Herb Alpert West Coast band We Five. Among the notable artists he worked with personally are Chris Montez, The Carpenters, Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, Bill Medley, Lani Hall (Alpert's second and current wife), Liza Minnelli and Janet Jackson (featured vocalist on his 1987 hit single "Diamonds"). These working relationships allowed Alpert to place singles in the Top 10 in three different decades (1960s, 1970s, and 1980s). Alpert and A&M Records partner Jerry Moss agreed in 1987 to sell A&M to PolyGram Records for a reported $500 million. Both would continue to manage the label until 1993, when they left because of
A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature is a 1966 short animated film featuring two songs from the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album "Going Places". The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1967. It was written and direct by John and Faith Hubley, who had previously won for "Moonbird" and "The Hole". It is considered to be an early prototypical example of a music video, and has not been released onto home media. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures. Emery Hawkins