Nelson Riddle has been played on NTS in shows including The Athenian Marketplace , featured first on 12 November 2017. Songs played include Polka Dots And Moonbeams, Love Turns Winter Into Spring and Theme From "Route 66".

Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was a well-known American bandleader, arranger and orchestrator whose career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1980s. Riddle is perhaps best known for his 1950s work for Capitol Records, providing jazzy big-band style arrangements to accompany such vocalists as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Louis Prima and Keely Smith….