June 1 - Nelson Riddle (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Series)

Previous posts for June 1st will be found here: Mikhail Glinka (2019) and Carl Bechstein (2020)

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Nelson Riddle (1 June 1921 – 6 October 1985) was an American arranger, composer,  bandleader and orchestrator. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Riff on a Nursery Rhyme

He worked with many world-famous 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. --- Wikipedia

Hey diddle diddle

That cat Nelson Riddle

   Wrote charts for the Capitol crew.

He had Ella and Frank

And folks of that rank,

   Lined up in his musical queue.

 

 

 

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