One of the only music albums I recall my parents owning was the greatest hits of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Alpert and the TJB were an oddity, faux-Mexican instrumentalists with an L.A. studio gloss. A tune almost ubiquitous in our household during my childhood:
Enjoy the slightly salacious cover from the song's original LP.
I learned much later that Herb in not Latinx--he's actually Ukranian-Jewish(!). And the touring version of the TJB had exactly zero Mexican musicians. (I think Los Lobos would like to have a word with Herb...)
Mr. Alpert leveraged his original hit recordings on his own A&M records (cofounded with his buddy Jerry Moss) into a music empire he eventually sold to Polygram for $500 million.
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"A Taste of Honey"
https://youtu.be/NC38-qqiVgg
Enjoy the slightly salacious cover from the song's original LP.
I learned much later that Herb in not Latinx--he's actually Ukranian-Jewish(!). And the touring version of the TJB had exactly zero Mexican musicians. (I think Los Lobos would like to have a word with Herb...)
Mr. Alpert leveraged his original hit recordings on his own A&M records (cofounded with his buddy Jerry Moss) into a music empire he eventually sold to Polygram for $500 million.
Now that's a taste of honey.