◇ image via WikipediaNelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Linda Ronstadt. Those roots explain a lot about how Nelson Riddle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Henry Mancini, Perry Como, Ray Conniff, Doris Day and Burt Bacharach, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pet Sounds, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Judy Garland, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Nelson Riddle, reaching back through Linda Ronstadt and forward to Pet Sounds. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Nelson Riddle connections
Nelson Riddle grew out of Linda Ronstadt, shares an orbit with Henry Mancini, Perry Como, Ray Conniff and Doris Day, went on to shape Pet Sounds, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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