Category: Herb Alpert

BILLBOARD! A HERB ALPERT A&M RECORDS CLASSIC LP AD! APRIL 1965

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Billboard (photo below; captioned) April 1965

“Los Angeles trumpeter Herb Albert and his band The Tijuana Brass promoting their newest album, ‘Whip Cream & Other Delights‘ on his own A&M Records label.”

A MCRFB Note: The model seen sitting in the LP cut-out, as pictured, is the same model Herb Alpert had displayed for his album cover.

The above Billboard 04/24/1965 ad was digitally re-imaged and completely restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

Audio digitally remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN: 03 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!

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“The Christmas Song” (commonly subtitled “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” or, as it was originally subtitled, “Merry Christmas to You“) is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé.

The contemporary Holiday classic was included as a late-1968 album entry covered by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass’ for their ‘Christmas Album’, as it was titled. It was the group’s eleventh release. The LP edition of the album was issued twice. The song was listed as track four on the A-Side of the LP. It was also the B-side to their released Christmas single, “My Favorite Things“.

The single was released on December 7, 1968, according to Billboard. The Christmas Song peaked at #1 and stayed on top of the Christmas charts for 3 weeks.

Collaborating with Alpert in the production was his usual cadre of musicians: Nick Ceroli (drums/percussion), Bob Edmondson (trombone), Tonni Kalash (trumpet), Lou Pagani (keyboards), John Pisano (guitars/mandolin) and Pat Senatore (bass). Perennial sideman, Julius Wechter, appears on marimba and percussion. Alpert provides lead vocals on “The Christmas Song” and “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle,” and there are also appearances by a studio choir and string instruments, arranged by Shorty Rogers.

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Sources: Wikipedia; Billboard’s Christmas in the Charts 1920-2004

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For previous Holiday Yule Tides Countdown record #04 GO HERE

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THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1968 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

‘HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS CHRISTMAS ALBUM‘

— ABOUT THIS LP —

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‘Christmas Album’ is a late-1968 album by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. It was the group’s eleventh release. The LP edition of the album was issued twice. The album contains a mixture of popular Christmas-season music, mostly American secular standards. Collaborating with Alpert in the production was his usual cadre of musicians: Nick Ceroli (drums/percussion), Bob Edmondson (trombone), Tonni Kalash (trumpet), Lou Pagani (keyboards), John Pisano (guitars/mandolin) and Pat Senatore (bass). Perennial sideman, Julius Wechter, appears on marimba and percussion. Alpert provides lead vocals on “The Christmas Song” and “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle,” and there are also appearances by a studio choir and string instruments, arranged by Shorty Rogers.

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(Source: Wikipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album.

 

HERB ALPERT CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1968

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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN! 10 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

‘MY FAVORITE THINGS‘

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“My Favorite Things” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass released a version in 1969 as a single from their 1968 album, Christmas Album. It reached No. 45 on the Billboard 100.

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(Source: WiKipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

 

DECEMBER 16 * 10 * HERB ALPERT

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A ’68 HOLIDAY MEMORY. THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS!

 

HERB ALPERT CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1968

 

 

—HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS CHRISTMAS ALBUM—

Christmas Album is a late-1968 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was the group’s eleventh release. The LP edition of the album was issued twice. The album contains a mixture of popular Christmas-season music, mostly American secular standards. Collaborating with Alpert in the production was his usual cadre of musicians: Nick Ceroli (drums/percussion), Bob Edmondson (trombone), Tonni Kalash (trumpet), Lou Pagani (keyboards), John Pisano (guitars/mandolin) and Pat Senatore (bass). Perennial sideman, Julius Wechter, appears on marimba and percussion. Alpert provides lead vocals on “The Christmas Song” and “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle,” and there are also appearances by a studio choir and string instruments, arranged by Shorty Rogers.

(Source: WiKipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album.

 

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A HOLIDAY TUNES COUNTDOWN! 07 CHRISTMAS DAYS

 

 

 

—MY FAVORITE THINGS—

“My Favorite Things” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass released a version in 1969 as a single from their 1968 album, Christmas Album. It reached No. 45 on the Billboard 100.

(Source: WiKipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

 

 

HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS * 06 * DECEMBER 20

 

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SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1968 HOLIDAY LP MEMORY

 

HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS * CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1968

 

 

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album

 

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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * Herb Alpert * 06/16/68 – 07/13/1968

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING June 22, 1968

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!

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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “This Guy’s In Love With You” by Herb Alpert peaked this week at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. June 16 through July 13, 1968. (Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1968 GO HERE.

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