RAY NOBLE ORCHESTRA (1931): Goodnight Sweetheart

[racarrera]

There's nothing like singing this song (or merely playing it, even) for someone you love. Al Bowlly was the best vocalist Ray Noble ever worked with in my opinion. If it wasn't for the Blitz which destroyed London (and killed Al), he would have been a bigger star.

[peacemanken]

My 1st time hearing this! I love it:) Thank You

[kamilla1960]

It's Chaplin's "One A.M.", another of his great and innovative Mutual comedy series, from 1916-17. A solo tour de force.

[crankbv1]

Well into the seventies the little resident octet at our local dance hall played this as their closer. Those Saturday nights still hold fond memories for me. Everyone waiting for the doors opening at seven sharp with the women clutching the carrier bags containing the silver dance shoes for her and patent leather ones for us men. Listening to this l really miss those days of tangos,quicksteps and waltzes,and the reflections from the slowly turning mirror ball...Ah me !

[ErnieHollerhagen]

Best youtube video of all!

[wolf2jon]

anybody else wish they had were still in those times of gentlemen and ladies...? goodnight all, sweet dreams a&a ;-j

[comicmania2008]

I just love this clip, it made me laugh till I cried. Chaplin's expert timing and comic genius, coupled with this amazing song. I played this song at my Dad's 80th birthday when he asked me to 'DJ' for his great party in 2004. Dad's no longer with us now, but the beautiful echoes of long ago are still loud and clear. Great upload, thanks.

[Osocooltwo]

aFTER 80 YEARS ...THIS NUMBER STILL IS A NUMERO UNO !!!!!!

[timboswingdancer]

verdere this song is still the last song at sao many great vintage dances across england every weekend, along with moonlight serenade, the very thought of you,

and its time to say goodnight by henry hall and the bbc dance band. my wife and i dress in thirties clothes and dance most weekends, you just gotta go out and find the events dear boy!!!

[baghend]

Me again- wonderful; recording- thanks so much.

By the way, for those younger folks who might not know, Charlie is on a Murphy Bed- made to save space by folding into the wall- we had one when I was a kid a million years ago. When my Mum used to sing me this great old tune.

[KNOBBYBRIT]

i dj drum and bass and breakbeat, but old tunes like this always get me where it hurts,, i also love opera and all forms of music..........and the expressions behind it

[djoutrage18]

I'm 20 and love this music. Al and hutch are probbably my favourite singers.

2 weeks ago i finally started going out with a girl I've been wanting to date for 4 years or more, and our common interest in jazz and the fact we both got laughed at for being/dressing what was deemed as oldfassioned by our fello college kids was what got us talking. She loves this music, as do I, wonderful stuff.

[timturk]

This was wwwaaayyy before my time, yet still, songs like this still make me reminiscent of simpler times. Thank you.

[gayestephens]

this song reminds me so much of my Mum and Dad...it was their song, the only one that makes me cry.....I miss them so much.

[darkrebel09]

THIS IS SO SWEET AND FUNNY =)

[sbd650]

10**********!!!

[reokdsp]

Ah, those romantic Thirties !!!!!!!!!

Always loved this recording.

[87scoobysnacks]

Can anyone tell me what silent film this is? Thank you

[jtjjbannie]

Early Charlie Chaplain?

[jtjjbannie]

All I know for sure is it is Charlie Chaplain.

Ask terencenunn35...he posted it.

[resnais82]

the film is One A.M, 1916, 34 mins.

[Verderer]

Charlie Chaplin at his best - what an entertainer he was - a great Englishman. Al Bowlly was born in South Africa but lived in London towards the end of his life and he recorded this song in 1932 in London where he sang at all the best venues. on 15 April 1941 he returned to his flat just off Piccadilly, London, and was too tired to go down to the air raid shelter when the sirens sounded. He was reading a cowboy comic on his bed when a German bomb exploded nearby - he was killed instantly.

[Myrtle791]

Was there ever a more inventive performer than Chaplin? I think not. I first watched Charlie on sundays in Upper Darby, PA on our Gimbel Bros. (Olympic), black and white, 12" TV screen. It was one of the first "black-tube" sets that could be watched under normal lighting conditions. Before that, the screens were milky-white, requiring subdued room lighting.

[OhYouNastyMan]

of course, the irony here is that Al Bowlly was a charlie chaplin impersonator for a while...:)

I love this song, what a brilliant last dance... i love how he sounds all schmoozy :)

[arfurchance10]

Goodnight Sweetheart.  Ray ♥♥

[Peacebabe2009]

Love charlie Chaplin...the guy was a comedic genious....XO

[Verderer]

In the 1930s when dancing really was stylish and elegant and so were the dancing partners, "Goodnight Sweetheart" was almost always the very last dance of the night.....a slow foxtrot as it was called in those days. Absolutely NO comparison with the sheer trash and rubbish styles of today. Everybody learned to dance properly then - now badly dressed, badly behaved morons have taken over in the glaring flashing lights and ear splitting din of today's excuses for "dance floors"....rubbish.

[TheUrbaneRapscallion]

Bravissimo!

