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, ...

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, ...

Born on May 8, 1950, in Los Angeles, California, Christopher Robert Riddle was the son of legendary arranger and composer Nelson Riddle and his wife, Doreen. From a young age, Christopher displayed a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...