Herb Alpert, being the A in A&M Records in addition to his Tijuana Brass gig, would ask his songwriting pals if they had tunes they personally liked, but for whatever reason didn’t sell. So Burt Bacharach and Hal David reworked this ditty for Herb to sing to his first wife on a TJB TV special in April 1968. The response was so strong it was rush-released as a single two days after the show aired and went straight to the top. In 1979 Alpert took “Rise” to #1 as well, making him the first ever to have a vocal and instrumental chart-topper. On a side note, Bacharach and David gave Herb another song at the time. Alpert held onto it, waiting for the right act to come along. A&M eventually signed this sibling act from Southern California, and Herb gave the Carpenters “Close To You” which became their first #1 in 1970.
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