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Nelson Riddle

1921 - 1985

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Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nelson Riddle has received more than 872,252 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nelson Riddle is the 1,860th most popular musician (down from 1,784th in 2019), the 9,428th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,037th in 2019) and the 717th most popular American Musician.

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  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nelson Riddle ranks 1,860 out of 3,175. Before him are Derek Bailey, Doug Yule, Danny Carey, Augustus Pablo, Buddy Miles, and Dickey Betts. After him are Carlinhos Brown, Robert Westerholt, Takanori Nishikawa, Pete Quaife, Don Williams, and Robert Stigwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Nelson Riddle ranks 396. Before him are Rodger Ward, Walter Mirisch, Usmar Ismail, Ann Savage, James Cooke Brown, and Joe Fulks. After him are Chen Muhua, Sita Ram Goel, Michel Bonnevie, Fernando Roldán, John Russell, and Jean Kent. Among people deceased in 1985, Nelson Riddle ranks 248. Before him are Victor Carlund, Romolo Catasta, Robert Surtees, Albert Maltz, André Bjerke, and Jan Peka. After him are Carlos Mota Pinto, Alvah Bessie, Fernando Pereira, Pál Teleki, Alister Hardy, and Maurice Podoloff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nelson Riddle ranks 9,428 out of 20,380. Before him are Elsie Janis (1889), Daniel Barringer (1860), George Beauchamp (1899), Brandon Routh (1979), Dickey Betts (1943), and Jason Lewis (1971). After him are Dustin Poirier (1989), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), Bob Foster (1942), Dean Kamen (1951), Marc Aaronson (1950), and John Berryman (1914).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Nelson Riddle ranks 717. Before him are Garrick Ohlsson (1948), Kim Kashkashian (1952), Doug Yule (1947), Danny Carey (1961), Buddy Miles (1947), and Dickey Betts (1943). After him are Don Williams (1939), Paul Motian (1931), John Sebastian (1944), Chris Stein (1950), Steve Smith (1954), and Jerry Cantrell (1966).

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