Herb Ohta Herb Ohta Herb Ohta aka Ohta-San is an American Ukulele player born in 1934 in Hawaii who has recorded solo, as a group and with Andre Popp on the A&M Records label, which was co-owned by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. He is also known as "Ohta-San" in Japan and other Asian countries, which is a title of respect for the musician. Ohta was a boy when he was taught his first three chords on the ukulele by his mother. He entered an amateur contest at age 9 and won the $10 first prize. Three years later he met Eddie
Rise (Herb Alpert album) great musicians helping him bring the songs to fruition in the studio. Side One began with the song, "1980", an instrumental theme written by Herb Alpert which NBC Sports executive Don Ohlmeyer had originally commissioned for the network's planned coverage of the Summer Olympics in Moscow, but was used seven years later for as the official theme song for NBC's telecast of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Song number 2 was the title track, "Rise", a #1 hit written by Andy Armer and Randy "Badazz" Alpert. Song number 3 was, "Behind The Rain" written by Herb Alpert. The