# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelson-riddle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:37:50.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelson-riddle"
name: "Nelson Riddle"
slug: "nelson-riddle"
description: "Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists 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 platinum albums with Linda Ronstadt."
tagline: "American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1921-06-01"
deathDate: "1985-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump