| The Lonely Bull | ||||
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| Released | December 1962 | |||
| Recorded | Conway, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Pop, easy listening | |||
| Length | 30:07 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Herb Alpert Jerry Moss | |||
| Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
The Lonely Bull, released in 1962, is the debut album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was produced to follow up on the success of the band's first single The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro).
Most of the tracks on the album were geared toward the TJB's Mariachi sound. There were also a few cover versions of popular songs, a trend which would grow in their next two albums, Volume 2 and South of the Border.
"Limbo Rock" covered a novelty dance song that had been a calypso-style hit by Chubby Checker. "Struttin' With Maria" was later used as the theme for a TV game show called Personality, hosted by Larry Blyden. The tune "Acapulco 1922" uses the old song "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (by Seymour Brown and Nat D. Ayer, 1911) as a starting point, with a mariachi spin.
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. The Lonely Bull at AllMusic