who sang this guy's in love with you lyrics
Herb Alpert
title: This Guy's in Love with You text: the original as it preceded Alpert's. The female perspective of the song has also been recorded by Barbara Acklin, Petula Clark, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita Harris, Brenda Lee, Liza Minnelli, Marva Whitney, and Hildegard Knef. More recent versions have included those in 2014 by Frances Madden and Australian singer Sarah Maclaine on her album "The Heart of Me". She & Him also performed the song on their release "Classics". This Guy's in Love with You "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 title: This Guy's in Love with You text: This Guy's in Love with You "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, arranged by Bacharach. As documented in a Biography cable episode featuring Bacharach, the recording originated when Alpert, while visiting at Bacharach's office, asked, "Say, Burt, do you happen to have any old compositions lying around that you and Hal never recorded; maybe one I might be able to use?" Alpert said title: This Guy's in Love with You text: No. 1 by instrumental hits from Hugo Montenegro ("The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") and Mason Williams ("Classical Gas"), respectively. Besides this hit in English, he recorded the song in Spanish and Italian. Several female vocalists have rendered the song as "This Girl's in Love with You", beginning with Dionne Warwick. Her version was released as a single in 1969, reaching No. 7 in the U.S. that same year. It also spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart. It ranked as the 64th biggest US hit of 1969. As a demo, her version was actually title: This Guy's in Love with You text: on a 1968 television special, "The Beat of the Brass". In response to numerous viewer telephone calls to the network following the broadcast, Alpert decided that the song should be released as a single recording, and it reached No. 1 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 pop singles chart in June of that year, remaining in the top position for four weeks. It was not only Alpert's first No. 1 single, but it was also the first No. 1 single for his A&M record label. The song also spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart. For title: This Guy's in Love with You text: the single's B-side, Alpert chose "A Quiet Tear" from his first album in 1962, "The Lonely Bull". Eleven years later Alpert became the first (and only) artist to have reached the prized No. 1 position of the "Billboard" Hot 100 with both a vocal performance and an instrumental performance when his instrumental, "Rise," reached the top of the hit chart. "This Guy's in Love with You" was succeeded at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 by "Grazing In The Grass," an instrumental by Hugh Masekela. On the "Billboard" Easy Listening chart, Alpert's song was both preceded and succeeded at