caption associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place label name background birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
nelson riddle in 1958 frank , judy garland , dean martin , peggy lee , sinatra matt monro , johnny mathis , rosemary clooney , keely , smith , linda ronstadt ella fitzgerald , nat king cole 6 october 1985 los angeles , california , u.s. 1940s-1980s oradell , new jersey , u.s. capitol nelson riddle non_performing_personnel 1 june 1921 traditional pop , jazz , big band nelson riddle 1958.jpg nelson riddle
 nelson smock riddle , jr. arranger , composer , bandleader , orchestrator
nelson riddle

nelson smock riddle , jr. -lrb- june 1 , 1921 october 6 , 1985 -rrb- was an american arranger , composer , bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s .
his work for capitol records kept such vocalists as frank sinatra , ella fitzgerald , nat king cole , judy garland , dean martin , peggy lee , johnny mathis , rosemary clooney and keely smith household names .
he found commercial and critical success again in the 1980s with a trio of platinum albums with linda ronstadt .
