Herb Alpert "Rise"

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"Rise" is a song written by Andy Armer and Randy Badazz, and recorded by trumpeter Herb Alpert. The instrumental track was included on Alpert's solo album Rise and released as a single in 1979. It reached #1 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. The recording also received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Recorded after a ten-minute-long discofied version of Alpert's first hit, "The Lonely Bull", "Rise" was originally recorded as a fast-paced dance song, but the tempo was slowed down prior to release and re-recorded by Alpert. 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 are played at 33 revolutions per minute, the same as an LP, while British and European 12-inch singles are played as 45 RPM).

Herb Alpert - Rise 1980

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