The Very Thought Of You

Hallo,

etwas über die Jahrzehnte ............

“The Very Thought of You“ is a pop standard published in 1934, music and words by Ray Noble.

1934 # 1 Ray Noble & His Orchestra The Very Thought of You

In addition to Noble's own 1941 hit recording of the song with his orchestra (Columbia 36546), featuring the vocals of Al Bowlly, there was also a popular version recorded that same year by Bing Crosby.

In 1944, the Warner Bros. film by the same name, “The Very Thought of You“, was the impetus for a 1944 cover session by Vaughn Monroe, sung by Marilyn Duke, released on Victor 20-1605-A.

1944 # 19 Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra The Very Thought of You Victor 20-1605

In 1946, Luis Russell recorded the song, which went to # 3 on the Most-Played Juke Box Race Records charts. Arthur Prysock brachte den Titel 1960 nochmals in die R&B-Charts, ebenso wie Albert King im Jahre 1979 auf # 87.

1946 R&B # 3 Louis Russell and his Orchestra The Very Thought Of You Apollo 1012 Ray Noble
1960 R&B # 19 Arthur Prysock The Very Thought Of You Old Town 1079 Ray Noble
1979 R&B # 87 Albert King The Very Thought Of You Tomato 10009 Ray Noble

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 is featured in the movie Casablanca and is played in Rick Blaine's club in the scene where Sascha kisses Rick Blaine on the cheek just before Ilse Lund and Victor Lazlo enter Rick's for the first time.

In 1961, “The Very Thought of You“ was on the charts again, in a rhythm & blues version recorded by Little Willie John (1961 # 61 Pop), and three years later a rock and roll version by Ricky Nelson reached # 26 on the Billboard chart, lasting 7 weeks in the Hot 100 and crossing to # 11 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.

1961 Pop # 61 Little Willie John The Very Thought Of You King 45-5458 Ray Noble 13.03.1961 03.04.1961

1964 Pop # 26 Rick Nelson The Very Thought Of You Decca 31612 Ray Noble 25.04.1964 30.05.1964

Gruß
Heino

und weitere Aufnahmen bei mir:

Ella Fitzgerald - 1974 live
Natalie Cole
Nat King Cole
Al Bowlly - 1966
Rod Stewart - 2002
Barbara Mullaney - 1973
Four Freshmen
Frankie Carle
Connie Francis - 1959
Johnny Mathis - 1965
Chris Montez - 1966
Ray Conniff - 1958
Jeri Southern
Pat Boone
Little Willie John
Florian ZaBach
Carolyn Martin
Frank Sinatra
Joe "Fingers" Carr
Bob Dylan
Ken Dodd
Jesse Belvin
Chuck Carbo
Ray Charles Singers
Val Doonican
Andy Williams
Earl Grant
Morton Gould
Engelbert Humperdinck
Los Indios Tabajaras
Buddy Morrow
Liberace
Nelson Eddy & Gale Sherwood
Frank Chacksfield
Mantovani
Bert Kaempfert
Carmen Cavallaro
Bob Manning
Tony Bennett
Albert King
Norrie Paramor
Peter Beil - in deutsch: Du darfst nie einsam sein

so das waren erstmal ein paar Interpreten im Angebot

(die Jahreszahlen hab ich jetzt nicht noch mal überprüft !)

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Hallo Billy,

so wird ein an sich unbedeutender Titel in den Sonnenschein des Forums geholt.

Vielen Dank für Deine Mühe - toll, wenn man die Titel-Listen hat - oder?

Gruß
Heino

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