Editing Nelson Riddle (section)

{{Short description|American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921–1985)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name                 = Nelson Riddle
|image                = Nelson Riddle 1958.JPG
|caption              = Riddle in 1958
|background           = non_performing_personnel
|birth_name           = Nelson Smock Riddle Jr.
|birth_date           = {{birth date|mf=yes|1921|6|1}}
|birth_place          = [[Oradell, New Jersey]], U.S.
|death_date           = {{death date and age|1985|10|6|1921|6|1}}
|death_place          = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
|genre                = [[Traditional pop]], [[jazz]], [[big band]]
|occupation           = [[arrangement|Arranger]], [[composer]], bandleader, [[Orchestration|orchestrator]]
|years_active         = 1940s–1980s
|label                = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Liberty Records|Liberty]], [[Solid State Records (jazz label)|Solid State]], [[United Artists Records|United Artists]], [[Dave Miller (producer)|Alshire]], [[MPS Records|MPS]], Capilano, Daybreak 
|associated_acts      = [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Nat King Cole]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Peggy Lee]], [[Matt Monro]], [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Keely Smith]], [[Linda Ronstadt]]
}}
{{Infobox person
|education            = [[Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Doreen Moran|1945|1970|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Naomi Tenenholtz|1970}}
}}
|children             = 6
|family               = [[Paula Wilcox]] (daughter-in-law)
}}
'''Nelson Smock Riddle Jr.''' (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |date=1992 |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |isbn=0-85112-939-0 |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |edition=First |page=2089}}</ref> was an American [[arrangement|arranger]], [[composer]], bandleader and [[Orchestration|orchestrator]] whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many [[vocalist]]s at [[Capitol Records]], including [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Nat King Cole]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Peggy Lee]], [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Rosemary Clooney]] and [[Keely Smith]]. He scored and arranged music for many films and television shows, earning an [[Academy Award]] and three [[Grammy Awards]]. He found commercial and critical success with a new generation in the 1980s, in a trio of [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum albums]] with [[Linda Ronstadt]].