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.

Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 18 - High Society Swing - 2025-11-28T00:00:00.000000Z

The Noble Touch: Songs from a Bygone Era - 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000000Z

The Elegant Swing of 1935 - Ray Noble's English Jazz - 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000000Z

In the Clouds - Big Band Classics - 2023-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Зарубежное наследие: Ретро хит - 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000000Z

With All My Heart - 2021-04-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Memories of Al Bowlly - 2021-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Brighter Than the Sun - The Sound of Al Bowlly & Ray Noble - 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Ray Noble and His British and American Orchestras - 2019-07-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Cherokee - 2018-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Experiment - 2018-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Please - 2018-09-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Remember Me - 2018-09-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Tiger Rag - 2018-09-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Hold Me - 2018-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Snowball - 2018-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Change Partners - 2018-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Broadway - 2018-08-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Clouds - 2018-08-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Amore - 2018-08-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Ray Noble: Love Is the Sweetest Thing - 2018-01-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Nostalgia : Four Great British Dance Bands - 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Les 50 Trésors du Jazz - 2015-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Famous British Dance Bands: Ray Noble, Vol. 2 – The New Maifair Dance Orchestra & The Band, Featuring Al Bowlly and Others (Recordings 1930-1937) - 2013-11-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Vintage Hollywood Classics, Vol. 6: Fred Astaire - 2013-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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