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Nelson Riddle Sets Record with Posthumous Grammy Nomination

11/19/2025

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Nelson Riddle received a Grammy nomination for his arrangement of "How Did She Look?" on Seth MacFarlane's Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements.
Riddle died in 1985, yet he remains eligible under the Recording Academy's five-year rule.
This nomination sets a record for the longest span of Grammy nominations dating back to his first nod in 1959, alongside Jacob Collier and Cody Fry.

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Nelson Riddle received a Grammy nomination for his arrangement of "How Did She Look?" on Seth MacFarlane's Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements.
Riddle died in 1985, yet he remains eligible under the Recording Academy's five-year rule.
This nomination sets a record for the longest span of Grammy nominations dating back to his first nod in 1959, alongside Jacob Collier and Cody Fry.