![]() The song finishes with Frank and Ella singing “Hey Nels (Nelson Riddle) start the fill/‘Cause we’re done, it’s been fun.”Īnd the 1950s sure had been fun and remarkable for Nelson Riddle. The songwriting team of Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen had written special lyrics and music for a duet between Sinatra and Fitzgerald to the tune of “Can’t We Be Friends” by Paul James and Kay Swift. Fortunately, an opportunity for a duet came later in the show. ![]() ![]() When the camera zoomed out from Frank singing, the silhouette of Nelson Riddle facing the orchestra came into view as he shifted to conduct the next song that Ella would sing. But it was Riddle that served as the connective tissue between performers. Sinatra performed, Fitzgerald performed and Riddle conducted his wonderful arrangements. On this occasion, three artists that defined popular and vocal jazz music during the past decade came together: Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and the great arranger Nelson Riddle. But big changes to popular music were on the horizon. Many thought it would be this way forever. After all, there had been so many musical variety shows on TV throughout the decade. Hindsight suggests this was a significant event in music history, although few people watching would have known it. The last television episode of The Frank Sinatra Timex Show of the 1950s aired on December 13th, 1959.
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