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. He is best known for his signature tune, "The Very Thought of You", and for "Cherokee". 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. His most iconic musical numbers included songs such as "Love Is the Sweetest Thing", "Cherokee", "The Touch of Your Lips", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", Goodnight, Sweetheart, What More Can I Ask?, and "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.
Genre: british-jazz, british-dance-band
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Top Tracks
- Linda
- Midnight, the Stars and You
- Repeal the Blues
- The Very Thought of You
- Top Hat
- Cherokee
- Let Yourself Go
- Let's Face the Music and Dance
- Slumming on Park Avenue
- The Touch of Your Lips
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- Blue Moon
- There's Something in the Air
- What a Perfect Combination
- I'll Never Smile Again
- I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You
- Easy to Love
- Dinah
- Dinner for One, Please, James
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