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Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ~
Summertime
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Summertime lyrics
Summertime,
An’ the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
An’ the cotton is high.
Oh yo’ daddy's rich
An’ yo’ mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don' yo’ cry.
One of these mornin’s
You're goin’ to rise up singin’
Then you'll spread yo’ wings
An’ you'll take the sky.
But till that mornin’
There's a-nothin’ can harm you
With daddy an’ mammy standin’ by.
Repeat first two verses
In 1965, the
Tijuana Brass
were one of the highest paid touring/recording acts. In 1966, they sold
over 13 million records, outselling The Beatles! Also in 1966, The
Guiness Book Of World Records reported they set a new record by placing
five albums simultaneously on the Top 20 of the Billboard Pop LP Chart,
an accomplishment that has never been duplicated! In April of 1966, four
of those albums were in the Top 10 simultaneously. They won six Grammy
Awards, had fifteen Gold albums, fourteen of which went Platinum. I hear
you saying, "The Tijuana Brass?"!
Yes!
Alpert brought a refreshing
tonality
to the sounds of the sixties. It was a pop music alternative to the
other types of mostly guitar based rock music that were defining the
era. He was very important in giving instrumental music a place on the
musical landscape, so to speak, and popularizing the trumpet. A second
aspect was the way he attacked each note. The attacks were always clean
and well defined yet delicate.
In an
interview by Gary James with
bass guitarist,
Pat Senatore, Senatore said Alpert used multiple overdubs to give the trumpet(s) more of a section sound.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Hurt So Bad 2:20
Catch A Falling Star 3:00
Martha My Dear 2:07
If You Could Read My Mind 2:39
Darlin' 2:50
Side 2:
Summertime 2:10
Jerusalem 2:33
The Nicest Things Happen 3:12
Montezuma's Revenge 2:41
Strike Up The Band 2:33
Credits:
Producer – Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Summertime
Label: A&M Records – OR-4314
Format: 7½ ips reel-to-reel tape
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Jazz, Latin
Style: Easy Listening, Latin Jazz
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