I thought it would be fun to post the top-selling Herb Alpert songs on iTunes.
First the list, and then some statistics.
1. This Guy's In Love With You
2. Rise
3. A Taste of Honey
4. Spanish Flea
5. Tijuana Taxi
6. The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)
7. Casino Royale
8. Whipped Cream
9. Zorba The Greek
10. The Girl From Ipanema
11. Whipped Cream (Rewhipped version)
12. Green Peppers
13. Mexican Shuffle
14. Rotation
15. Chasing Shadows
16. Bittersweet Samba
17. Love Potion #9
18. South of the Border
19. Walk, Don't Run
20. 1980
Now, slicing-and-dicing the list:
15 of the 20 songs are from the Tijuana Brass era
1 song from THE LONELY BULL
None from VOLUME 2
3 from SOUTH OF THE BORDER
5 from the original WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHER DELIGHTS
4 from GOING PLACES
Surprisingly, none from WHAT NOW MY LOVE even though it was Herb's best (or second-best) selling TJB album. But, see my note about "Bubbling under" later on.
No songs from S.R.O. either, not even "The Work Song" which was a hit and had TV special exposure. (See below, again.)
One each from SOUNDS LIKE and BEAT OF THE BRASS .
Sadly, nothing from any of the iTunes exclusive albums.
Then, the solo years:
3 songs from RISE
and one each from REWHIPPED and a various-artists collection.
Six of the TJB songs are from the band's stable of songwriters, and four of those are by Sol Lake.
Only four of the 20 songs had been hits for other artists before Herb got hold of them (as far as I can tell).
The fact that the best selling song is a vocal, yet it's the ONLY vocal on the list, should encourage Herb to make any future albums instrumental-only!
Bubbling under: The next three songs in order are "What Now My Love," "The Work Song" and the RE-WHIPPED version of "A Taste of Honey."
How else can we analyze this list?
First the list, and then some statistics.
1. This Guy's In Love With You
2. Rise
3. A Taste of Honey
4. Spanish Flea
5. Tijuana Taxi
6. The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)
7. Casino Royale
8. Whipped Cream
9. Zorba The Greek
10. The Girl From Ipanema
11. Whipped Cream (Rewhipped version)
12. Green Peppers
13. Mexican Shuffle
14. Rotation
15. Chasing Shadows
16. Bittersweet Samba
17. Love Potion #9
18. South of the Border
19. Walk, Don't Run
20. 1980
Now, slicing-and-dicing the list:
15 of the 20 songs are from the Tijuana Brass era
1 song from THE LONELY BULL
None from VOLUME 2
3 from SOUTH OF THE BORDER
5 from the original WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHER DELIGHTS
4 from GOING PLACES
Surprisingly, none from WHAT NOW MY LOVE even though it was Herb's best (or second-best) selling TJB album. But, see my note about "Bubbling under" later on.
No songs from S.R.O. either, not even "The Work Song" which was a hit and had TV special exposure. (See below, again.)
One each from SOUNDS LIKE and BEAT OF THE BRASS .
Sadly, nothing from any of the iTunes exclusive albums.
Then, the solo years:
3 songs from RISE
and one each from REWHIPPED and a various-artists collection.
Six of the TJB songs are from the band's stable of songwriters, and four of those are by Sol Lake.
Only four of the 20 songs had been hits for other artists before Herb got hold of them (as far as I can tell).
The fact that the best selling song is a vocal, yet it's the ONLY vocal on the list, should encourage Herb to make any future albums instrumental-only!
Bubbling under: The next three songs in order are "What Now My Love," "The Work Song" and the RE-WHIPPED version of "A Taste of Honey."
How else can we analyze this list?