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The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1937.
Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s. His work for Capitol Records kept such vocalists as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney and Keely Smith household names. He found commercial and critical success again in the 1980s with a trio of Platinum albums with vocalist Linda Ronstadt.
Riddle was born in Oradell, New Jersey, the only child of Marie Albertine Riddle and Nelson Smock Riddle, Sr., and later moved to nearby Ridgewood. Following his father's interest in music, he began taking piano lessons at age eight and trombone lessons at age fourteen. Riddle and his family had a summer house in Rumson, New Jersey. He enjoyed Rumson so much that he convinced his parents to allow him to attend high school there for his senior year. After his graduation from Rumson High School, Riddle spent his late teens and early 20s playing trombone in and occasionally arranging for various local dance bands, culminating in his association with the Charlie Spivak Orchestra.
the prologue snatches away everything along with the
scenery before us as the pure white feathers falls now
flying away without even hearing the last words into
this uncertain sky with nowhere to go
the special color that blocks my heart, sometimes a
shadow, sometimes a dream, and sometimes love
when the shard of memories become important, they
change into small courage
and overlap in the silhouette
if the prayers will become an unseen wind and reach the
nape of your neck
I feel that I can overcome the pain and lies and the
regret left behind so
believe, the many radiance that appears when you close
your eyes
the proof of eternity is this Trinity Cross
even if there's no song that will echo forever, this
feeling will never fade
the pain I carried without knowing it, sometimes
darkness, sometimes rain, and sometimes love
the important feeling
that was similar to the warmth notifying me that every
scene is wonderful now
with a strong force that can be called as an oath I
felt that 'I want to protect you'
I feel that I can cope with the sins and punishment and
the regret from sadness so
believe, even if the sudden wind makes you uneasy
the proof of eternity is this Trinity Cross
I wonder why? I feel far from time to time. although
I'm very close.
feeling painful by wanting to convey more words than
to an endless tomorrow
the pure white feathers fall now and become the veil
that covers the two of us
I feel that I will never get lost again in the morning
and night and the regret of reminiscence
believe, the many radiance that appears when you close
your eyes