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Aug 26, 2025 08:57am

<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/A_Taste_of_Honey_-_Herb_Alpert%27s_Tijuana_Brass.png" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/A_Taste_of_Honey_-_Herb_Alpert%27s_Tijuana_Brass.png"> "A Taste of Honey" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pop standard</a> written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bobby Scott</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Marlow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ric Marlow</a>. It was originally an instrumental track (or recurring theme) written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Honey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Taste of Honey</a> which was also made into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Honey_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">film of the same name</a> in 1961. The original and a later recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Alpert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Herb Alpert</a> in 1965 earned the song four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Awards</a>.A vocal version of the song proved successful for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Welch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lenny Welch</a> in mid-1962."A Taste of Honey" is in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_mode" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dorian mode</a>. Like "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_Fair_(ballad)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scarborough Fair</a>," 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.<h2>Instrumental versions</h2>The original recorded versions of the song "A Taste of Honey", "A Taste of Honey (refrain)" and "A Taste of Honey (closing theme)", appeared on Bobby Scott's 1960 album, also titled A Taste of Honey, on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Atlantic</a> 1355. The composition won Best Instrumental Theme at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1963" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Awards of 1963</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Denny" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Martin Denny</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cano" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eddie Cano</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Feldman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Victor Feldman</a> Quartet each scored minor hits in 1962 with their covers.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acker_Bilk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acker Bilk</a> released a version in the UK in January 1963, reaching number 16 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Alpert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Herb Alpert</a> and the Tijuana Brass recorded the most popular instrumental version of the song with a cover on their 1965 album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipped_Cream_%26_Other_Delights" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whipped Cream & Other Delights</a>. This recording won four awards including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year#1960s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Record of the Year</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1966" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Awards of 1966</a>. The instrumental spent five weeks at number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">easy listening</a> chart, reached number seven on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Honey_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> and number 4 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canada</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Honey_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> This version is noted for the eight drum beats before the tempo increased, intended as an editing cue to be removed in the final version, but Alpert decided to keep it in.</li></ul><h2>Vocal versions</h2>The first vocal version of "A Taste of Honey" was recorded in 1961 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Dee_Williams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billy Dee Williams</a> from his album Let's Misbehave.