Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - Lollipops And Roses

[nostalgiaguy1941]

Yes, most iconic album cover that I can remember. Oh, the music is pretty damn good too!

[gto66solstice08]

The very begininng of the "protest music" time, and I learned of 1960's Big Band .... Love 'em both, but the TJB has staying power.

[frankmicman]

Whipped Cream sold over 6 million copies in the United States and the album cover alone is considered a classic pop culture icon. It featured model Dolores Erickson wearing chiffon and shaving cream. The picture was taken at a time when Erickson was three months pregnant. The cover was so popular with Alpert fans that, during concerts, when about to play the song "Whipped Cream", Alpert would tell the audience, "Sorry, we can't play the cover for you!"

[Mulsanne917flatout]

@frankmicman Best Album Cover ever...was that what you meant? :D Or wanted to say but couldn't? LOL! Then, please, let me do the honors:

BEST ALBUM COVER EVER!!!!!

Fan TAS tic!

[frankmicman]

@Mulsanne917flatout Right, that's what I meant!

[bmwbmwus]

@Mulsanne917flatout

Couldn't have said it better myself, Frank!

[dirtygirlof76]

My folks absolutely loved Herb Alpert. Plus James Last, etc. They had pretty good taste in music I guess. I just heard this song on a CBC French Radio II Espace Musique. And I had to some here and hear it again. Brings back alot of great memories.

[tadroid]

Man, oh, MAN! Does this album cover bring back some guilty childhood memories. I would stare and stare and that fabulously, amazingly hot brunette knowing . . . hoping. . . wishing she was butt naked under all that whipped cream! Thanks Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass!!!

[dabthe1st]

@disastertom....WRONG SONG for the dating game....right artist tho....keep searching....

[actormanic]

@dabthe1st Actually, although "Whipped Cream" was used as the intro to the bachelorette, "Lollipops and Roses" was in fact used as the theme for when the bachelor(ette) learned about the person chosen for the date. "Spanish Flea", a song taken from the TJB's next album Going Places, was used as the theme for the bachelor.

[dougfrombaltimore]

thumbs up.. if you remember this album cover to be the most risque' thing you ever saw when you were a kid... !!!

[123WalshJack]

Heard this by Jack Jones, when watching Mad Men season 2. The T.J. Brass did a great job at it too.

[angeldearte]

Doy gracias al usuario que ha subido este disco porque llevaba 43 años sin volverlo a escuchar , verdaderamente los usuarios que suben estos discos nos hacen un favor muy grande a los amantes de la buena música  muchas gracias

[angeldearte]

Este disco lo recordaba de memoria desde el año que se publicó lo tocaban mucho por la radio , y recuerdo mucho esta canción de Rosas y pirulis , y han tenido que pasar 43 años para que vuelva a oir esta canción , y todo gracias a Internet y a los usuarios de You Tube , doy gracias al usuario que ha subido este disco , nos hace un favor muy grande a los amantes de la música

[santostenoch7]

@angeldearte yo tengo algunos discos de herb Alpert aun en LP, los he conservado como nuevos :)

[trumpetchump]

Herb KICKS ASS!!

[xMeanBean]

love all of their music

[martinbonis]

I used to whack off to this album cover. Spunkalicious!

[universityofwtmp]

There now. That ought to patch you up.

[PullMyPeeper]

I play this in the morning when I get dressed and ready for work .

[badoocee]

Music from the Lords of Dogtown film...still awesome music though...of course.

[ealfredson]

There was an ALBUM in there?????????? I just framed the jacket and put it on my wall and dreamed about eating all the whipped cream, LOL

[geoffmount147]

What an awesome cover after all these years......good music too

[willardlockejr]

@geoffmount147 One of the top ten album covers of all time. I don't know where you would rank it, but it would definitely be in my top ten. And an awesome album cover after almost 50 years!!!

[casey3234]

@willardlockejr Right ON!  I cannot think of an album cover to top it.... maybe the Stones "Sticky Fingers?"

