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Download ! September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle PDF by # Peter Levinson eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle He served as arranger for many of Sinatra’s albums, as well as musical director for many of the singer’s television specials and feature films. Readers will receive an inside look at his inspirations, his work, and his creative geniushow he revived his own career after the abrupt change in popular music during the ’70sand the story of his brilliant association with singer Linda Ronstadt, which resulted in three gold and platinum albums, sold a grand total of 6.1 million records
| Title | : | September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0823076725 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-25 |
| Language | : | English |
He served as arranger for many of Sinatra’s albums, as well as musical director for many of the singer’s television specials and feature films. Readers will receive an inside look at his inspirations, his work, and his creative geniushow he revived his own career after the abrupt change in popular music during the ’70sand the story of his brilliant association with singer Linda Ronstadt, which resulted in three gold and platinum albums, sold a grand total of 6.1 million records, and earned him one of his three Grammy awards.For readers who are fans of such gre
JoAnn Kane said Five Stars. Another book delivered in great condition. Wonderful read and terrific gift for a friend. "Insightful look into the life of an American pop legend" according to The Fancy One. Being a fan of both Nat King Cole's and Frank Sinatra's work, I was intrigued by this book about the man who was pretty much responsible for their successful run of hits in the 1950s and '60s. Not knowing much about Nelson Riddle other than his association with Cole, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and o. "A Long Overdue Tribute to the Greatest Arranger" according to M. Barnes. This is a long-overdue biography of the greatest of the musical arrangers of the great period of adult pop music in the 1950s and 1960s. Much has been made of Riddle's contribution to the careers of Sinatra, Cole, Fitzgerald in re-issued album liner notes, but little has been said about Riddle the
Levinson, a longtime friend of Riddle and a respected jazz publicist, meticulously narrates Riddle's often strife-torn 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. From Publishers Weekly In this entertaining biography, Levinson (Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James) highlights Riddle's song-writing accomplishments that had singers topping the charts. By 1953, Levinson writes, "t
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