Artist: Nelson Riddle

Performances
- Originals
- Covers
Media
- Audio singles
- Audio albums

Aliases:	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Real name:	Nelson Smock Riddle Jr.
Born:	June 1, 1921
Died:	October 6, 1985
Country:	United States
Comments:	Conductor and arranger, well known for his work with Capitol recording artists in the 1950s and 1960s.

Performances

Originals

	Title	Performer	Date	Covered by
1	Night Lights	Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle	1956	(2 artists)

Covers

	Title	Performer	Date	First release by
1	Ace in the Hole	Johnny Mathis with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
2	All of Me	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
3	All the Things You Are	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
4	Ballerina	Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle	1957	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
5	Ballerina	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
6	The Christmas Song	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	The King Cole Trio
7	Crazy in the Heart	Johnny Mathis with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962	Peggy Lee
8	I Get a Kick Out of You	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
9	Imagination	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962	Harry Reser's Syncopators
10	Indian Love Call	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959
11	I Should Care	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962	Martha Tilton and Orchestra
12	Isn't This a Lovely Day?	Nelson Riddle	1959
13	It's Been a Long, Long Time	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959	Kitty Kallen With Harry James
14	It's Magic	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959
15	It's Only a Paper Moon	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965
16	It's So Peaceful in the Country	Nelson Riddle	1959	Mildred Bailey With The Delta Rhythm Boys
17	I Won't Dance	Johnny Mathis with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
18	Johnny One Note	Johnny Mathis with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
19	June in January	Nelson Riddle	1959
20	Let's Face the Music and Dance	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
21	Let's Fall in Love	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
22	Makin' Whoopee	Nelson Riddle	1959
23	The Man I Love	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959
24	Mean to Me	Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle	1962	Ruth Etting
25	Mona Lisa	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965
26	My One and Only Love	Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle	1962	Frank Sinatra
27	Nature Boy	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	King Cole
28	The Nearness of You	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959
29	Night Lights	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle
30	Pretend	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra
31	Ramblin' Rose	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	Nat King Cole
32	Someone to Watch Over Me	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959
33	Spring Is Here	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962
34	Stardust	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959	Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
35	Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
36	Straighten Up and Fly Right	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	The King Cole Trio
37	Too Young	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	Nat King Cole
38	Walkin' My Baby Back Home	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	Ed Lloyd & His Band
39	What Is this Thing Called Love?	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959
40	What Now, My Love?	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962	Gilbert Bécaud
41	You Make Me Feel So Young	Nelson Riddle	1959
42	You're Driving Me Crazy	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959

Media

Audio singles

	Title	Artist	Date	Label
1	Ballerina	Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle	1957	Capitol
2	Night Lights	Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle	1956	Capitol

Audio albums

	Title	Artist	Date	Label
1	Ella Swings Gently With Nelson	Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle	1962	Verve
2	The Joy of Living	Nelson Riddle	1959	Capitol
3	Let's Face the Music	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962	Columbia
4	Live It Up!	Johnny Mathis with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962	Columbia
5	Nat - An Orchestral Portrait of Nat King Cole	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	1965	Reprise Records
6	Shirley Bassey Sings the Hit Song from Oliver! and Other Popular Songs	Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1962	United Artists
7	Swingin' Pretty	Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra	1959	Capitol

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