- Nelson Riddle discography
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Discography for arranger Nelson Riddle.
Contents
Discography
Singles
- "Lisbon Antigua" { US # 1 - February 1956 }
- "Port Au Prince" { US # 20 - April 1956 }
- "Theme From The Proud Ones" { US # 39 - July 1956 }
- "Route 66 Theme" { US # 30 - June 1962 - AC # 9, 1962 }
- "Naked City Theme" { US # 130 - October 1962 }
- "What's New" (Featuring Linda Ronstadt) US # 53 - December 1983 - AC # 5, 1983
- "I've Got A Crush On You" (Featuring Linda Ronstadt) AC # 7, 1984
Sources: Billboard Top Pop Singles, Billboard Adult Contemporary Billboard Bubbling Under Singles Books
As bandleader
- 1955 The Music from "Oklahoma!"
- 1956 Lisbon Antigua (EP)
- 1956 The Tender Touch
- 1957 Hey... Let Yourself Go
- 1958 C'mon... Get Happy
- 1958 Sea of Dreams
- 1958 Witchcraft!
- 1959 The Joy of Living
- 1959 Sing a Song with Riddle
- 1961 Magic Moments from "The Gay Life"
- 1961 Love Tide
- 1962 Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Hits
- 1962 Love is a Game of Poker
- 1962 The Best of Nelson Riddle
- 1962 More Hit TV Themes
- 1964 White on White, Shangri-La, Charade & Other Hits of 1964
- 1965 Interprets Great Music, Great Films, Great Sounds
- 1966 Nat: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole
- 1967 Music for Wives and Lovers
- 1967 The Bright and the Beautiful
- 1968 The Riddle of Today
- 1967 For Swinging Lovers
- 1968 The Contemporary Sound of Nelson Riddle
Capilano
- 1969 British Columbia Suite
Marble Arch Records
- 1970 Nelson Riddle Conducts the 101 Strings
Avon
- 1970 Avon Wishes You a Happy Holiday and a Joyous New Year
Bulldog Records
- 1970 The Look of Love
- 1971 Communication
- 1973 Changing Colors
Daybreak Records
- 1973 Vive LeGrand!
- 2006 Hey Diddle Riddle (recorded 1959)
Notable song arrangements
- "What Is This Thing Called Love" (for Keely Smith)
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (for Frank Sinatra)
- "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (for Frank Sinatra)
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (for Frank Sinatra)
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (for Judy Garland)
- "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (for Judy Garland)
- "Mona Lisa" (for Nat King Cole)
- "Night and Day" (for Frank Sinatra)
- "On The Street Where You Live" (for Dean Martin)
- "Unforgettable" (for Nat King Cole)
- "What's New" (for Linda Ronstadt)
- "Witchcraft" (for Frank Sinatra)
Notable film and television work
- The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956)
- Lisbon (1956) (theme song topped the Billboard Top 100)
- Till There Was You (from The Music Man in 1957)
- Pal Joey (1957, starring Frank Sinatra)
- The Untouchables (1959 TV series)
- Li'l Abner (1959)
- Can-Can (1960)
- Ocean's Eleven (1960)
- Route 66 (1960) (theme song earned Riddle a Top 40 single in 1962)
- Naked City (TV series) (1960)
- Lolita (1962)
- 4 for Texas (1963)
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
- Original Music from The Rogues (1964 TV series)
- A Man and His Music (1965/1966/1967 award winning television-specials for Frank Sinatra)
- A Rage to Live (1965)
- Batman (1966-68 TV series) (although Neal Hefti wrote the "Batman Theme" song, Riddle and Billy May scored the actual episodes)
- Batman (1966 film)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
- Paint Your Wagon (1969)
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
- This Is Your Life (1971)
- Emergency! (1972)
- The Julie Andrews Hour (1973)
- The Great Gatsby (which repopularized Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do" and earned Riddle a 1974 Academy Award)
Orchestrations for Frank Sinatra
Capitol albums
- 1953 Songs for Young Lovers
- 1954 Swing Easy!
- 1955 In the Wee Small Hours
- 1956 Songs for Swingin' Lovers
- 1957 Close to You and More
- 1957 A Swingin' Affair!
- 1958 Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
- 1960 Nice 'n' Easy
- 1961 Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!
Reprise albums
- 1963 The Concert Sinatra
- 1963 Sinatra's Sinatra
- 1964 Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners
- 1966 Moonlight Sinatra
- 1966 Strangers in the Night
- 1981 "The Gal that Got Away"/"It Never Entered My Mind" from She Shot Me Down
Orchestrations for Ella Fitzgerald
Verve albums
- 1959 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
- 1962 Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
- 1962 Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
- 1962 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
- 1964 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
Pablo albums
- 1972 Ella Loves Cole (re-released in 1978 under the title Dream Dancing with two new Fitzgerald-Riddle tracks)
- 1982 The Best Is Yet to Come
Orchestrations for Nat King Cole
(All Capitol albums)
- 1953: Nat King Cole Sings for Two In Love
- 1955: The Piano Style of Nat King Cole
- 1956: Ballads of the Day
- 1958: St. Louis Blues
- 1958: Cole Español
- 1959: To Whom It May Concern
- 1960: Wild Is Love
- 2001: Night Lights — posthumous release for both Cole and Riddle; recorded in 1955/56
Orchestrations for other artists
- Judy Garland, Judy (Capitol, 1956), Judy in Love (Capitol, 1958)
- Phil Silvers, Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass' (Columbia Records, 1956)
- Peggy Lee, The Man I Love (Capitol Records, 1957) (conducted by Frank Sinatra)
- Keely Smith, I Wish You Love (Capitol Records, 1958)
- Peggy Lee, Jump for Joy (Capitol Records, 1958)
- Mavis Rivers, Take a Number (Capitol Records, 1959)
- Keely Smith, Swingin' Pretty (Capitol Records, 1959)
- Dinah Shore, Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol Records, 1959)
- Sue Raney, When Your Lover Has Gone (Capitol Records, 1959)
- Dean Martin, This Time I'm Swingin' (Capitol Records, 1960)
- Rosemary Clooney, Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA Records, 1960), Love (Reprise Records, 1963)
- Dean Martin, Cha Cha de Amor (Capitol Records, 1962)
- Johnny Mathis, I'll Buy You A Star (Columbia Records, 1962)
- Shirley Bassey, Let's Face the Music (EMI, 1962)
- Danny Williams, Swinging For You (HMV Records, 1962)
- Keely Smith, Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New (Reprise Records, 1962)
- Johnny Mathis, Live it Up (Columbia Records, 1963)
- Bing Crosby, Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise Records, 1964)
- Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve Records, 1964)
- Jack Jones, There's Love And There's Love And There's Love (Kapp Records, 1965)
- Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros. Records, 1965)
- Eddie Fisher, Games that Lovers Play (RCA Records, 1966)
- Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Tina Sinatra, The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas (Reprise Records, 1968)
- Frank Sinatra, Jr., Spice (Daybreak Records, 1971)
- Steve Lawrence, Portrait of Steve (MGM Records, 1972)
- Linda Ronstadt, What's New? (Asylum, 1983), Lush Life (Asylum, 1984), For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum, 1986)
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Blue Skies (Decca Records, 1985)
Soundtrack: 1966 "El Dorado" (John Wayne)
Tributes to Riddle by other artists
- Erich Kunzel, Route 66 - That Nelson Riddle Sound (Telarc Records, 2000)
Categories:- Jazz discographies
- Albums arranged by Nelson Riddle
- Discographies of American artists
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