A Taste of Honey is a pop standard with music by Bobby Scott and words by Ric Marlow. It began as an instrumental theme for the 1960 Broadway musical A Taste of Honey, an adaptation of the 1958 British play, and was later used in the 1961 film. Scott recorded the instrumental, including its refrain and closing theme, in October 1960 for his album on Atlantic, and the recording won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Theme in 1963. The first vocal version was recorded in 1961 by Billy Dee Williams. Lenny Welch's vocal recording was a hit in mid-1962, and the Beatles recorded the song for their 1963 album Please Please Me. The most popular instrumental version is Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' 1965 recording from Whipped Cream & Other Delights, which won four Grammys, including Record of the Year, spent five weeks at number one on the easy listening chart and reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is in Dorian mode. Later versions include recordings by Martin Denny, Victor Feldman, Acker Bilk, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, the Temptations and the Shins.
