Daily entertainment news covering Herb Alpert en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/31/celebrity_birthdays_march_122 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 109784@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/11/oprah_tops_generous_stars_list Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 97998@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oprah Winfrey has been named America's leading philanthropic celebrity after handing over more than $50 million to charities in the past year. The media queen tops a new list of generous stars,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/31/celebrity_birthdays_march_82 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 80735@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/15/motown_records_founder_to_receive_icon_a Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:50:21 EST Entertainment News 74458@http://www.starpulse.com/news Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is to be honored for his contribution to American music at an exclusive post-Grammy Awards event in Los Angeles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/20/herb_alpert_gives_30_million_to_fund_uni Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:15:26 EST Entertainment News 68522@http://www.starpulse.com/news Trumpeter Herb Alpert has donated $30 million to pay for a new music school at the University Of California, Los Angeles. The music mogul gave the money to the university's Los Angeles campus via his Herb Alpert Foundation.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/19/mocean_worker_s_cinco_de_mowo_due_june_26 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:19:54 EST Entertainment News 47854@http://www.starpulse.com/news On the fifth album of his career, appropriately titled Cinco De MOWO!, Adam Dorn a.k.a. Mocean Worker (pronounced Motion Worker) has assembled the quintessential "shake your ass and get down record" of 2007.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/03/mark_ronson_remixes_modern_classics_on_v Thu, 03 May 2007 18:32:57 EST Entertainment News 40855@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's hard to imagine how Producer, DJ, Artist, and Allido label boss Mark Ronson found the time to bring this album to fruition.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/31/celebrity_birthdays_march_49 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 33091@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935), "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones (1934), prolific actor Richard Chamberlain (1934), hockey legend Gordie Howe (1928), and Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn (1732; d. 1809).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/20/bowling_for_soup_returns_with_the_great_ Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:37:57 EST Entertainment News 16467@http://www.starpulse.com/news Writing one perfect album is hard enough. But nine? Come on! Who else in the history of recorded sound has even dared reach such a milestone? Neil Young? Bob Dylan? Herb Alpert? Tiny Tim? Throw out greatest-hits packages, and you've got maybe half a decent album among them! No, the only band to have hit the nine-album mark without so much as a bum note is Denton, Texas' Bowling for Soup. And there's no debating those stats, so don't even try!

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/03/31/celebrity_birthdays_march_31 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:00:42 EST Entertainment News 4027@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935), "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones (1934), prolific actor Richard Chamberlain (1934), hockey legend Gordie Howe (1928), and Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn (1732; d. 1809).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/01/26/classic_herb_alpert_album_gets_remixed Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:01:12 EST Entertainment News 2182@http://www.starpulse.com/news Legendary trumpeter, arranger, recording artist and music-industry trailblazer Herb Alpert has connected with a stellar crew of visionary remixers on Rewhipped, due March 7th on Shout! Factory. The 12-song collection serves up groovalicious takes on every track from Whipped Cream & Other Delights (click for review), the landmark, 4X Grammy-winning 1965 LP by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass that spent eight weeks at #1 when it was originally released.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/28/2006_rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_inductee Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:45:36 EST Entertainment News 812@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced its 2006 Inductees. This year's class includes Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Sex Pistols, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award going to Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss. The Twenty-First Annual Induction Ceremony will be held Monday, March 13th 2006 in New York at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Here's some more info on this year's inductees...

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