Nelson Riddle was one of the greatest arrangers in the history of American popular music. He worked with many of the major pop vocalists of his day, but it was his immortal work with Frank Sinatra, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So, the fact that Riddle was nominated for a Grammy on Nov. 7 was surprising, to say the least. He’s up for best arrangement, ...

Christopher Riddle, acclaimed conductor/music director of The Nelson Riddle Orchestra and son of Nelson Riddle, will be the featured guest speaker at the “Swingin' Sinatra-Riddle Event” presented by ...

The swingin' sold out event, Sinatra & Dessert, held on Sunday afternoon May 7th, 2023, at the Avon Marina Building in Avon-By-The-Sea, New Jersey, honored musical icons Frank Sinatra and Nelson ...

Easy Listening as a genre has been unfairly maligned for years. Since the advent of rock in the late 1960s, the entire category has been disparaged as “elevator," “background" or “mall" music, ...

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 ...

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 ...

We caught up by phone with the blissfully retired Linda Ronstadt Thursday to chat about the Nelson Riddle charts and memorabilia she recently donated to the University of Arizona School of Music. The ...

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 ...

Long after their deaths, composer Nelson Riddle and his wife Naomi are embroiled in a money fight more often found in divorce proceedings. Though the pair were married at the time of Riddle’s death in ...