Nelson Riddle was one of the finest arrangers in music history. He received Grammy nominations for arranging Frank Sinatra’s “Witchcraft,” “Nice ‘n’ Easy” and “Call Me Irresponsible” and won two ...

Nelson Riddle is a patron saint of comic book entertainment. He arranged the theme to Batman, the original 1960s camp classic TV series which paved the way for all things geek. That theme caught the ...

Born on May 8, 1950, in Los Angeles, California, Christopher Robert Riddle was the son of legendary arranger and composer Nelson Riddle and his wife, Doreen. From a young age, Christopher displayed a ...

An exceptionally sentimental and very special rare event, Remembering Nelson Riddle: A Conversation/Talk Featuring Christopher Riddle, is being presented by producer Karen Morris of Sand Castle ...

Arranger Nelson Riddle is most often associated with Frank Sinatra. Which makes sense, since Riddle scored a number of successful albums for Sinatra in the 1950s that sassed up the singer's swinging ...

Arrangers rank among the most neglected people in the music business. Few laypeople could name even one. If listed at all, credits for arrangers are often in small print. All but invisible, they ...

Larry Mantle talks with author Peter Levinson about the life and musical work of Nelson Riddle, a man whom Levinson knew for twenty-three years. Riddle collaborated with many of the greatest vocalists ...

Geoff Littlefield, author of “Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat,” calls in from England to speak with Steve about the legendary composer and musician, Nelson Riddle. In addition they discuss ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Pioneering American slide guitarist and blues singer Ellen McIlwaine had an extraordinary life in music ...

On Aug. 29, 1958, audiences at the Hollywood Bowl were treated to something extraordinary. Most of them were there to hear the superstar pop and jazz singer Nat King Cole, and were surprised when Cole ...

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to biographer Peter Levinson about Nelson Riddle, the conductor, whose distinctive musical arrangements helped define the sounds of Nat King Cole and ...