The Very Thought Of You.
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Ray Noble (1903 – 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.
This piece is now a pop standard and was published in 1934. In addition to Noble's own hit recording of the song with his orchestra, there was also a popular version recorded that same year by Bing Crosby. A decade later the song was in the charts again with a version by Vaughn Monroe. Doris Day sang the song in the 1950 movie Young Man with a Horn, a fictional tale partly based on the life of early jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke. An instrumental version of the song was also as background music for the film Casablanca in the scene where Sascha kisses Rick Blaine on the cheek.
This piece is now a pop standard and was published in 1934. In addition to Noble's own hit recording of the song with his orchestra, there was also a popular version recorded that same year by Bing Crosby. A decade later the song was in the charts again with a version by Vaughn Monroe. Doris Day sang the song in the 1950 movie Young Man with a Horn, a fictional tale partly based on the life of early jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke. An instrumental version of the song was also as background music for the film Casablanca in the scene where Sascha kisses Rick Blaine on the cheek.