[willardlockejr]

@casey3234 Yeah, the Stones "Sticky Fingers" comes pretty close, but I still like Herb's album. And the model (Delores Erickson) was three months pregnant when she did this classic album cover. And the tunes were also first rate as well. Just an outstanding album cover, the kind that they just don't any more.

[Zomo65]

actually i was kidding about the herb alpert sucks thing i am a huge herb alpert music lover and i wanted to see the reaction to my comment

[Zomo65]

HERB ALPERT SUCKS!

[seizetheweakened]

@Zomo65 If that's true then why did you 'like' this clip?

[emrrbv]

this is the greatest song by herb alpert of all time----and he had some biggies.

[lsmftymf]

@emrrbv Easily one of the top 5. Herb Alpert's best in my opinion? "Route 101."

[johnopone]

THE GIRL ON THE COVER IS I THINK OLGA SAN JUAN BORN ABOUT 1925

AND APPEARED IN SEVERAL MUSICALS, ERICSON I THINK NOT.THESE MUMS AND DADS DID A LOT OF DANCING. I THINK YOU WERE ALL DREAMING MATE.

[SecurityPro2704]

They just don't record music like this anymore. This is when musician really knew how to play instruments. There is nothing like the sound of brass, trumpets, trombone and French horn. I remember "stealing" this album out of my parents record collection and listening to it through head phones. I fell in love with big brass and bands like Herb Alpert. Today's "music" is for the most part pain in my ears. I'm in my 40's but love stuff from when my parents were young.

[SecurityPro2704]

At age 74 she still looks pretty good. Saw a photo of her from a radio interview.

[Wetoddid9]

I remembering seeing TJB live in San Mateo Calif (Circle Star Theater) in the mid 60's...and they played this song even before it was released.....

[01RoboDemon]

copped this album today for $1.99

[DancingSpiderman]

Okay, Ladies.... "what would your husband say he is the one thing he would absolutely FORBID YOU to put on his weener?"

Lady#1 : "Ben-Gay!"

camera pans over to Lady#2 : nods her head in the affirmative.

camera moves on over to Lady#3: also nods her head Yes.

camera moves back the the game show host... he's laughing his head off.

[JOEP123ful]

herb was still using session players at the time of this album...he would hire the tjb in 1966...hal blaine was the drummer on this album...the late nick ceroli took over the drum kit in 1966.

[Eltamir]

And now, here's your host, Jim Lange!

[mirrorsphere]

great album. These guys were my first childhood musical inspirations. And yeah, I remember am/fm/phono hi-fi. GREAT stuff.

Ahh, those were the days. I miss them horribly. The world seemed so much more benign...

[tpfarfan]

I'm absolutely in love with the chick on the cover.....even though she's probably in her early 70's now

[SecurityPro2704]

@tpfarfan The model is Delores Erickson, believe it or not she is actually 3 months pregnant in the photos. The "Whipped Cream" is not whipped cream at all but rather Barbasol Shaving Cream, under the hot lights of the photo studio real whipped cream kept melting, so shaving cream instead was used, except for a dollop on her head. Being pregnant her bust was rather enlarged. She was born in 1937 so yes that would put her in her 70's. So 1965-1937= 28, what a hottie she was!

[willardlockejr]

@SecurityPro2704 You know the behind the scenes on how they put the album cover together. And they also shot several other photos of Delores (which they did not use) before going with the now famous album cover . And it's still one of the best album covers of all time (in my opinion). But did you also know that she was also an actress and did some small parts on TV in the late 50's?

[dreamcommander1]

memories of Mum and dad bopping around!

dreamcommander1

[azbaldy5]

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY DIANE, I LOVE YOU !

[azbaldy5]

I LOVE THE TJB'S VERSION OF THIS SONG IT'S DEFINITLY MY FAVORITE !

[blueagate]

I used to put this on the stereo as a kid and dance around. I loved it! Brings back nice memories thanks for posting this. My Dad still has these vinyls unfrotunately we can't find a needle to play them on the floor model stereo! Remember those? Umm lets see I think I'll take the coppertone do for the kitchen. Avocado can hurt your eyes in bright light LOL! BRADY BUNCH!

