Midnight Sun (Herb Alpert album) "Smile", co-written by Charlie Chaplin, whose legendary lot became the home of the A&M Studios back in 1966. Midnight Sun (Herb Alpert album) Midnight Sun is an album of late-night jazz standards recorded by Herb Alpert. This was Alpert's final release of newly recorded music for A&M Records in 1992. It would also mark the 30th anniversary of A&M Records. Featured tracks include "Friends" (an original composition featuring a duet with the late Sax legend Stan Getz recorded in 1990), as well as an orchestral arrangement of the hit "A Taste Of Honey". Alpert offers two vocal efforts, "Someone to
Fandango (Herb Alpert album) positive review, calling it "a masterpiece" and some tracks "spine-chilling". He further stated the material in "Fandango" surpassed that of the earlier Tijuana Brass output. "Stereo Review" was much less enthusiastic, stating that there was "nothing new or different" in the album. Alpert found his Mexican recording experience so positive that he decided to form a sub-label for the Latin market, both in the U.S. and abroad, under the direction of José Quintana. A single from this album, "Route 101", hit the top 40. As of 2018, it is Alpert's last instrumental single to surpass that level. Fandango (Herb Alpert