This set of Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra was inspired by my friend Max Jacquiard by adding substanially to my Ray Noble collection - about a year ago he called - he wanted to send me about 800 78s - more than doubling my Rany Noble records alone - not to mention Roy Fox, Lew Stone Jay Wilbur-Savoy Orpheans-Billy Cotton-Nat Gonnella - the list goes on. I found our combined lists to number 224 sides by Ray Noble - Raymond Stanley "Ray" Noble was born in 1903 - although some sources atate 1907 - Graduated from the Royal academy of Music at age 16. By July 1926 he won an arranging competition for the first time and in September 1926 he won Melody Maker arranging contest for second time with his score of "Coming Thro' The Cornfield" He was hired as a staff arranger with the Lawrence Wright Music Company then Pianist-arranger for Debroy Somers until July 1928 when he started arranging for the BBC Dance Orchestra - headed by Jack Payne. He assumed the helm on the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra from Carroll Gibbons in August 1929. Raie Da Costa is present on I believe - four sides - Fairy On The Clock, Finesse, and the Whoopee and Monte Carlo medleys. Raie was from South Africa as well as Harry Jacobson who also played piano with the NMDO. Here's the general personnel for the N.M.D.O. Director: Ray Noble : Sylvester Ahola-Frank Coughlan-Max Goldberg-Nat Gonella-Jack Jackson-Alfie Noakes-Norman Payne-Bill Shakespeare-t/Lew Davis-Jock Fleming-Tony Thorpe-tb/Harry Hines-Reg Pink(ts)-Danny Polo-cl/Laurie Payne-cl-ss-bar/Harry Carter-reeds/Freddy Gardner-cl-as-bar/Bob Wise-cl--as-bar/Harry Berly-George Clinton Smith-ts/Harry Berly-Jean Pougnet-vn/Alan Ferguson-Bert Thomas-g/Pat O'Malley-g-v/Jack Evetts-Spike Hughes-Jean Pougnet-Reginald Pursglove-Eric Siday-Tiny Winters-sb/Bert Thomas-bj/Ray Noble-cel-harpophone-a/Harry Jacobson-p-cel/Eddie Carroll-Raie Da Costa-Cecil Norman-Arthur Young-p/ Bill Harty-d-vib/Al Bowlly(g)-Cavan O'Connor-Pat O'Malley-Jack Plant-Wally Vernon-v All these tracks are hi-definition transfers of the original 78s. Copied slow to sound fresher and more natural.
Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Disc 1 CD352A
YOU'RE IN MY HEART HMV B5568 12/04/28 Bb15406 NICHOLLS
SHOUT HALLELUJAH 'CAUSE I'M HOME HMV B5568 12/04/28 Bb15407 DIXON
JUST KEEPIN' ON PAUL ROBESON HMV B3199 08/30/29 Bb17552 PHILLIPS 67
ROSE MARIE MEDLEY HMV C1759 09/10/29 CC16752/CC16753
LOOKING FOR LOVE HMV B5746 11/13/29 Bb18042 FIELDS-MCHUGH
FAIRY ON THE CLOCK RAIE DA COSTA? HMV B5737 11/13/29 Bb18080 MYERS
FINESSE RAIE DA COSTA? HMV B5737 11/13/29 Bb18081 MALTIN-DOLL
I'VE NEVER SEEN A SMILE LIKE YOURS HMV 5746 11/13/29 18232 JOHNSON-FRAZIER
LITTLE PUDDIN BASIN GRACIE FIELDS HMV B3494 05/22/30 Bb19198 050 LOWB
WE'LL BUILD A LITTLE WORLD OF OUR OWN RAY NOBLE CAVAN O'CONNOR HMV B5827 05/22/30 Bb19275 BROCKMAN-HANLEY
HARMONY HEAVEN CAVAN O'CONNOR HMV B5827 05/22/30 Bb19276 VINCENT-POLA-BRANDT
SAME AS WE USED TO DO JACK PLANT HMV B5918 06/01/30 Bb20317 CAMPBELL-CONNELLY
ELIZABETH JACK PLANT HMV B5938 06/01/30 Bb21003 KATSCHER-COSTALL
MAKE YOURSELF A HAPPINESS PIE AL BOWLLY HMV B5857 06/01/30 Bb21109 NELSON-PERKINS
PRIVATE LIVES-ACT 1 NOEL COWARD-GERTRUDE LAWRENCE HMV C2043 09/15/30 Cc20203 COWARD
JUST IMAGINE CAVAN O'CONNOR HMV B5918 10/30/30 Bb20318 CAMPBELL-CONNELLY
WONDER BAR JACK PLANT HMV B5938 11/18/30 Bb21004 KATSCHER-PLATEN
ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT JACK PLANT HMV B5957 01/01/31 OB201 BROWN
I'LL BE GOOD BECAUSE OF YOU JACK PLANT VIC 24657 01/01/31 OB202 MURRAY-NOBLE
TUNES OF NOT SO LONG AGO-1923 AL BOWLLY HMV 4B012 02/01/31 OB1285 VARIOUS
TUNES OF NOT SO LONG AGO-1924 HMV B4012 01/01/31 OB1155 VARIOUS
WHOOPEE-MEDLEY RAIE DA COSTA HMV B3777 02/04/31 OB76 KAHN-DONALDSON
MONTE CARLO-MEDLEY RAIE DA COSTA HMV B3777 02/04/31 OB77 WHITING-HARLING-ROBIN
HMV B5746 label states "Looking For Love and I've Never Seen A Smile like Yours Recorded under the supervision of JOSEPHINE BRADLEY & DOUGLAS WELLESLEY-SMITH"
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