Nelson Riddle

American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)

Born: 1 June 1921
Oradell
Died: 6 October 1985
Los Angeles
Country: United States
Record labels: Capitol Records, United Artists Records, MPS Records, Liberty Records, Solid State Records
Discography: 34 albums

Biography

Nelson Riddle was a jazz musician who played trombone. Nelson Riddle was born on 1 June 1921 in Oradell and died on 6 October 1985 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz, big band music and traditional pop. Record labels: Capitol Records, United Artists Records, MPS Records and Liberty Records. The discography here lists 34 albums, from “The Tender Touch” (1956) to “The Untouchables” (2011). Honours include Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (1975) and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney and Keely Smith. He scored and arranged music for many films and television shows, earning an Academy Award and three Grammy Awards. He found commercial and critical success with a new generation in the 1980s, in a trio of platinum albums with Linda Ronstadt.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Tender Touch 1956 · Capitol Records Sea of Dreams 1958 · Capitol Records The Joy of Living 1959 · Capitol Records Love Tide 1961 · Capitol Records Lolita 1962 · MGM Records Love Is a Game of Poker 1962 · Capitol Records Swinging for You 1962 · His Master’s Voice Come Blow Your Horn (Conducts His original Score From the Paramount Motion Picture) 1963 · Reprise Records Paris When It Sizzles 1964 · Reprise Records What a Way to Go! 1964 · 20th Century-Fox Records A Rage To Live 1965 · United Artists Harlow 1965 · Warner Bros. Records Batman: Exclusive Original Television Soundtrack Album 1966 · Stateside Matt Sings, Nelson Swings 1967 Contemporary Sound of Nelson Riddle 1968 · United Artists 101 Strings: Spectacular Brass!!! Fantastic Reeds!!! 1971 · Alshire Records The Great Gatsby (Original Soundtrack Recording) 1974

101 Strings 1984

Nelson Riddle: The Riddle Touch 1987 · Pair Records The Sound of Magnificence 1987 · Alshire Records Batman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2000 · Film Score Monthly Route 66 & Other TV Themes / More Hit TV Themes 2002 · Capitol Music Changing Colors 2004 · MPS Sea of Dreams / Love Tide 2004 · EMI Catalogue An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole 2005 · Collectables Oklahoma / Can Can 2005 · Capitol Records The Joy of Living / Love Is a Game of Poker 2007 Hey... Let Yourself Go / C'mon... Get Happy 2008 · Collectables The Untouchables 2011 · Trunk Records British Columbia Suite Communication · MPS

Custer of the West / El Dorado

El Dorado Hey Diddle Riddle · Capitol Records

Also plays on

Albums where Nelson Riddle is credited as a sideman

1952	Sing! Sing! Sing! — The Andrews Sisters	conductor
1953	Sings for Two in Love — Nat ‘King’ Cole	arranger, conductor
1954	Songs for Young Lovers — Frank Sinatra	conductor
1954	Swing Easy! — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1955	In the Wee Small Hours — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1955	Christmas With Sinatra — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1956	Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1956	Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color — Frank Sinatra	arranger
1957	A Swingin’ Affair! — Frank Sinatra	conductor, orchestrator, arranger
1957	Close to You — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1958	Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely — Frank Sinatra, orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle	arranger, conductor
1958	Jump for Joy — Peggy Lee	conductor
1959	No One Cares — Frank Sinatra, orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins	arranger, conductor
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	arranger, conductor
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1 — Ella Fitzgerald	arranger, conductor
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	arranger, conductor
1959	To Whom It May Concern — Nat King Cole	arranger, conductor
1959	Swingin’ Pretty — Keely Smith	arranger, conductor
1959	I Wish You Love — Keely Smith	arranger, conductor
1960	Nice ’n’ Easy — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor, performing orchestra
1960	This Time I’m Swingin’! — Dean Martin with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle	conductor
1961	Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1961	Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! — Rosemary Clooney	arranger, conductor
1962	Sinatra & Strings — Frank Sinatra	arranger
1962	Ella Swings Gently With Nelson — Ella Fitzgerald	conductor
1963	The Concert Sinatra — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1963	Sinatra’s Sinatra — Frank Sinatra	arranger, conductor
1963	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook — Ella Fitzgerald	arranger, conductor
1963	Sings the Blues — Nat King Cole	arranger, conductor
1963	Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle — Oscar Peterson	arranger, conductor