Nelson Riddle(1921-1985)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Versatile American arranger/conductor who started as a trombonist with
several big bands, including Tommy Dorsey. In a long, distinguished career,
he not only scored numerous films and television shows, but made many
now-legendary recordings in collaboration with such people as Rosemary Clooney,
Nat 'King' Cole, and, most notably, Frank Sinatra. With the latter, he
recorded a series of albums now regarded as legendary ("Songs for
Swingin' Lovers", "The Concert Sinatra", etc.). He recorded
prolifically on his own, as well, scoring two top-ten hits with "Lisbon
Antigua" (#1, 1956) and "Theme from 'Route 66'" (# 10, 1962). In his
later years, he made a series of successful albums with pop diva
Linda Ronstadt.
