Rise - Herb Alpert (1979)

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"Rise" is a song written by Andy Armer and Randy Badazz Alpert, and first recorded by jazz trumpeter Herb Alpert. The instrumental track was included on Alpert's solo album "Rise" and released as a single in 1979. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October of that year and remained in the top position for two weeks. Herb Alpert thus became the first (and only) artist to reach the top of the Hot 100 with a vocal performance ("This Guy's In Love With You", 1968) as well as an instrumental performance. "Rise" also spent one week atop the Adult Contemporary chart. "Rise" was successful on several other charts. It peaked at number four on the Soul chart and number seventeen on the Disco chart. The recording also received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. "Rise" was originally recorded as an uptempo dance song. However, Herb and Randy tried slowing the tempo down to 100 bpm. Upon release, the song received an unexpected burst of promotion. Jill Phelps, musical director of the ABC soap opera General Hospital, decided to use "Rise" as the musical backdrop for the rape of Laura Webber by Luke Spencer. For several weeks afterward, the recording was played on the show to evoke the memory of Luke's act. The added exposure in an extremely popular program boosted sales to the point of selling more than two million copies. Shortly after "Rise" became a hit in the United States, it became a hit in the United Kingdom when British disk jockeys were playing import copies of the record at the wrong speed (American 12-inch singles were played at 33 revolutions per minute, the same as an LP, while British and European 12-inch singles were played at 45 RPM). A sample of "Rise" is the entire musical groove of the 1997 #1 world-wide hit song, "Hypnotize", recorded by The Notorious B.I.G. and co-produced by Sean 'Puffy' Combs. The sample is credited on both the single, "Hypnotize" and in the liner notes for the Notorious B.I.G's album, "Life After Death". Herbert 'Herb' Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or just TJB. He is also a recording industry executive, the 'A' of A&M Records (a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold). Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums. As an artist, Alpert has sold over 72 million albums worldwide. This channel is dedicated to the classic jazz music you've loved for years. The smokin' hot, icy cool jams that still make you tap your feet whenever you hear them . . . Cool Jazz is here!

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