Ray Noble (17 December 1903 - 3 April 1978) was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. Noble is known for composing such hits as "Cherokee", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" and "The Very Thought Of You", as well as playing a radio comedian oppisite Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd (Edgar Bergen) and also Burns & Allen, and transferring that from radio to popular films. ...show more

Ray Noble (17 December 1903 - 3 April 1978) was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. Noble is known for composing such hits as "Cherokee", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" and "The Very Thought Of You", as well as playing a radio comedian oppisite Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd (Edgar Bergen) and also Burns & Allen, and transferring that from radio to popular films.

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Raymond Stanley Noble was born at 1 Montpelier Terrace in the Montpelier area of Brighton. A blue plaque on the house commemorates him.

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