How trumpet legend Herb Alpert helped the Police, the Carpenters and Janet Jackson ‘Rise’ at A&M Records

Trumpet legend Herb Alpert once out-sold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the same year with Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass’ “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” the No. 1-selling album of 1966.

And six decades later, he recently found himself in the same conversation with Taylor Swift when she tied his long-standing record for having four albums in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time.

“I did a little video to congratulate her,” Alpert told The Post. “You know, I don’t listen to her records all the time. But I like her a lot. I think she’s smart, she’s sensitive, she certainly knows her audience, and she has a point of view. I think she’s great.”

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