Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

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Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Herb Alpert Music Awards

Herb Alpert received music awards worldwide. The table allows you to sort by the award, the granting organization, date of award, or country.

Award	Title Track	Organization	Ranking	Date Sort ascending	Country
Contemporary Latin Jazz Album of the Year	Passion Dance	Billboard Latin Music Awards		1998	United States
El Premio		Billboard Latin Music Awards		1997	United States
Urban	Diamonds	Radio & Records All-Time Charts	7	1987	United States
Top 50 Albums	Keep Your Eye On Me	Cash Box	48	1987	United States
Salute to Herb Alpert		New York Brass Conference		1986	United States
Best International	Fandango	Heraldo		1983	Mexico
Top Black Oriented Album Instrumentalist		Record World	3	1980-6	United States
Top Black Oriented Instrumental Single Record	Rise	Record World	1	1980-6	United States
Top Black Oriented Single	Rise	Record World	28	1980-6	United States
Top Black Oriented Single - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	9	1980-6	United States
Top Black Oriented Singles Crossover Artist		Record World	5	1980-6	United States
Top Black Oriented Singles Instrumentalist		Record World	1	1980-6	United States
Top Jazz Album	Rise	Record World	11	1980-7	United States
Top Jazz Album	Rise	Billboard	6	1980	United States
Top Jazz Album - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	7	1980-7	United States
Top Black Oriented Album - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	23	1980-6	United States
Top Jazz Artist		Billboard	10	1980	United States
Top Jazz Artist - Trumpet		Record World	2	1980-7	United States
Top Jazz Artist - Trumpet		Record World	3	1980-12	United States
Top Jazz Single Record - Solo Artist	Beyond	Record World	30	1980-12	United States
Top Jazz Solo Artist		Record World	8	1980-7	United States
Top Pop Album	Rise	Billboard	23	1980	United States
Top Pop Album Artist	Rise/Beyond	Billboard	21	1980	United States
Top Pop Producer		Billboard	65	1980	United States
Top Pop Single	Rise	Billboard	54	1980	United States
Top Pop Single Artist	Rise/Beyond/Rotation	Billboard	38	1980	United States
Top Single Instrumentalist		Record World	1	1980-7	United States
Top Single Record	Rise	Record World	22	1980-7	United States
Top Single Record - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	9	1980-7	United States
Top Soul Album	Rise	Billboard	21	1980	United States
Top Soul Album & Single Artist		Billboard	23	1980	United States
Top Soul Album Artist	Rise/Beyond	Billboard	19	1980	United States
Top Soul Single Artist	Rise/Kamali/Beyond/Rotation/Street Life	Billboard	26	1980	United States
Top Album Male Crossover Artist		Record World	4	1980-7	United States
Top Album Instrumentalist		Record World	1	1980-7	United States
Best Jazz Album	Rise	Creem Magazine Readers Poll	9	1980	United States
Top Album Crossover Artist		Record World	5	1980-7	United States
Top Album - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	14	1980-7	United States
Top Adult Contemporary Artist		Billboard	14	1980	United States
Top Adult Contemporary Single	Rise	Billboard	9	1980	United States
Top Jazz Record - Overall	Rise	Record World	21	1979-12	United States
Top Black Album Insgtrumentalist		Record World	1	1979-12	United States
Top Jazz Record - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	17	1979-12	United States
Top 100 Albums	Rise	Cash Box	48	1979	United States
Pop Adult	Rise	Radio & Records All-Time Charts	1	1979	United States
Most Promising Singles Instrumentalist		Record World	1	1979-12	United States
Top Pop Single	Rise	Billboard	80	1979	United States
Top Pop Single Artist	Rise	Billboard	89	1979	United States
Top Pop Single Instrumentalist	Rise	Billboard	1	1979	United States
Encore Singles Award		Record World		1979-12	United States
Encore Album Award		Record World		1979-12	United States
Top Single Record - Overall	Rise	Record World	20	1979-12	United States
BlackAlbum Encore Award		Record World		1979-12	United States
Top Single Record - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	11	1979-12	United States
Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Rise	Grammy		1979	United States
Top 100 Singles	Rise	Cash Box	18	1979	United States
Top Album Instrumentalist		Record World	1	1979-12	United States
Top Album - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	15	1979-12	United States
Top Adult Contemporary Single	Rise	Billboard	17	1979	United States
Top Black Single - Overall	Rise	Record World	18	1979-12	United States
Top Black Single - Solo Artist	Rise	Record World	7	1979-12	United States
Top Black Singles Crossover Artist Male		Record World	4	1979-12	United States
Top Black Singles Instrumentalist		Record World	1	1979-12	United States
Top Disco Single Instrumentalist		Record World	1	1979-12	United States
Top Instrumental Single	Rise	Record World	2	1979-12	United States
Top Adult Contemporary Artist		Billboard	31	1979	United States
Top Jazz Artist - Trumpet		Record World	2	1979-12	United States
Star		Hollywood Walk of Fame		1977-6-22	United States
Presidential Award - Artist		N.A.R.M.		1971-11	United States
International Trophy for North & South America		MIDEM		1968-1-27	United States
Top Single Record	This Guy's In Love With You	Record World	3	1968-12	United States
Top Male Vocalist		Cash Box	4	1968	United States
Awards for Writer Members		ASCAP		1968	United States
Top Singles Male Vocalist		Record World	2	1968-12	United States
Top 100 Singles	This Guy's in Love with You	Cash Box	9	1968	United States
Billboard Music Man of the Year		Billboard		1966	United States
Best Instrumental Arrangement	What Now My Love	Grammy		1966	United States
Best Instrumental Arrangement	A Taste of Honey	Grammy		1965	United States
New AC Albums	Second Wind	Radio & Records All-Time Charts	10		United States
Top 100 Songs of the Century	What a Wonderful World	BMI	52		United States

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