CLASSIC AL BOWLLY / RAY NOBLE ORCH. 78 " THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU" HMV B 6482 V+
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THIS IS A COPY OF AL BOWLLY SINGING ON RAY NOBLE'S CLASSIC LOVE SONG "THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU" ON AN ORIGINAL UK HMV 78
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.
The Bowlly/Noble recordings achieved popularity in the United States. Union bans prevented Noble from taking British musicians to America so he arranged for Glenn Miller to recruit American musicians. The American Ray Noble band had a successful run at the Rainbow Room in New York City with Bowlly as principal vocalist.
Bowlly returned to England but Noble continued to lead bands in America, moving into an acting career portraying a stereotypical upper-class English idiot. His last major successes as a bandleader came with Buddy Clark in the late 1940s.
Noble wrote both lyrics and music and contributed "Love Is The Sweetest Thing" and "Cherokee" to the rolls of great popular music. His song "The Very Thought Of You" is among the greatest of all popular songs and the recording by Al Bowlly with Noble's studio orchestra is incomparable.
RECORD DETAILS:
UK HMV B 6482 10" 78 rpm SHELLAC
RAY NOBLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
SIDE 1:- THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
SIDE 2:- LITTLE DUTCH MILL
CONDITION - RECORD = VG+
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