COMPOSER

Ray Noble

1903 - 1978

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Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United States. He is best known for his signature tune, "The Very Thought of You". Noble wrote both lyrics and music for many popular songs during the British dance band era, known as the "Golden Age of British music", notably for his longtime friend and associate Al Bowlly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Noble has received more than 203,922 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ray Noble is the 1,384th most popular composer (down from 1,293rd in 2019), the 5,768th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,112th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular British Composer.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ray Noble ranks 1,384 out of 1,451. Before him are Cecilia Seghizzi, Christophe Beck, David Newman, Jimmy McHugh, Joseph Lamb, and Don Davis. After him are Olga Neuwirth, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, George Whitefield Chadwick, Charles Wuorinen, William Grant Still, and Lera Auerbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ray Noble ranks 362. Before him are June Marlowe, Mike Mansfield, Phyllis A. Whitney, Hughie Gallacher, Al Hirschfeld, and George E. Stone. After him are Countee Cullen, Stuart Erwin, John Davis Lodge, Tampa Red, Sybil Bauer, and Estes Kefauver. Among people deceased in 1978, Ray Noble ranks 262. Before him are Larry Young, Tom Wilson, Kamil Tolon, Valerian Gracias, George Newberry, and Károly Levitzky. After him are Gertrude Mary Cox, Selwyn Lloyd, William Grant Still, Tim McCoy, Ruth Etting, and Ilka Chase.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ray Noble ranks 5,768 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan McManus (1971), Magda Szubanski (1961), Trevor Nunn (1940), William Gott (1897), Mirabehn (1892), and Garth Ennis (1970). After him are Olivia Cooke (1993), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), John Arden (1930), Juno Temple (1989), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), and Allenby Chilton (1918).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Ray Noble ranks 93. Before him are George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Lennox Berkeley (1903), John Stainer (1840), Humphrey Searle (1915), Edmund Rubbra (1901), and Stephen Warbeck (1953). After him are Oliver Knussen (1952), Alan Bush (1900), William Alwyn (1905), Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), and Judith Weir (1954).

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