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 201-225 of 246 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0B5381 | 10-in. | On or before 10/11/1933 | How could we be wrong? | Gertrude Lawrence | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5821 | 10-in. | 12/7/1933 | My song goes round the world | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5833 | 10-in. | 12/20/1933 | On a steamer coming over | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5835 | 10-in. | 12/20/1933 | You ought to see Sally on Sunday | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5906 | 10-in. | 2/20/1934 | St. Louis blues | Paul Robeson | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5913 | 10-in. | 2/27/1934 | I'll follow my secret heart | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5914 | 10-in. | 2/27/1934 | Nevermore | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5936 | 10-in. | 3/12/1934 | Not bad | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B5937 | 10-in. | 3/12/1934 | What now? | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0EA5942 | 10-in. | 12/15/1937 | For only you | Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Gramophone | 0B5983 | 10-in. | On or before 4/27/1934 | My sweet | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6414 | 10-in. | 1/31/1933 | Butterflies in the rain | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6434 | 10-in. | 2/7/1933 | Wheezy Anna | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6452 | 10-in. | 2/27/1933 | The moment I saw you | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6453 | 10-in. | 2/27/1933 | My heart's to let | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6454 | 10-in. | 2/27/1933 | When you've fallen in love | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6455 | 10-in. | 2/27/1933 | There's something about a soldier | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6474 | 10-in. | Three wishes | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | ||
Gramophone | 0B6476 | 10-in. | 3/16/1933 | Let me give you my happiness | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6479 | 10-in. | 3/16/1933 | Stay on the right side of the road | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6535 | 10-in. | 5/10/1933 | That's what life is made of | Ray Noble ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, composer | |
Gramophone | 0B6537 | 10-in. | 5/10/1933 | Spanish eyes | Ray Noble ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, director | |
Gramophone | 0B6551 | 10-in. | 5/16/1933 | I shall still keep smiling along | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6561 | 10-in. | 5/24/1933 | Seven years with the wrong woman | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Gramophone | 0B6874 | 10-in. | 4/21/1934 | The very thought of you | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Noble, Ray," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102805.
Noble, Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102805.
"Noble, Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Noble, Ray, 1903-1978 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80063207
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