Ray Noble

About the artist

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.

Top songs

  1. The Very Thought Of You
  2. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
  3. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
  4. Chewing Gum
  5. Midnight, the Stars and You
  6. The Blues
  7. Midnight With The Stars and You
  8. Cherokee
  9. It's All Forgotten Now
  10. Isle of Capri
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  1. Wherever You Are
  2. I'll Do My Best To Make You Happy
  3. By the Waters of Minnetonka
  4. So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together
  5. Crazy Feet
  6. I've Got A Feeling
  7. By The Fireside
  8. That's What Life Is Made Of
  9. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
  10. Goodnight Sweetheart
  11. Repeal The Blues
  12. Linda
  13. I'll Dance at Your Wedding
  14. Oakland to Burbank
  15. In the Moonlight
  16. Who Walks In When I Walk Out?
  17. You've Got To Be Modernistic
  18. The Younger Generation
  19. What A Perfect Combination
  20. Brighter Than the Sun
  21. The Moment I Saw You
  22. Let Me Give My Happiness To You
  23. Harlem Nocturne
  24. Al Bowlly - Midnight The Stars And You - 1934
  25. Cherokee (1939) - Instrumental
  26. The Touch of Your Lips
  27. All I Do Is Dream Of You
  28. Love Locked Out
  29. My Hat's On The Side Of My Head
  30. Take Five
  31. Let Me Give My Happiness To Yo
  32. Shout For Happiness
  33. I'll Be Good Because Of You
  34. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  35. More Than You Know
  36. Don't Say Goodbye
  37. I've Got You Under My Skin
  38. Close Your Eyes
  39. Where Am I
  40. Paris in the Spring
  41. You Ought To See Sally On Sunday
  42. Midnight The Stars And You
  43. Sing As We Go
  44. The Very Thought of You (feat. Paula Cole)
  45. Number 2 - Dinner Music Suite
  46. Top Hat White Tie and Tails
  47. Dinah
  48. Veredo Tropical
  49. Footprints in the snow
  50. There's Something In The Air
  51. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
  52. Tiger Rag
  53. What More Can I Ask?
  54. Stay on the Right Side of the Road
  55. Whispering
  56. Someone
  57. Twentieth Century Blues
  58. Grecian Melody
  59. Allah's Holiday
  60. Every Day Away from You
  61. Spanish Eyes
  62. Lying In The Hay
  63. Let Yourself Go (with Al Bowlly)
  64. While My Lady Sleeps
  65. Guilty
  66. Little Dutch Mill
  67. Have You Ever Been Lonely (with Al Bowlly)
  68. Time On My Hands
  69. Wilshire Wobble
  70. Magic Of Magnolias
  71. Groping In The Grooveyard
  72. Rhythm Is Our Business
  73. Oh, Lady Be Good
  74. Rigoletto
  75. Easy To Love
  76. Terribly Fond of You
  77. Cherokee: Indian Suite: I. Cherokee
  78. Just Imagine
  79. Hang Out the Stars in Indiana
  80. Makin' Wickey Wackey Down in Waikiki
  81. Not a Star in sight
  82. Blue Moon
  83. Double Trouble
  84. Rick and Renault - The very thought of you (Underscore)
  85. Baby You've Got the Right Idea
  86. The Morris Dances
  87. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
  88. It's Bad for Me
  89. Try A Little Tenderness
  90. I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Instrumental

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