand at acting, but eventually settled on pursuing a career in music. While attending the University of Southern California in the 1950s, he was a member of the USC Trojan Marching Band for two years. In 1956, he appeared in the uncredited role "Drummer on Mt. Sinai" in the film ''The Ten Commandments''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Ten Commandments (1956) – Full cast and crew )〕 In 1962, he had an uncredited part in a scene in the film ''Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation'' where he played (and performed a solo) in a dance band. In 1957, Alpert teamed up with Rob Weerts, another burgeoning lyricist, as a songwriter for Keen Records. A number of songs written or co-written by Alpert during the following two years became Top 20 hits, including "Baby Talk" by Jan and Dean, "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke, and "Alley Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles and by Dante & the Evergreens.〔 In 1960, Alpert began his recording career as a vocalist at RCA Records under the name of Dore Alpert.〔 "Tell It to the Birds" was recorded as the first release on the Alpert & Moss label Carnival Records. When Alpert and Moss found that there was prior usage of the Carnival name, their label became A&M Records. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herb Alpert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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