Ray Noble
Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United States. Noble wrote both lyrics and music for many popular songs during the British dance band era, known as the "Golden Age of British music", notably for his longtime friend and associate Al Bowlly, including "Love Is the Sweetest Thing", "Cherokee", "The Touch of Your Lips", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", and his signature tune, "The Very Thought of You". Noble played a radio comedian opposite American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's stage act of Mortimer Snerd and Charlie McCarthy, and American comedy duo Burns and Allen, later transferring these roles from radio to TV and popular films. |
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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 248 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-02159 | 10-in. | 10/16/1936 | Now | Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-02160 | 10-in. | 10/16/1936 | Little old lady | Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-02161 | 10-in. | 10/16/1936 | There's something in the air | Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-02162 | 10-in. | 10/16/1936 | Where the lazy river goes by | Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director | |
Victor | BS-03886 | 10-in. | 1/5/1937 | To love you and to lose you | Howard Barrie ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-03887 | 10-in. | 1/5/1937 | Long as you have your health | Merry Macs ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal trio | director | |
Victor | BS-03888 | 10-in. | 1/5/1937 | Slumming on Park Avenue | Merry Macs ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble and talk | director | |
Victor | BS-03889 | 10-in. | 1/5/1937 | I've got my love to keep me warm | Howard Barrie ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-022921 | 10-in. | 4/27/1938 | I hadn't anyone 'til you | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-023408 | 10-in. | 5/18/1938 | I hadn't anyone 'till you | Blue Barron ; Russ Carlyle | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-032924 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | You're so desirable | Gray Gordon ; Cliff Grass ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-032957 | 10-in. | 3/12/1939 | You're so desirable | Bill Darnell ; Red Nichols Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-038276 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | Cherokee | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-043923 | 10-in. | 11/27/1939 | Love is the sweetest thing | Ziggy Elman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-045784 | 10-in. | 12/20/1939 | I hadn't anyone till you | Dolores Brown ; Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-046058 | 10-in. | 1/3/1940 | Comanche war dance | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-056485 | 10-in. | 10/14/1940 | Isola bella (that little Swiss isle) | Bob Carroll ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-057386 | 10-in. | 11/12/1940 | Isola bella | Kaydets ; Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal trio | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-057657 | 10-in. | 11/19/1940 | The very thought of you | Benny Carter Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | PBS-061918 | 10-in. | 11/21/1941 | Not a star in sight | Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Alyce King | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-063804 | 10-in. | 4/23/1941 | Cherokee | Deep River Boys | Male vocal quartet, with piano and drums | composer | |
Victor | BS-064945 | 10-in. | 9/29/1941 | The very thought of you | Joe Reichman | Piano solo, with jazz/dance instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | D4VB-0412 | 10-in. | 11/12/1944 | The very thought of you | Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | D6VB-1877 | 10-in. | 5/14/1946 | Good night sweetheart | Mel Henke | Piano solo, with string bass | songwriter | |
Victor | D6VB-3407 | 10-in. | 12/11/1946 | Cherokee | Herbie Fields Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Noble, Ray," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102805.
Noble, Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102805.
"Noble, Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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