The Very Thought of You
The Very Thought of You is a song from the Great American Songbook, the Ray Noble ( music and lyrics ) in 1934 wrote and led the hit parade in the United States in the same year. It evolved into the Jazz Standard.
Features of the song
The Very Thought of You is a song in the song form AB'AB ", which was written durchgäng in A Major.
Gary Giddins described the song as well Nobles best work; " A perfectly shaped melody that fits well with the bass - baritone crooners ," how about Arthur Prysock proved. Giddins called the definitive version of the title of Tony Bennett with Bobby Hackett on the album A Time for Love.
First record
Was first recorded the song of the singer Al Bowlly; he published it in 1934 in two different versions. For the first shot, he was accompanied on piano by Monia Liter, in the second by the Orchestra Ray Noble. This version was in the same year, a number - one hit in the U.S. charts. The success led to the Englishman Noble continued his career in the United States.
Other recordings
In the following years, The Very Thought of You experienced numerous cover versions. In 1934, Bing Crosby had recorded the song; He thus reached # 11 of the charts. Another commercial success came with the song Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (1944, # 19). An instrumental version was played in the movie Casablanca. 1950 Doris Day sang in the biographical film The man of her dreams, the ballad.
The Very Thought of You was recorded by artists in the field of jazz as well as the Middle-of - the-road pop. Among the most notable versions of the singer Billie Holiday is one of 1938. Too, Art Farmer / Hank Jones ( Portrait of Art Farmer, 1958), Pee Wee Russell (1960), Sarah Vaughan (1962), Sonny Rollins (1980) and Sheila Jordan / Harvie Swartz (1988 ), Charlie Haden / Kenny Barron (1996) and Roy Hargrove (2000) interpreted the song. Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole ( 1958), Liberace and Rick Nelson ( 1964) made him the title song of their LPs. Recordings exist of Ruby Braff, Benny Carter, Harry Sweets Edison, Digby Fairweather, Tal Farlow, Ella Fitzgerald, Red Garland, Joe Pass, Zoot Sims, Art Tatum and Allan Vache.