A Taste of Honey (song)
| "A Taste of Honey" | ||||
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Cover of the 1965 single | ||||
| Single by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass | ||||
| from the album Whipped Cream & Other Delights | ||||
| B-side | "Third Man Theme" | |||
| Released | August 1965 | |||
| Recorded | March 10, 1965 | |||
| Studio | A&M Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:43 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow | |||
| Producer(s) | Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss | |||
| Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "A Taste of Honey" on YouTube | ||||
"A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was originally an instrumental track (or recurring theme) written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey which was also made into the film of the same name in 1961. The original and a later recording by Herb Alpert in 1965 earned the song four Grammy Awards.
A vocal version of the song proved successful for Lenny Welch in mid-1962.
"A Taste of Honey" is in Dorian mode. Like "Scarborough Fair," the sixth note of the scale is raised one half step from a more typical minor key. One can create Dorian mode on the piano by playing all the white keys from D up to the next D.