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September in the Rain - The Life of Nelson Riddle. Nelson Riddle.

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September in die reën - Die lewe van Nelson Riddle. Nelson Riddle.

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September in the Rain - The Life of Nelson Riddle by Nelson Riddle. Book. Hardcover. 320 pages. Watson-Guptill #0823076725. Published by Watson-Guptill. HL.331378. ISBN 0823076725. 6.38x9.38 inches. In this entertaining biography, Levinson highlights Riddle's song-writing accomplishments that had singers topping the charts. By 1953, Frank Sinatra's record sales had plummeted, his TV show was canceled, and MGM dropped him. But his career took on new life and artistic depth after he recorded a series of albums with Riddle, whose intelligent, seductive arrangements have become American classics. Aside from Sinatra, Riddle worked with Nat “King” Cole. on almost all of his most famous singles. and Ella Fitzgerald. in her American Songbook collections. , as well as with Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney and Johnny Mathis. He scored such films as the original Ocean's 11, Can-Can and The Great Gatsby , for which he received an Oscar. Levinson, a longtime friend of Riddle and a respected jazz publicist, meticulously narrates Riddle's personal life and charts the importance and enormous breadth of the arranger's career. While the narrative covers salient aspects of Riddle's life. his relationship with his cold, autocratic mother, his affair with Rosemary Clooney, the disintegration of his once-happy marriage and an underlying depression throughout his life. , Levinson's analysis of his work and the music industry give the book both its vitality and enormous value.

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September in die reën - Die lewe van Nelson Riddle deur Nelson Riddle. Book. Hardeband. 320 bladsye. Уотсон-Guptill. Gepubliseer deur Watson-Guptill. HL.331378. ISBN 0823076725. 6.38x9.38 inches. In hierdie vermaaklike biografie, Levinson beklemtoon Riddle se liedjie-skryf prestasies wat het sangers bolaag die kaarte. Teen 1953, het Frank Sinatra se rekord verkope skerp gedaal, sy TV-show is gekanselleer, en MGM val hom. Maar sy loopbaan het op nuwe lewe en artistieke diepte nadat hy het 'n reeks van albums met Riddle, wie se intelligente, het verleidelike reëlings geword Amerikaanse klassieke. Afgesien van Sinatra, Riddle saam met Nat "King" Cole. op byna al sy mees bekende singles. en Ella Fitzgerald. in haar Amerikaanse Songbook versamelings. , Asook met Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney en Johnny Mathis. Hy het films soos die oorspronklike Ocean's 11, Can-Can en The Great Gatsby, waarvoor hy 'n Oscar. Levinson, 'n jarelange vriend van Riddle en 'n gerespekteerde jazz publicist, Riddle se persoonlike lewe en kaarte van die belangrikheid en enorme breedte van die verwerker se loopbaan vertelt noukeurig. Terwyl die verhaal dek belangrike aspekte van Riddle se lewe. sy verhouding met sy koue, outokratiese moeder en sy verhouding met Rosemary Clooney, die disintegrasie van sy eens gelukkige huwelik en 'n onderliggende depressie dwarsdeur sy lewe. , Levinson's analysis of his work and the music industry give the book both its vitality and enormous value.