Herb Alpert was not known as much of a singer on April 22, 1968, he was busy as a record producer for his own A&M records, and with his instrumental band, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. But, when recording a TV special to promote the group's latest album, The Beat of the Brass, Alpert decided the audience deserved to hear something special.
Alpert dedicated the next song to his wife, and began singing This Guy's in Love With You. Soon after the show premiered, CBS was receiving a flood of phone calls about the song, and Alpert decided to release it as a single, it reached the number 1 spot in six weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWjbUAYcxII
Other notable events for April 22:
-John Lennon changed his middle name on April 22, 1969 to honor his new romantic interest, he went from John Winston Lennon to John Ono Lennon
-The Jam released their first single, In the City on April 22, 1977, it peaked at number 40 in the UK charts
-750,000 people attended Earth Day a show in New York's Central Park on April 22, 1990 that starred Hall and Oats, Edie Brickell, the B52's and Ben E. King
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