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Nelson Riddle

Nelson Riddle

American composer and bandleaderWikipedia

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Sep 13, 2026

Art GilmoreNARRATOR
53:58
Also heard were John Shea, William Woodson, William Lally, Jack Edwards, Tom Holland, Tyler McVeigh, Lenore Kingston, Sam Edwards, Robert Easton.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
54:11
The music for Sears Radio Theater was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
54:16
Art Gilmore speaking.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
54:18
The Elliot Lewis production of Sears Radio Theater is a presentation of CDI.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
52:59
Also heard were Linda K. Henning, Deborah Wally, Lurine Tuttle, Marvin Miller, Ben Wright, Sidney Miller, Peggy Weber.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
53:09
The music for Sears Radio Theater was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
53:15
Art Gilmore speaking.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
53:17
The Elliott Lewis production of Sears Radio Theater is a presentation of CDI.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
70:47
It is popular music.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
70:49
It is, you know, one of the things that I've read about a lot, like one of the great tragedies of the history of recorded jazz music is that the vast majority of the music that these great bands played Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway's band, Nelson Riddle, like the white bands, not Lawrence Wolk.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
71:20
I just forgot the other white guy's name.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
71:22
But the vast majority of the music they played was dance music.
MikeHOST
70:43
I think he, he would cite this as one of his, if not his favorite projects that he ever did.
MikeHOST
70:48
It's Nelson Riddle arranging.
MikeHOST
70:50
Apparently they'd had a little falling out.
MikeHOST
70:51
He wasn't calling Nelson, and then Nelson came in to do this one and kind of knocked it out of the park for him.
Lisa WexlerHOST
15:32
It was an old record when I put it on, and I'm like, what am I...
Lisa WexlerHOST
15:36
What is this? Who is this? Like what, what am I listening to, and who is this arranger, Nelson Riddle, and, and how do I get more of this? Like why...
Lisa WexlerHOST
15:45
You know what I mean? Or even Glenn Miller, way before my time.
Lisa WexlerHOST
15:47
I love all the big band.
Lisa WexlerHOST
17:02
It was an old record when I put it on.
Lisa WexlerHOST
17:04
And I'm like, what am I what is this? Who is this? Like, what am I listening to? And who is this arranger, Nelson Riddle? And and how do I get more of this? Like, why? You know what I mean? Or even Glenn Miller way before my time.
Lisa WexlerHOST
17:17
I love all the big band.
Lisa WexlerHOST
17:18
Why? I don't even know why.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
44:12
Also heard were Eddie Firestone, Tom Brown, Howard Culver, Norman Alden, Parley Bear, Jack Carroll, Barney Phillips, and Len Berman.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
44:24
The music for Sears Radio Theater was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
44:29
This is Art Gilmore speaking.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
44:31
The Elliot Lewis production of Sears Radio Theater is a presentation of CVI.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
39:53
Also heard were Lou Horn, Ann Given, Lillian Biaffe, and Marvin Miller.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
39:59
The music for Sears Radio Theater was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
40:04
Art Gilmore speaking.
Art GilmoreNARRATOR
40:06
The Elliott Lewis production of Sears Radio Theater is a presentation of CDI.
Alan BroadbentGUEST
19:59
And I would rent the wee small hours of the morning, Frank Sinatra.
Alan BroadbentGUEST
20:04
And I'm here with a big band, sitting down, looking through the charts, and out comes Nelson Riddle, who I idolized already.
Alan BroadbentGUEST
20:13
That was Frank Sinatra's main arranger, right? Oh, yes.
Alan BroadbentGUEST
20:17
Nelson has a life beyond his life now.
Mark SchiffHOST
27:59
Great Cole Porter.
Guy David KnollGUEST
28:01
With the Nelson Riddle
Mark SchiffHOST
28:02
arrangement.
Mark SchiffHOST
28:03
Is that a gay song? Under the Hide of
Mark SchiffHOST
28:12
you under my skin.
Mark SchiffHOST
28:13
Yeah, and why did Sinatra sing that? It's a beautiful song.
Guy David KnollGUEST
28:15
Because of that Nelson Riddle arrangement.
Guy David KnollGUEST
28:17
Yeah, I told you he loves the bathhouses.

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