Carnival Records Carnival Records Carnival Records was the name given to at least three record labels. Carnival was the name of a record label by Wanamaker's department stores. Records produced for the John Wanamaker Carnival label were often 78 rpm records in the jazz genre. In 1961, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss started a short-lived label that was the precursor to A&M Records. They released two singles. "Tell It to the Birds"/"Fallout Shelter" by Dore Alpert was distributed by Dot Records outside California. "Dore Alpert" was the name Herb Alpert used as a vocalist. The second single, "Love Is Back in Style"/"Peppermint
Herb Alpert in the history of Southern California, and the second-largest gift in the history of the state. In the late 1980s, Alpert started H. Alpert and Co., a short-lived perfume company, which sold through higher-end department stores like Nordstrom. The company launched with two scents, Listen and Listen for Men. Alpert compared perfume to music, with high and low notes. He is owner of the Vibrato Jazz Grill in the Beverly Glen area of Los Angeles. Alpert was married to Sharon Mae Lubin from 1956 to 1971. They had two children together: daughter, Eden, and son, Dore. Since December 1973, Alpert