Nelson Riddle

<p>Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American <a href="/facts/Arrangement/Q17kA5L7">arranger</a>, <a href="/facts/Composer/6zrz16FN">composer</a>, bandleader and <a href="/facts/Orchestration/ukXlqIkX">orchestrator</a> whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many <a href="/facts/Vocalist/EWY1s7lw">vocalists</a> at <a href="/facts/Capitol_Records/5parUIfs">Capitol Records</a>, including <a href="/facts/Frank_Sinatra/a0f0cEo3">Frank Sinatra</a>, <a href="/facts/Ella_Fitzgerald/mvzzs7wh">Ella Fitzgerald</a>, <a href="/facts/Nat_King_Cole/Lessgtu8">Nat King Cole</a>, <a href="/facts/Judy_Garland/aVWBlL8A">Judy Garland</a>, <a href="/facts/Dean_Martin/P6n5lH6s">Dean Martin</a>, <a href="/facts/Peggy_Lee/6n91scuv">Peggy Lee</a>, <a href="/facts/Johnny_Mathis/QqJFLKYY">Johnny Mathis</a>, <a href="/facts/Rosemary_Clooney/YhUWazDE">Rosemary Clooney</a> and <a href="/facts/Keely_Smith/vqjmzd4V">Keely Smith</a>. He scored and arranged music for many films and television shows, earning an <a href="/facts/Academy_Award/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Award</a> and three <a href="/facts/Grammy_Awards/2bxYJjPV">Grammy Awards</a>. He found commercial and critical success with a new generation in the 1980s, in a trio of <a href="/facts/Music_recording_sales_certification/zGzLFa9l">Platinum albums</a> with <a href="/facts/Linda_Ronstadt/BuE86dg7">Linda Ronstadt</a>.
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Nelson Riddle