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"This Guy's in Love with You"
Single by Herb Alpert
from the album The Beat of the Brass
B-side(s)"A Quiet Tear"
ReleasedApril 1968
Format7"
GenrePop
Length4:01
LabelA&M Records
Writer(s)Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Peak chart positions
"This Guy's in Love with You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and recorded by Herb Alpert. Although known primarily for his trumpet playing as the leader of the Tijuana Brass, Alpert sang lead vocals on this solo recording.

Alpert originally sang "This Guy's in Love with You" on a 1968 television special. In response to numerous viewer telephone calls, the song was released as a single and reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in June of that year, remaining in the top position for four weeks. It was not only Alpert's first #1 record, but it was also the first #1 record for his A&M record label. For the single's B-side, Alpert chose "A Quiet Tear," an album track from his first album in 1962, The Lonely Bull.

Eleven years later Alpert would become the first (and only) artist to reach the top of the Hot 100 with both a vocal performance and an instrumental performance ("Rise", 1979).

Preceded by
"Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel		Billboard Hot 100 number one single
June 22, 1968		Succeeded by
"Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela

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Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or just TJB
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The Beat of the Brass was the tenth album release by the popular 1960s mariachi-style group Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass'''.

It includes Alpert's major vocal hit, "This Guy's In Love With You".
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A&M Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.

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A&M Records was formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss.
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Hal David (born May 25, 1921 in New York City, New York) is an American lyricist and songwriter. His older brother, Mack David, was also a lyricist and songwriter.

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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
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Hal David (born May 25, 1921 in New York City, New York) is an American lyricist and songwriter. His older brother, Mack David, was also a lyricist and songwriter.

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Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or just TJB
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trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family. The trumpet has the highest register in the brass section; a standard B flat trumpet has a range comparable to the B flat cornet, a piccolo trumpet is an octave higher.
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Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or just TJB
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The Lonely Bull, released in 1962, is the debut album from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, and was also the first album ever released by A&M Records - which was co-founded by Alpert and Jerry Moss.
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Released 1979
Format 7", 12-inch single
Genre Pop
Length 7:35
Label A&M Records
Writer(s) Andy Armer, Randy Badazz Alpert
Producer(s) Herb Alpert, Randy Badazz Alpert
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Released April 1968
Format 7" single
Recorded 1968
Genre Folk Rock
Length 3:50
Label Columbia Records
Writer(s) Paul Simon
Producer(s) Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
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