Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator
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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Works
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- 707 in 3/4 Time
- A Good Job
- A Ride in the Carriage
- Accidentally on Purpose
- Acknowledgement / Main Title
- Alan's Hideaway
- Attack
- Bastille Cha Cha Cha
- Batmobile to Airport
- Blue Flutes
- Brandy Glow
- Bruce and Kitka
- Chamber 17
- Chameleon Girl
- Connie's Theme
- Credulous Creatures / Fine Finkish Friends
- Dehydrated
- Emergency Operation
- End Title
- End Titles
- Fabulous Penthouse
- False Feathers / Swallow This Pill
- Filthy Criminals
- Flee for Your Life
- Flyin’ Free
- French Bubble Bath
- Gabrielle
- Gaby Blues
- Giggling Girls
- Gold
- Good Night, Gabrielle
- Happy Ending
- Holy Polaris
- I Dreamt I Dwelt
- Jet Umbrellas
- Johnny Concho’s Theme
- Just Ring / Yo Ho, Sir / Let's Find Out
- Kitka
- La Valse Grande
- Louisa's Theme
- Love in the Garret
- Main Title
- Main Title and Theme: Gabrielle
- My Very Paradise
- Orange
- Overture (I Believed It All / Wake Up! / With Open Arms / Flyin’ Free)
- Reprise (I Believed It All / Wake Up! / With Open Arms / Flyin’ Free)
- Roger Wilco
- Route 66
- Saccharine Strings
- Shades of Smolensic
- Small Craft
- Speakeasy Blues
- Stand Clear
- Take It in Tow
- Tango de Paris
- That Face
- The Dream
- The Grotto / A Stitch in Time
- The Jealous Mrs. Eckman
- The Rage of Toys
- The Untouchables
- Theme From “Route 66”
- Torpedoes
- Touch Of Tenderness
- Tricky Buoy
- Valse de Paree
- Vials