The Very Thought Of You
Ray Noble (w/m)
1934
VERSE 1
I don't need your photograph,
To keep by my bed;
Your picture is always in my head.
I don't need your portrait, dear.
To call you to mind,
For sleeping or waking, dear, I find.
The very thought of you, and I forget to do,
The little ordinary things that ev'ryone ought to do.
I'm living in a kind of daydream,
I'm happy as a king,
And foolish tho' it may seem,
To me that's ev'rything.
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you,
You'll never know how slow the moments go 'till I'm near you.
I see your face in ev'ry flower;
Your eyes in stars above,
It's just the thought of you,
The very thought of you, my love.
VERSE 2
I hold your responsible,
I'll take it to law,
I never have felt like this before.
I'm suing for damages
Excuses won't do,
I'll only be satisfied with you.
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 | Recorded | Performers | Label | Cat.# | Matrix |
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| | Bob Johnston | ARA | 117-B | BM170-A |
| | Irving Conn & His Orchestra | Banner | 33101 | 15390 |
| | Bob Manning | Capitol | 2973 | |
| | Andy Russell | Capitol | 10114 | |
| | Morton Gould & his Orchestra | Columbia | 55036 | XCO 33868 |
| | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians | Decca | 18795-B | 71086-A |
| | Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra | RCA Victor | 20-1605 | |
| | Ray Noble | RCA Victor | 20-2950 | |
| | Tony Martin | RCA Victor | 20-4671 | |
| | Conn Irv | Romeo | 2302 | 15390 |
| | Ray Bloch & His Orchestra | Signature | 15051-A | 210 |
| | Joe Reichman (Piano) | Victor | 27659 | |
| 04/21/1934 | Ray Noble & His Orchestra | Victor | 24657-A | OB6874 |
| 06/18/1934 | Red Nichols & His Orchestra | Bluebird | B5548 | 80639 |
| 07/03/1934 | Victor Young And His Orchestra | Brunswick | 6931 | 15388 |
| 07/03/1934 | Irving Conn & His Orchestra | Conqueror | 8409 | 15390 |
| 07/03/1934 | Irving Conn & His Orchestra | Melotone | M13069 | 15390=1! |
| 07/03/1934 | Irving Conn & His Orchestra | Oriole | 2928 | 15390 |
| 07/03/1934 | Irving Conn & His Orchestra | Perfect | 15959 | 15390 |
| 07/07/1934 | Gaye Knight & His Orchestra | Vocalion | 2757 | 15403 |
| 09/14/1934 | Billie Holiday and her Orchestra | Parlophone | R 2621 | 23467 |
| 10/05/1934 | Bing Crosby W George Stoll | Decca | 179-B | DLA65 |
| 09/15/1938 | Holiday,Billie | Vocalion | 4457 | 23467 |
| 10/31/1939 | Carmen Cavallaro (Piano & Acc) | Decca | 3110-B | 66807 |
| 11/19/1940 | Benny Carter & His Orchestra | Bluebird | B10962-A | 57657 |
| 04/17/1941 | Mills Brothers | Decca | 3901-B | 69017 |
| 04/17/1941 | Mills Brothers | Decca | 25284-B | 69017 |
| 06/27/1941 | Ray Noble & His Orchestra | Columbia | 37542 | HCO343 |
| 06/27/1941 | Ray Noble & His Orchestra | Columbia | 39105 | ZLP2056 |
| 04/14/1944 | Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra | Decca | 18626 | 71986 |
| 05/02/1944 | Phil Baker | Decca | 23503 | L3408 |
| 08/29/1944 | Kitty Carlisle (Victor Young Orch) | Decca | 23359-A | L3560 |
| 02/27/1946 | Carmen Cavallaro (Piano) | Decca | 18819-B | 73400 |
| 09/25/1953 | Paul Quinichette Quintet | Decca | 29292 | 85272 |
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| Year | Title | Medium | Type | Usage |
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| 1950 | Young Man With A Horn | film | film original | interpolated |