Working out of a combination office/recording studio above Alpert's garage, the label was intended to bear the name Carnival Records but renamed after the duo's initials. A&M Records had an out-of-the-gate smash with Alpert's own mariachi-influenced "The Lonely Bull," a No. He quickly assembled a crack team of session players as The Tijuana Brass, and became a certified hitmaker with a series of instrumental jazz records, most notably 1965's landmark Whipped Cream & Other Delights.Īlpert had an incredible knack for pushing the talents of others beyond his own not long after Whipped Cream's hit "A Taste of Honey" took home a Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Alpert signed Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 to A&M. 1 hit with Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "This Guy's In Love With You" (which he had introduced on the CBS television special The Beat of the Brass). 1 on the Hot 100 and Alpert's first vocal to chart. Two years later, in 1970, Alpert sent another song by the duo, (They Long To Be) Close To You," to a recent A&M signee: the Carpenters. Their rendition was the second best-selling single of the year. Since then, A&M has been home to blockbuster artists including Joe Cocker, The Captain & Tennille, The Police, Peter Frampton, Styx, Squeeze, Sheryl Crow, Soundgarden, and many more. Through it all, Alpert kept recording, scoring another chart-topper with the disco instrumental "Rise" in 1979. His last major Top 5 hit was 1987's "Diamonds," a duet with Janet Jackson, A&M's newest star at the time (with writing and production from longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.) After years of independence, Alpert and Moss sold A&M to Polygram in 1987 for a reported $500 million since then, the duo created another label, Almo Sounds, which became Alpert's recording home for several years. He continues to record and tour, often alongside Brasil '66 singer Lani Hall - his wife since 1973 - and also devotes time to sculpture and donating a significant portion of his fortune to music education programs, including UCLA and CalArts. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Moss in 2006, Alpert continues to add trophies to his collection, including two big ones in 2013: a National Medal of the Arts and his eighth career Grammy Award for the album Steppin' Out. THE KNACK DISCOGRAPHY TORRENTS FULLįull pre-order links and track info are below.
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