Ray Noble
(1903-1978)

Died aged 74

Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 2 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. 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 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.

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Ray Noble, composer and bandleader born here 1903

1 Montpellier Terrace, Brighton, United Kingdom where they was born (1903)

Ray Noble 1903-1974 Writer, frequent Visitor to these Premises when it was The Sussex Arms

24 RADINDEN MANOR Road, Brighton, United Kingdom where they drank