Nelson Riddle discography

Select singles

• "Lisbon Antigua" { US # 1 - February 1956 }
• "Port Au Prince" { US # 20 - April 1956 }
• "Theme From The Proud Ones" { US # 39 - July 1956 }
• "Route 66 Theme" { US # 30 - June 1962 - AC # 9, 1962 }
• "Naked City Theme" { US # 130 - October 1962 }
• "What's New" (Featuring Linda Ronstadt) US # 53 - December 1983 - AC # 5, 1983
• "I've Got A Crush On You" (Featuring Linda Ronstadt) AC # 7, 1984

Sources: Billboard Top Pop Singles, Billboard Adult Contemporary Billboard Bubbling Under Singles Books

Albums

Notable arrangements

"What Is This Thing Called Love" (for Keely Smith)

"I've Got You Under My Skin" (for Frank Sinatra)

"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (for Frank Sinatra)

"The Lady Is a Tramp" (for Frank Sinatra)

"Come Rain or Come Shine" (for Judy Garland)

"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (for Judy Garland)

"Mona Lisa" (for Nat King Cole)

"Night and Day" (for Frank Sinatra)

"On The Street Where You Live" (for Dean Martin)

"Unforgettable" (for Nat King Cole)

"What's New" (for Linda Ronstadt)

"Witchcraft" (for Frank Sinatra)

"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" (for Dean Martin)

For Frank Sinatra

For Ella Fitzgerald

For Nat King Cole

(All Capitol albums)

• 1953: Nat King Cole Sings for Two In Love
• 1954: Unforgettable
• 1955: The Piano Style of Nat King Cole
• 1956: Ballads of the Day
• 1958: St. Louis Blues
• 1958: Cole Español
• 1959: To Whom It May Concern
• 1960: Wild Is Love
• 2001: Night Lights — posthumous release for both Cole and Riddle; recorded in 1955/56

For other artists

• Anna Maria Alberghetti
  • Warm and Willing (Capitol, 1960)
• Shirley Bassey
  • Let's Face the Music (EMI, 1962)
• Rosemary Clooney
  • Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA, 1960)
  • Love (Reprise, 1963)
• Bing Crosby
  • Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise, 1964)
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • That's Entertainment! (MGM, 1974)
• Buddy DeFranco
  • Plays Nelson Riddle's Cross Country Suite (Dot, 1958)
• Eddie Fisher
  • Games that Lovers Play (RCA, 1966)
• Judy Garland
  • Judy (Capitol, 1956)
  • Judy in Love (Capitol, 1958)
• Antonio Carlos Jobim
  • The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros. Records, 1965)
• Jack Jones
  • There's Love And There's Love And There's Love (Kapp Records, 1965)
• Kiri Te Kanawa
  • Blue Skies (Decca, 1985)
• Steve Lawrence
  • Portrait of Steve (MGM, 1972)
• Peggy Lee
  • The Man I Love (Capitol, 1957) (conducted by Frank Sinatra)
  • Jump for Joy (Capitol, 1958)
• Dean Martin
  • This Time I'm Swingin' (Capitol, 1960)
  • Cha Cha de Amor (Capitol, 1962)
• Johnny Mathis
  • I'll Buy You A Star (Columbia, 1962)
  • Live it Up (Columbia, 1963)
• Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli
  • Top Hat (EMI, 1981)
• Oscar Peterson
  • Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve, 1964)
• Sue Raney
  • When Your Lover Has Gone (Capitol, 1959)
• Mavis Rivers
  • Take a Number (Capitol, 1959)
• Linda Ronstadt
  • What's New? (Asylum, 1983)
  • Lush Life (Asylum, 1984)
  • For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum, 1986)
• Tommy Sands
  • When I'm Thinking of You (Capitol, 1959)
  • Dream with Me (Capitol, 1960)
• Dinah Shore
  • Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol, 1959)
• Phil Silvers
  • Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1956)
• Frank Sinatra, Jr.
  • Spice (Daybreak Records, 1971)
  • His Way! (Daybreak Records, 1972)
• Kate Smith
  • The Best of Kate Smith (RCA Records, 1963-1967)
• Keely Smith
  • I Wish You Love (Capitol, 1958)
  • Swingin' Pretty (Capitol, 1959)
  • Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New (Reprise, 1962)
• Barbra Streisand
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (soundtrack) (Columbia Records, 1970)
• Pinky Tomlin
  • Country Boy (Arvee Records, 1963)
• Ed Townsend
  • New in Town (Capitol, 1959)
  • Glad to Be Here (Capitol, 1959)
• Danny Williams
  • Swinging For You (HMV, 1962)

Television work

• The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956)
• A Man and His Music (1965/1966/1967 award-winning television-specials for Frank Sinatra)
• The Julie Andrews Hour (1973)
• The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music (1980)

Film work

• Pal Joey (1957, starring Frank Sinatra)
• Till There Was You (from The Music Man in 1957)
• Can-Can (1960)
• Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
• Paint Your Wagon (1969)
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

Film and television work

• Lisbon (1956) (theme song topped the Billboard Top 100)
• Li'l Abner (1959)
• The Untouchables
• Route 66 (1960) (theme song earned Riddle a Top 40 single in 1962)
• Naked City (1960)
• Ocean's Eleven (1960)
• Lolita (1962)
• 4 for Texas (1963)
• A Rage to Live (1965)
• Batman (1966-68 TV series) (although Neal Hefti wrote the "Batman Theme" song, Riddle and Billy May scored the actual episodes)
• Batman
• El Dorado (1966)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
• This Is Your Life (1971)
• Emergency! (1972)
• The Great Gatsby (which repopularized Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do" and earned Riddle the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and Adaptation at the 47th Academy Awards)
• CHiPs (1977) some first-season episodes