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Ray Noble
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Ray Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. 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 also 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. Raymond Stanley Noble was born at 1 Montpelier Terrace in the Montpelier area of Brighton, England. A blue plaque on the house commemorates him. Noble studied at the Royal Academy of Music and in 1927 won a competition for the best British dance band orchestrator that was advertised in the Melody Maker music magazine. In 1929, he became leader of the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, an HMV Records studio band that featured members of many of the top hotel orchestras of the day. The most popular vocalist with Noble's studio band was Al Bowlly, who joined in 1930. During this time Noble co-wrote Turkish Delight, By the Fireside and Goodnight, Sweetheart. The latter song was a number one hit for Guy Lombardo in the United States charts. Noble moved to New York City in 1934. The Bowlly/Noble recor
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Ray Noble and His British and American Orchestras
Our Finest Hour: The Best of Ray Noble
Midnight With the Stars and You
The Hot Sides
Ray Noble: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
Lobo, Cris: Silken Steel
Ray Noble: Love Is the Sweetest Thing
Famous British Dance Bands: Ray Noble, Vol. 2 – The New Maifair Dance Orchestra & The Band, Featuring Al Bowlly and Others (Recordings 1930-1937)
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Italia
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Music from and Inspired By Boardwalk Empire
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Let's Spill the Beans
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Cherokee