{"id":16249,"date":"2017-02-12T19:24:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T01:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=16249"},"modified":"2017-02-12T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T01:24:50","slug":"eydie-vs-herb-the-ultimate-head-to-head-musical-throwdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/12\/eydie-vs-herb-the-ultimate-head-to-head-musical-throwdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Eydie vs. Herb: The Ultimate Head-to-Head Musical Throwdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you might know, gentle reader, I favor the music of Eydie Gorme, and when she does a song that someone else does, I think Eydie does it better. (see this<\/a> and this<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I also favor the stylings of Herb Alpert (as you can see how often his name appears on my Good Album Hunting post list and whatnot<\/a>). As a matter of fact, I might own more Herb Alpert albums than Eydie Gorme.<\/p>\n

So what happens when they do the same song?<\/p>\n

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Herb Alpert is the only recording artist to win a Grammy as a singer and as an instrumentalist. His vocal Grammy comes for the song “This Guy’s In Love With You”:<\/p>\n