The legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert has had one hell of a life in music. Consider: This guy co-wrote “Wonderful World” for Sam Cooke, and he did that 64 years ago. In the ’60s, Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, his big band, sold a whole lot of horny easy-listening instrumental music. Their album Whipped Cream And Other Delights was the biggest-selling LP of 1966. (Alpert actually had three of that year’s five most successful albums; his only competition was the Sound Of Music soundtrack and Revolver.) Alpert landed his first #1 hit when he sang Burt Bacharach’s “This Guy’s In Love With You” in 1968, and his funky 1979 instrumental smash “Rise” became the basis of Biggie Smalls’ “Hypnotize.” Alpert also co-founded A&M Records, and he was still making hits with A&M star Janet Jackson deep into the ’80s. He’s still going now. Amazing.