Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2013. In 2006, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has received many accolades, including a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Īlpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist (' This Guy's in Love with You', 1968) and an instrumentalist (' Rise', 1979). 1 albums he has scored 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the Billboard 200 chart, five of which became No. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss.

Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called 'Herb Alpert and the TJB') in the 1960s.