Raymond Stanley Noble, born on December 17, 1903 in Brighton, England, was an
English jazz and big band musician, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He
trained at the Royal Academy of Music and won a competition for the best British
dance band orchestrator in 1927, and in 1929 he became leader of the New Mayfair
Dance Orchestra. Noble’s hits included "The Very Thought of You" for His
Master’s Voice. In 1934 he moved to New York, expanded his orchestra, and
recorded "Slumming on Park Avenue" while appearing in the 1937 film A Damsel in
Distress with his orchestra. He died on Apri...