Sunday, October 20, 2019

Herb Alpert's "Rise" reaches #1 1979


Herb Alpert's Rise, a single released from his solo album Rise, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 October 20, 1979.  It remained there for two weeks.  It spent one week as #1 on the Adult Contemporary Charts, peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #17 on the disco charts. 

It won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

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