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.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 17, 1903 (Brighton), Died April 3, 1978 (London)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1948

Roles Represented in DAHR: director, composer, songwriter, lyricist, conductor, arranger, vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 176-200 of 248 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Gramophone	0B4208	10-in.	9/20/1932	The party's over now	Noel Coward	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	conductor
Gramophone	0B4209	10-in.	9/20/1932	Something to do with spring	Noel Coward	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	conductor
Gramophone	0B4210	10-in.	9/19/1932	Mad dogs and Englishmen	Noel Coward ; Ray Noble	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	director
Gramophone	0B4240	10-in.	9/30/1932	Gypsy moon	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	conductor
Gramophone	0B4241	10-in.	9/30/1932	Just to linger in your arms	Richard Crooks ; Ray Noble	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	conductor
Gramophone	0B4242	10-in.	9/30/1932	Tell me tonight	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	conductor
Gramophone	0B4243	10-in.	9/30/1932	Only my song	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	conductor
Gramophone	0B4265	10-in.	10/21/1932	The blue Danube	New Mayfair Dance Orchestra ; Ray Noble	Jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B4289	10-in.	10/27/1932	Noah's ark	George Baker	Talk, with jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B4355	10-in.	12/8/1932	Try a little tenderness	New Mayfair Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Gramophone	0B4395	10-in.	1/12/1933	Lying in the hay	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Gramophone	0B4396	10-in.	1/12/1933	Wanderer	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Gramophone	0B4634	10-in.	7/12/1933	Roll up the carpet	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Gramophone	0B4674	10-in.	10/12/1933	Experiment	Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Gramophone	0B5002	10-in.	6/23/1933	Peter! Peter!	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Gramophone	0B5014	10-in.	7/5/1933	Pettin' in the park	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B5016	10-in.	7/5/1933	I've got to sing a torch song	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B5029	10-in.	7/13/1933	If you'll say "Yes," chérie	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Gramophone	0B5031	10-in.	7/13/1933	On the other side of Lover's Lane	Ray Noble ; Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Gramophone	0B5134	10-in.	10/12/1933	Love locked out	Ray Noble ; Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Gramophone	0B5136	10-in.	On or before 10/18/1933	Solomon	Elisabeth Welch	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B5137	10-in.	On or before 10/18/1933	The physician	Gertrude Lawrence	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B5138	10-in.	On or before 10/18/1933	Experiment	Gertrude Lawrence	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B5139	10-in.	On or before 10/24/1933	Nymph errant	Gertrude Lawrence	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Gramophone	0B5200	10-in.	11/29/1933	Song without words	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director

(Results 176-200 of 248 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Noble, Ray," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102805.

Noble, Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102805.

"Noble, Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.