A&M Records sold hundreds of millions of albums and singles worldwide. Known as the artist-friendly label A&M is most often associated with artists like Herb Alpert, Burt Bacharach, Carpenters, The Police, Styx, Supertramp, Bryan Adams, Peter Frampton, Sergio Mendes, Quincy Jones, Janet Jackson, Carole King, Sheryl Crow and many others. The timeless hits from A&M include “Close to You,” “Every Breath You Take,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “This Guy’s In Love With You,” “Babe,” “Rise,” “What Have You Done For Me Lately” and more that transitioned from Top 10 hits to great standards around the world. All the artists, all the songs are here at On A&M Records.

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LA WILDFIRES

Members of the A&M Family are among the many who lost homes, livlihoods or both during the wildfires. This link (which opens a spreadsheet in Google) is a list of music industry people who were affected. It includes their contact information so you can direct a contribution to help them.
SUPPORT THE MUSIC COMMUNITY

The list updates automatically so check often and share the link so more people can help.

BURT BACHARACH'S PAPERS

The Library Of Congress acquired a treasure trove of Burt Bacharach's writings. Many are snippets of a couple of bars and rough notations of ideas.

The Library contacted On A&M Records for help in identifying some of songs. I was thrilled to find they'd sent me "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". That song was the first Bacharach song I heard and also the first time I looked for songwriter credits. For years I'd heard Bacharach wrote the song while on vacation. Sure enough it was just two bars on an airline ticket.

The link is the Library's press release. You'll see some photos, the last few are some of the snippets. LOC Aquires Bacharach's Papers

ON A&M RECORDS YEAR IN REVIEW

More than 866 artist and label pages were added or updated with more than 3,800 recordings, 5,000 images and 34,500 tracks.

To give you an idea of how far the site has come, the first website opened with 30 pages and 600 images. The site started as the largest in the world and remains the largest, fastest growing, most accurate source about A&M Records in the world now boasting over 121,000 pages.

The year 2025 promises to be just as busy. So check out our 191 A&M and A&M-affiliated record labels, 3,637 artists and 65,162 recordings from around the world. There is always something new at On A&M Records.

HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS--THE 2025 VERSION

In February 2025, Herb will start a new tour with a new group of musicians. These musicians will be the fourth incarnation of the Tijuana Brass, and the only one not to feature any of the original members besides Alpert. He told Billboard, "A lot of people have asked; they want to hear that Tijuana Brass sound again, so I'm gonna do it and I'm excited about it. I always like the music. It always gave me a good feeling when I hear it, and I know a lot of people feel the same. It's gonna be fun for me to revisit that whole sound again and play some of the old standards -- 'The Lonely Bull,' 'Spanish Flea,' 'This Guy's In Love With You.'"

HERB ALPERT 50--HIS 50th ALBUM

It dropped on September 20. With 10 brand new tracks:   
 

Dancing Down 50th Street Sh-Boom Are You Lonesome Tonight? Baubles, Bangles and Beads Morning Mist Never Too Late Where Do We Go From Here Sleepwalk Corcovado Jeannine

Order Herb Alpert 50

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