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Ray Noble

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Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. [1]

60 relations: A Damsel in Distress, Al Bowlly, Big band, Bill Harty, Billie Holiday, Blue plaque, Brighton, British dance band, Buddy Clark, Burns and Allen, Cherokee (Ray Noble song), Dese Dem Dose, Dictionary of National Biography, Edgar Bergen, England, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, George Burns, Glenn Miller, Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly song), Gracie Allen, Grammy Hall of Fame, Guy Lombardo, Hal Leonard Corporation, Here We Go Again (film), HMV, I Hadn't Anyone Till You, Jazz, Jersey, Joan Fontaine, London, Lou Gehrig, Love Is the Sweetest Thing, Mad About the Boy, Manx Radio, Melody Maker, Montpelier, Brighton, Paris in the Spring, Rainbow Room, Royal Academy of Music, Santa Barbara, California, Sean Connery, Slumming on Park Avenue, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Stanley Kubrick, Sussex, Sweet & Swing, Tampa Bay Times, Teddy Wilson, The Chase and Sanborn Hour, ..., The City on the Edge of Forever, The New York Times, The Pride of the Yankees, The Russia House (film), The Shining (film), The Touch of Your Lips, The Very Thought of You, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, You'd Be So Easy to Love. Expand index (10 more) »

A Damsel in Distress

A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, and Gracie Allen.

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Al Bowlly

Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a Mozambican-born South African/British singer, songwriter, composer and band leader, who became a popular jazz crooner during the British dance band era of the 1930s and later worked in the United States.

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Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Bill Harty

William John "Bill" Harty (1899-1959) was an Irish born jazz drummer.

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Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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British dance band

British dance band is a genre of popular jazz and dance music that developed in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms during the 1920s and 1930s, often called a Golden Age of British music prior to the Second World War.

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Buddy Clark

Buddy Clark (July 26, 1912 – October 1, 1949) was an American popular singer of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Burns and Allen

Burns and Allen was an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen.

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Cherokee (Ray Noble song)

"Cherokee" (also known as "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)") is a jazz standard written by Ray Noble and published in 1938.

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Dese Dem Dose

Dese Dem Dose is a 1935 instrumental composed by Glenn Miller and recorded by The Dorsey Brothers orchestra.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.

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Edgar Bergen

Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren, February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American actor, comedian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter.

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Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances.

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George Burns

George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer.

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Glenn Miller

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) The website for Arlington National Cemetery refers to Glenn Miller as "missing in action since Dec.

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Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly song)

"Goodnight, Sweetheart" is a British popular song written in 1931.

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Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man.

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Grammy Hall of Fame

The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

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Guy Lombardo

Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian-American bandleader and violinist of Italian descent.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

Hal Leonard Corporation is a United States music publishing and distribution company founded in Winona, Minnesota, by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother, Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and fellow musician Roger Busdicker.

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Here We Go Again (film)

Here We Go Again is a 1942 American film, a sequel to Look Who's Laughing.

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HMV

HMV Retail Ltd. is an entertainment retailing company (registered in England) operating in the United Kingdom.

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I Hadn't Anyone Till You

"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" is a popular song written by Ray Noble in 1938.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jersey

Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France.

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Joan Fontaine

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis Gehrig, born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig (June 19, 1903June 2, 1941), nicknamed "the Iron Horse", was an American baseball first baseman who played his entire professional career (17 seasons) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 until 1939.

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Love Is the Sweetest Thing

"Love Is the Sweetest Thing" is a popular song written in 1932 by British band leader and singer Ray Noble.

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Mad About the Boy

"Mad About the Boy" is a popular song with words and music by actor and playwright Sir Noël Coward.

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Manx Radio

Manx Radio (legally Radio Manx Ltd.) (Radio Vannin) is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man.

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Melody Maker

Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies, and—according to its publisher IPC Media—the earliest.

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Montpelier, Brighton

Montpelier is an inner suburban area of Brighton, part of the English city and seaside resort of Brighton and Hove.

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Paris in the Spring

Paris in the Spring is a popular song composed in 1935, with lyrics by Mack Gordon and music by Harry Revel.

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Rainbow Room

The Rainbow Room is a private event space on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas Bochsa.

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Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California.

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Sean Connery

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award).

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Slumming on Park Avenue

"Slumming on Park Avenue" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1937 film On the Avenue, where it was introduced by Alice Faye.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents and maintains the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook.

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Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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Sweet & Swing

Sweet & Swing, is a radio programme broadcast on Manx Radio and features music from the Big Band Era.

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Tampa Bay Times

The Tampa Bay Times, previously named the St.

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Teddy Wilson

Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist.

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The Chase and Sanborn Hour

The Chase and Sanborn Hour was the umbrella title for a series of US comedy and variety radio shows sponsored by Standard Brands' Chase and Sanborn Coffee, usually airing Sundays on NBC from 8pm to 9pm during the years 1929 to 1948.

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The City on the Edge of Forever

"The City on the Edge of Forever" is the 28th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek and the penultimate episode of the first season.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 American film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan.

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The Russia House (film)

The Russia House is a 1990 American spy film directed by Fred Schepisi.

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The Shining (film)

The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.

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The Touch of Your Lips

"The Touch of Your Lips" is a romantic ballad written by Ray Noble in 1936.

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The Very Thought of You

"The Very Thought of You" is a pop standard recorded and published in 1934 with music and words by Ray Noble.

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Top Hat, White Tie and Tails

"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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You'd Be So Easy to Love

"(You'd Be So) Easy to Love" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for William Gaxton to sing in the 1934 Broadway show Anything Goes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Noble

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