# Late '60s Pop Songs Featuring Trumpets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765 "2007-05-04T17:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/1 "2007-05-04T17:02:06Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415757) on Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (which, as it turns out, had not so much Tijuana but plenty of brass) got me to thinking about songs of that era with prominent trumpet parts. I just listened to _Alone Again Or_, by Love, which has a lovely trumpet solo in addition to gorgeous acoustic guitar and other strings. Besides the Tijuana Brass catalog and _Alone Again Or_, what other songs of the late '60s (or anytime, I guess) feature prominent trumpets? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/2 "2007-05-04T17:11:57Z")
Blood, Sweat and Tears ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/3 "2007-05-04T17:17:52Z")
Pretty much anything from the entire Stax/Volt catalogue thanks to the Memphis Horns. Touch Me by the Doors if you are thinking more rock, less soul Not a big fan, but Chicago fits the bill ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/4 "2007-05-04T17:19:24Z")
[Memphis Horns.](http://www.memphishorns.com/misc/discography.html) That’s a lot of albums. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/5 "2007-05-04T17:24:42Z")
I thought I was the only one who saw a similarity between Herb Alpert’s work and “Alone Again Or.” 🙂 One year late, but Ides of March’s “Vehicle” has trumpet, and another year later, “Get it On” by Chase- at least I think these have trumpets- I’m not good with my instrument recognition. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/6 "2007-05-04T17:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I thought I was the only one who saw a similarity between Herb Alpert’s work and “Alone Again Or.” 🙂 [/QUOTE] … and I should have mentioned A&M’s Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 in the OT, whose trumpet-heavy _Look of Love_ is probably my favorite version. Thanks for the other recommendations. **WreckingCrew** and **silenus** : Ignorance is fought once again. I’d heard of the Memphis Horns, but … Holy. Cow. That’s a \*\*lot \*\* of hit records – I’m probably not the first to say they’re the Funk Brothers of Stax/Volt. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/7 "2007-05-04T17:37:30Z")
Chicago. (Ooop, now I see WreckingCrew got it) Man, I loves me some Herb, especially _Whipped Cream and Other Delights_. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/8 "2007-05-04T17:37:51Z")
“Penny Lane” (by the Beatles) is what immediately springs to mind. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/9 "2007-05-04T17:39:35Z")
Most of James Brown’s singles during this period prominently feature trumpets. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/10 "2007-05-04T17:42:02Z")
Jugband Blues by Pink Floyd off of A Saucerful of Secrets features a Salvation Army band. It sounds like there’s a trumpet in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/11 "2007-05-04T17:47:08Z")
> [@](#): > > / **WreckingCrew** and **silenus** : Ignorance is fought once again. I’d heard of the Memphis Horns, but … Holy. Cow. That’s a \*\*lot \*\* of hit records – I’m probably not the first to say they’re the Funk Brothers of Stax/Volt. Well, they are half of the Funk Brothers of Stax/Volt - the other half being Booker T and the MGs for your guitar/bass/drum/organ needs. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/12 "2007-05-04T17:47:27Z")
Blood Sweat and Tears – both the original incarnation and the watered down David Clayton-Thomas version – used horns extensively. “House in the Country” from the original groups _Child is Father to the Man_ has a particularly good horn part. Spirit’s “Mr. Skin” from _The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus_ has a nice horn section, provided by Tower of Power, whose horn section was almost as busy as the Memphis Horns. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/13 "2007-05-04T18:02:32Z")
There were a spate of groups that came along around the same time, all featuring horn sections. Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago have already been mentioned, but also The Ides of March, Pacific Gas & Electric, Delaney & Bonnie, and the Electric Flag. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/14 "2007-05-04T18:44:14Z")
“Got to Get You Into My Life” by the Beatles came immediately to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/15 "2007-05-04T18:45:40Z")
Getting away from the brassy horn section sound, how 'bout “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”? ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/16 "2007-05-04T19:32:56Z")
> [@Biffy](#): > > Getting away from the brassy horn section sound, how 'bout “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”? Good call. Burt Bacharach/Hal David compositions in general (most notably those performed by Dionne Warwick) featured those mellow horns. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mike\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Fun)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/17 "2007-05-04T21:16:02Z")
Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/18 "2007-05-04T22:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] Most of James Brown’s singles during this period prominently feature trumpets. [/QUOTE] Really? I’m remembering Fred Wesley on trombone with the JB’s but I can’t conjure up any trumpets… How about Stevie Wonder? “Sir Duke”, “Superstition” come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/19 "2007-05-05T01:08:54Z")
The big studio band on the Fifth Dimension records featured horns prominently, as on “Sweet Blindness,” "Wedding Bell Blues, “Stoned Soul Picnic,” “Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In” and others. Other records off the top of my head are “Timothy” by The Buoys, “Are You Old Enough” and “Arizona” by Mark Lindsay, “Life Is A Carnival” by The Band, “Polk Salad Annie” by Tony Joe White, “Don’t Say You Don’t Remember” by Beverly Bremers, "Nothing But A Heartache’ by The Flirtations. Sly & The Family Stone had its own horn section, featured on "I Want To Take You Higher, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” and others. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-pop-songs-featuring-trumpets/402765/20 "2007-05-05T15:13:39Z")
“Get It On” by [Bill Chase](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Chase) Technically released in the 70’s, but I think we call all agree that the 1st couple of years in the 70’s should be classed as a part of the 60’s music scene.