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The Very Thought Of You by Ray Noble And His Orchestra

Artist Biography For Ray Noble And His Orchestra

Ray Noble December 17 1903 – April 3 1978 Was A British Bandleader Composer Arranger And Actor. Noble Studied Music At The Royal Academy Of Music And Became Leader Of The HMV Records Studio Band In 1929. The Band Known As The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Featured Members Of Many Of The Top Hotel Orchestras Of The Day. The Most Popular Vocalist With Noble's Studio Band Was Al Bowlly. Noble Played The Piano But Seldom Did So With His Orchestra. In A Movie Short From The 1940s Featuring Ray Noble And Buddy Clark One Of His Most Popular Band Singers Ray Noble Is Asked By The Announcer To Play One Of His Most Popular Hits. He Sits Down At The Piano And Plays "Goodnight Sweetheart" "Goodnight Sweetheart 'til We Meet Tomorrow. Goodnight Sweetheart Parting Is Such Sorrow" . This Is The Song That Once Seemed To Be Played At The End Of Every High School And College Prom The End Of Every Party Featuring Live Music And The Last Song Played By A Dance Band To Signal The End Of The Evening. Although Noble Was No Singer He Did Appear Twice As An Upper Crust Englishmen On Two Of His More Popular New York Records 1935's Top Hat And 1937's Slumming On Park Avenue. Noble And Bowlly's 1934 Recording Of "Midnight The Stars And You" Was Prominently Featured On The Soundtrack Of Stanley Kubrick's Film The Shining In 1980.

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