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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, June 1, 2014 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

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Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Frank Sinatra	Night and Day	A Swingin' Affair	Capitol	Happy Birthday Nelson Riddle!

Nelson Riddle Orchestra	Near You	Sing a Song with Riddle	Capitol	one of the most important arrangers in 20th century American popular music
Charlie Spivak Orchestra	When The Sun Comes Out	What's Cookin' Charlie '41-'47	Hep	1942. Riddle's role: trombonist
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	On the Sunny Side of the Street	The Wartime Years - Wartime Memories	Crimson	1944. Riddle's role: trombonist

Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Opus One	Big Band Legends		1944. Riddle's role: trombonist
Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa	Capitol Goes to the Movies	Capitol	1950. Riddle: arranger. This song was Riddle's big break & landed him a job as arranger at Capitol, where he worked extensively with Cole
Nat King Cole	Unforgettable	The Greatest Hits	Capitol	1951. Riddle: arranger. Riddle wrote the arrangements for many of Cole's hit songs & helped shape his transition from jazz musician to pop singing star
Ella Mae Morse	Tennessee Saturday Night	The Vest Best of Ella Mae Morse	Capitol	1951. Riddle: arranger, conductor. Riddle had steady work in the early 50s arranging and leading the orchestra for many Capitol acts
Nat King Cole	This Can't Be Love	Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love	Capitol	1953. Riddle: arr., cond. Riddle made 9 albums with Cole, all recorded at Capitol
Frank Sinatra	I've Got the World on a String	The Complete Capitol Singles	Capitol	1953. Riddle: arr. Riddle's first work for Frank Sinatra, who had to be pressured by Capitol execs to work with Riddle as he wanted to continue working with Axel Stordahl

Nelson Riddle Orchestra	Lisbon Antigua	Bottoms Up	Capitol	1956. Riddle: composer, arr., cond. this TV theme song was a minor hit for Riddle
Frank Sinatra	I've Got You Under My Skin	Songs for Swingin' Lovers	Capitol	1956. Riddle: arr., cond. Riddle and Sinatra made 20 albums together including most of the "Concept" series. Sinatra's successes with Riddle in the late 50s gave a much needed boost to his career, which had suffered at Columbia
Judy Garland	Come Rain or Come Shine	Judy	Capitol	1956. Riddle: arr., cond. Riddle by this point was able to work with the biggest singers at Capitol
Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby	Well, Did You Evah!	Frank Sinatra in Hollywood	Capitol	1956. Riddle: arr. Riddle wrote the arrangement for this song in High Society & went on to write & conduct scores for many Hollywood movies
Frank Sinatra	Witchcraft	The Complete Capitol Singles	Capitol	1957. Riddle: arr., cond. Around this time tension began to grow between Riddle and Sinatra. Though they continued to work together for years, Riddle was no longer Sinatra's only arranger & conductor

Nelson Riddle Orchestra	Main Title: Pal Joey	Pal Joey Original Soundtrack		1957. Riddle wrote the score for this movie among many others. He won the "Best Score" Oscar for the Great Gatsby in 1974
Frank Sinatra	No One Ever Tells You	A Swingin' Affair	Capitol	1957. Riddle: arr., cond.
Judy Garland	Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart	Judy in Love	Capitol	1958. Riddle: arr,, cond.
Frank Sinatra	One For My Baby	Only the Lonely	Capitol	1958. Riddle: arr. Both Riddle and Sinatra called Only the Lonely their favorite album they had ever done

Nelson Riddle Orchestra	I'll Get By	C'mon � Get Happy!	Capitol	1958. Riddle did many solo albums, though best known for his work with singers like Sinatra
Nat King Cole	Quizas, Quizas, Quizas	Cole Espanol	Capitol	1958. Riddle: arr., cond. I had no idea until researching this show that Riddle had done this album
Peggy Lee	I Hear Music	Jump for Joy	Capitol	1958. Ridle: arr., cond. When Lee came back to Capitol in 1957, she worked exclusively with Riddle
Ella Fitzgerald	But Not for Me	The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook	Verve	1959. Riddle: arr., cond. Riddle did 3 of the songbooks: Gershwin, Kern and Mercer, as well as 2 other albums with Fitzgerald during this time
Keely Smith	What Is This Thing Called Love	Cocktails with Cole Porter	Capitol	1959. Riddle: arr., cond.
Ella Fitzgerald	Someone to Watch Over Me	The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook	Verve	1959. Riddle: arr., cond. The Gershwin songbook is often considered the best of the series

Nelson Riddle Orchestra	Promenade (Ambulatory Suite)	The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook	Verve	1959. Riddle: arr., cond. Riddle did one instrumental medley of Gershwin compositions on this 3-LP set
Dean Martin	On the Street Where You Live	This Time I'm Swingin'	Capitol	1960. Riddle: arr., cond
Rosemary Clooney	You Took Advantage of Me	Rosie Solves the Swinging Riddle	Capitol	1960. Riddle: arr., cond. Clooney and Riddle had a long-standing and very close affair which culminated in both of their marriages ending around the time this album was made
Dean Martin	AIn't That a Kick in the Head	The Capitol Years	Capitol	1960. Riddle: arr., cond. This song was recorded for This Time I'm Swingin' but cut from the album and released as a single
Rosemary Clooney	Get Me To the Church On Time	Rosie Solves the Swinging Riddle	Capitol	1960. Riddle: arr., cond. This album gave a career boost to Clooney, who saw herself as a jazz singer but had been made to record novelty songs at Columbia
Nelson Riddle Orchestra	Theme from 'Route 66'	Music for a Bachelor's Den in Hi-Fi	DRG	1962. This tv theme song was a top 40 hit for Riddle

Nelson Riddle Orchestra	Theme from 'The Naked City'	TV Town	Capitol	1962.
Ella Fitzgerald	Don't Be That Way	Ella Swings brightly With Nelson	Verve	1962. Riddle: arr. , cond. one of a pair of albums that year, the other was "Ella Swings Lightly With Nelson." Ella would revisit this song in the 1970s in a beautiful, spare performance with Joe Pass on solo guitar
Shirley Bassey	What Now My Love	Let's Face The Music	EMI	1962. Riddle: arr., cond. This album was released just before Goldfinger and this song was a hit for Bassey in the UK
Frank Sinatra	The Summer Wind	Strangers in the Night	Reprise	1966. Riddle: arr., cond. This was the last full album Sinatra and Riddle made together. The story is that Sinatra requested Riddle as he was unhappy with the previously contracted arranger's work on the title track (Sinatra hated the song "Strangers in the Night," & hated that it became a hit and people would request it at concerts for the rest of his career)
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank Sinatra	The Lady is a Tramp	The Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim		1967. Riddle: arr., cond. One of a series of TV specials Riddle and Sinatra made together
Linda Ronstadt	I've Got a Crush On You	What's New?	Asylum	1983. Riddle: arr., cond. Riddle and Ronstadt made 3 albums together; the last was released after Riddle's death in 1985

Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle	Someday My Prince Will Come	Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle	Verve	1964. Riddle: arr., cond. Who knew Peterson and Riddle would sound so good together?
Frank Sinatra	Angel Eyes	Only the Lonely	Capitol	1958. Riddle: arr., cond.