Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Pops were in fine form, with many members of the orchestra getting to show off ...

Nelson Riddle is a patron saint of comic book entertainment. He arranged the theme to Batman, the original 1960s camp classic TV series which paved the way for all things geek. That theme caught the ...

Nelson Riddle was one of the finest arrangers in music history. He received Grammy nominations for arranging Frank Sinatra’s “Witchcraft,” “Nice ‘n’ Easy” and “Call Me Irresponsible” and won two ...

2 Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 5 Revealed 3 Watch: Next On Stage Season 6 Finalists Revealed Born on May 8, 1950, in Los Angeles, California, Christopher Robert Riddle was the son ...

Yesterday, I posted on Nelson Riddle's little-known Communication album in 1971 for MPS Records. Two years later, Riddle recorded a second album for MPS that was equally excellent—Changing Colors. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Aug. 29, 1958, audiences at the Hollywood Bowl were treated to something extraordinary. Most of them were there to hear the superstar pop and jazz singer Nat King Cole, and were surprised when Cole ...

In 1963, Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle also accomplished this feat. Though the pair didn't set out to create an Easy Listening LP, Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle certainly qualifies, and the result ...

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to biographer Peter Levinson about Nelson Riddle, the conductor, whose distinctive musical arrangements helped define the sounds of Nat King Cole and ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Pioneering American slide guitarist and blues singer Ellen McIlwaine had an extraordinary life in music ...