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
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