[Cover photo credit to Dewey Nicks]

Musician, artist, record label executive, and more, Herb Alpert, has shared a new single “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” ahead of the release of his 50th studio album, titled 50, next week. The Elvis Presley song serves as the album’s oldest composition.

Written in 1927, it embodies everything Alpert looks for in a tune. As he says, it’s “simple and striking at the same time.”

“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” follows lead single “Dancing Down 50th Street,” one of Alpert’s several new original compositions featured on the album.

50 will mark a milestone in Alpert’s storied six-decade music career, and will also commemorate another significant landmark as it celebrates 50 years of marriage to his wife, collaborator, and touring partner, Lani Hall, their golden anniversary.

Alpert says about his career:

I am fortunate to still be exploring and having fun making music. When I first started recording, I had a one-track wire recorder. Today I make music using digital recording with unlimited recording tracks. The one thing, for me, that has always remained the same, no matter one-track, two-tracks or 100 tracks, is that it is ALWAYS about finding a great song or melody. A great song or melody recorded on one-track will always be a great song.

Tour Dates:

10/08 – Folsom, CA @ Harris Center

10/09 – Campbell, CA @ Campbell Heritage Theatre

10/10 – Walnut Creek, CA @ Lesher Center for the Arts

10/12 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobero Theatre

10/13 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

12/10 – Nashville, TN @ TBA

12/11 – Chattanooga, TN @ TBA

12/13 – Atlanta, GA @ TBA

12/14 – Metairie, LA @ TBA

12/15 – Houston, TX @ TBA

02/11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ TBA

02/12 – Sarasota, FL @ TBA

02/13 – Orlando, FL @ TBA

02/15 – Augusta, GA @ TBA

02/16 – Charlotte, NC @ TBA