How trumpet legend Herb Alpert helped the Police, the Carpenters and Janet Jackson ‘Rise’ at A&M Records

How trumpet legend Herb Alpert helped the Police, the Carpenters and Janet Jackson ‘Rise’ at A&M Records

Trumpet legend Herb Alpert once out-sold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the same year with Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass’ “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” the No. 1-selling album of 1966. And six decades later, he recently found himself in the same conversation with Taylor Swift when she tied his long-standing record … Read more

Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records, dead at 88

Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records, dead at 88

Music industry legend Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records in a Los Angeles garage and grew it into a successful label signing the Police, Carpenters, Janet Jackson and other big stars, died at age 88 Wednesday. Moss died of natural causes in his Bel Air, California, home, his family said in a statement. “They truly … Read more