Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull

Artist - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Song - The Lonely Bull
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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 just TJB. He is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records (a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold).

Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums.[1] As of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide


Alpert set up a small recording studio in his garage and had been overdubbing a tune called "Twinkle Star", written by Sol Lake, who would eventually write many of the Brass' original tunes. During a visit to Tijuana, Mexico, Alpert happened to hear a mariachi band while attending a bullfight. Following the experience, Alpert recalled that he was "inspired to find a way to musically express what [he] felt while watching the wild responses of the crowd, and hearing the brass musicians introducing each new event with rousing fanfare."[4] Alpert adapted the trumpet style to the tune, mixed in crowd cheers and other noises to create ambiance, and renamed the song, "The Lonely Bull". He paid out of his own pocket to press the record as a single, and it spread through radio DJs until it caught on and became a Top Ten hit in 1962. He followed up quickly with his debut album, The Lonely Bull by "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass". Originally the Tijuana Brass was just Alpert overdubbing his own trumpet, slightly out of sync. The title cut reached #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. This was A&M's first album (the original number was 101), although it was recorded at Conway Records.

By the end of 1964, because of a growing demand for live appearances by the Tijuana Brass, Alpert auditioned and hired a team of crack session men. No one in Alpert's band was actually Hispanic (Alpert himself is Jewish). Alpert used to tell his audiences that his group consisted of "Three pastramis, two bagels, and an American cheese": John Pisano (electric guitar); Lou Pagani (piano); Nick Ceroli (drums); Pat Senatore (bass guitar); Tonni Kalash (trumpet); Herb Alpert (trumpet and vocal); Bob Edmondson (trombone). The band debuted in 1965 and quickly became one of the highest-paid acts then performing, having put together a complete revue that included choreographed moves and comic routines.

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[wmbtgd]

Truly awesome! Thanks for posting this-memories, memories

[TheMrIvanyvienen]

que chingon sonido the tijuana brass

[nudist0885]

A quick show of hands,

Who came in here after hearing the story on Herb Alpert on Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood (hosted by Russ Mitchell on June 5th 2011)?

[Thatevilmidget]

How many years has it been since I heard this song...? I can't count 'em, but I know it's been far too many.

[Tony9r]

Ahhhh... memories of beind a kid listening to the Herb Alpert 8 track in my parents car!!! BRILLIANT!

[flashevolution]

i want this song to be played at my funeral so i can go out in style

[veewig]

Wow - thanx for one of my all-time faves ----

[WilliamDRowlett]

This is great. I love the scenes of the businessmen with briefcases high-tailing it when the "mob" shows up. Funny.

[anitashelby]

lol...hilarous! Love the music!!! Thankyou...Anita..