[ptollis565]

The DATING GAME SONG!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!

[StevieB1362]

Which will it be...avocado or coppertone appliances in your new kitchen? And of course, you do want your counter tops & carpets to match the appliances, don't you? That's why Leave it to Beaver & other sitcoms of the 60's were so benign, they were in black & white. It's always cool to see the Better Homes & Gardens & other magazines from the 60's & 70's, just to see the decor. Can anybody say "Brady Bunch?"

[deathking342]

Herb Alpert is truly a master of music!

[HunterMann]

Trivia: One of the greatest LP covers! The model was actually 3 months pregnant at the time(see Wikipedia). Notice that she is draped with a white sheet or blanket and the shaving cream(not whipped cream) is placed here & there. I read that the only actual whipped cream was on her right index finger.

This LP cover was parodied by many people, as well variations on it for tribute LPs like Peter Nero's.

Best new tribute band: Black Sombrero Brass from Baltimore/Wash DC area... wow!

[stevenjmancini]

I was moving furniture yesterday in order to set up the X-mas tree for my parents and I noticed this album from still in tact and playable after 40 plus years.

I'm amazed at shear quality and quantity of great solid music on one album. Unlike most of the disposable music being created today, this album is timeless!

[HunterMann]

@stevenjmancini Yes, record albums are incredibly resilient if kept away from heat sources and handled carefully. Yes, this LP puts most other from that era to shame since it's all hits. Every Herb Alpert & the TJB is worth owning, on records, tapes or on CDs.

[stevenjmancini]

I found this long lost song on the Dog Town & The Zepher Boys sound track. I think it would be a great video to attach to this great song.

I just noticed on the comments "Bachlorette number 1 2... I couldn't remember where I originally herd this, Thanks- Great memories!

[disastertom]

So, which will be? Bachlorette number 1, bachlorette number 2, or bachlorette number 3?

[museack]

@disastertom These days it would be bachelor #1 picking bachelor #2.

[Xanthippe9000]

@disastertom I think the theme to the Dating Game was Whipped Cream.

[johnopone]

didnt someone think that the girl on the cover was koot ?

[mr10pm]

What a GREAT back beat! This guy grooves on the traps!

[MyHeadHurts79]

An amazing album, inside and (ahem!) out!

[billyjoeboomboom]

My favorite from this album too, with Bittersweet Samba coming in close second.

[slide4180]

Wow, we had the original LP when I was growing up. Heck, my coming of age might have been trying to see thru that whipped cream!

[ctrealtorlady]

my parents used to put this on the big console in the 8 track player and dance in the living room. it was weird.

[StevieB1362]

@ctrealtorlady You're not alone. There's a whole generation of us weirdos. You couldn't beat those console stereos. Like great battleships they were. Ours didn't have an 8-track, just am/fm & phonograph. When we'd get too rowdy & jump too much the records would skip. Those were the days kid ! ! Let's hope they have those stereophonic consoles in Heaven?!

[MrsClippit]

@ctrealtorlady What was so weird about it? Its a great song!! GREAT BAND!!! Its a feel good band!!!

[AWilliamFry]

@ctrealtorlady Your comment makes me laugh every time I read it because my parents did the same and I always thought it was so embarrassing (Although I did and do like the song).

[RandyTownsendman]

Anybody else remember The Dating Game's Jim Lange introducing the bachelors to this song?

[QBCNetwork]

@RandyTownsendman Actually, it was at the end of the game. Jim would introduce the bachelor(ette) the bachelor(ette) picked for his/her date. Then they would meet.

[jr6020]

The best tune on this fantastic album (yes, even better than "Taste of Honey"). What a great arrangement too. The music of the Brass will live on for generations...Jim, Columbus, OH

[revkrull]

@jr6020

I agree with you, Jim. Unforgettable melodies, great arrangements, and expert execution.

...from RK in Dayton, OH

[8BitFox]

HA! this song was used in a particularly funny Anime music video done by Kushaba. check it out! its called "Watanuki's Freakouts"

[cicastle]

Happy Birthday Herb!! (75)  3-31-2010