[candw87]

@Verderer Like the Strictly Come Dancing B B C rubbish

[keppelationable]

@Verderer Get off my lawn!

[Northtide]

The last dance of the night. Good night sweet heart.

[cogidubnus1953]

Beautifully expressive singing...I have tears in my eyes...

[Sliepnir2006]

Brilliant video, you know its funny my kids find Charlie Chaplain hilarious after all the years that have gone by they will watch and laugh..

Treasured memories in some ways of better times.

Thank you......

[8cccpeevostokzempf]

Whose theme song was this?

[broganharriett1611]

good night sweetheart with robert lyndhurst :)

[xevcosmo]

The great Russ Colombo.

[Lanark8]

;).

[tripsadelica]

Oh...wonderful! Just wonderful!!! I wish my mum was still alive to hear this. Thank you kindly for the upload. :)

[LEIGHARTHUR]

Love this song I am doing WWII as our topic we sing this song and I need to waltz with someone !!

[leo849]

Beautiful song and great music but not for a waltz but for a foxtrot ... great

[Georgiahulse]

I go ballroom dancing :)

[wolf2jon]

fantastic,synchronicity has brought me to this vid at exactly the right time in my life and relationship.thank you for posting so much.May i say, goodnight my lady mandy?cos i'll be sending her this link to watch often! and heartfelt feeling to sandygran(3months ago),lost me own dad 19 years ago and it is a measure of how good a person these souls were and are, that we remember them so deeply still. Tears are the rain of the soul.: We water our garden of memories with them.thank you terence ;-j

[kitsch2spacea]

Two of the best. A soundtrack as poignant as the image.

[antandshar]

Reminds me of my Father too. We used to watch the TV program of the same name. He was in the Pacific during the WW2 and he and mum always kept the house like it was in the 40's! Brings back childhood memories, especially now they're both gone.

[sandygran]

just sat and had a good cry, my dad used to sing this to me every night when I was little and he has just died, happy sad memories.

[fiscornioman]

Im sorry, your father should have been a great person.

Im sure he keeps singing it to you every night.

[clockworktim]

@sandygran Wow, you sincerely touched me with your story. I love this music and when I clicked on this selection, I didn't expect to read your note. God bless you and your dear, beloved father. I certainly know how music can instantly snap you back to a place, a time or a person. I wish you peace and warmth. 

[baghend]

@sandygran I'm so sorry. What a wonderful memory though.

My mother used to sing it to me, and it always brings a tear to hear it. Hard to believe 73 years later I was ever anyones "sweetheart".

I think Ray Noble wrote this tune by the way- classic dance band from the 30's. back when they wrote songs with some romance and sentiment to them. Sigh.

[queenievenus]

Absolutely georgeous.

[Linhombre69]

I think Al will always be remembered by this tune.

[Swishauthor]

This is the song used in the last scene of "Swish: Maria in the Mourning: The Monologues." The book, by Pamela Palmer Mutino is simply called "Swish: Maria in the Mourning."

[hotty198]

love that piano fill ins. I wanna play like that.

[markinzurich]

Now that it is 1931 again, I need to listen to more depression music to cheer me up. . .the past few weeks have made me sick. . .the world is too much with us.

[JazzSoothes]

I can't tell, but is that a violin in the backround?

[thestevencrane]

Lovely stuff. Music's finest era???

[Iheartharbourcontrol]

Lovely song and video. Thanks Terence x

[adoganddoug]

what a treat

[Peeve95]

anyone have the lyrics?

[myrddin6]

What a sweetheart...

[ldFlorida]

Terrific song by a terrific orchestra and singer!!

[22beegees]

Dear terencenunn35, thank you for this lovely music video. I love this rendition. It's such a sweet tempo. By the way your video is surprisingly clear & the sound is wonderful. Best Regards, Darlene

[meaderf]

This is priceless..... There's nothing like the good ole days !!!! Thanks for sharing.

[fromthesidelines]

Rudy Vallee introduced the song in the U.S. in '31 (and cut himself into a composing credit on sheet music copies, claiming to have written the "American Version", even though Ray Noble was responsible for writing it, with Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly). In the late '40s, it was used as the closing theme for radio's "THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE". Most people know it from the 1967 "STAR TREK" episode "The City On the Edge Of Forever", in a scene featuring William Shatner and Joan Collins.

[FoPo4]

Recently stayed in a huge suite at Chicago's Drake Hotel that had two ancient Murphy (pullout) beds in the wall. The Murphy, largely extinct by the 60s,  was a staple of slapstick comedies, along with seltzer bottles, and thrown cream pies.

[msbelle04]

LOL Thanks for the great music!

Would you believe I never even heard of Ray Noble until yesterday???????

[ykcajtay]

superb My dad used to sing this to me when i was a little girl in the early '50s- it's wonderful, the tears are streaming down my face - i miss him so.I'm so glad I found youtube!

[karmicrevolutionary]

sublime....

[Artist3303]

In my opinion this is the best version of the song ever sung

[lalalasamburg]

This is a beautiful song, and the clip is very funny too.

[LATCH6]

since i`ve joined you tube...i have iisteded to this song//over & over...what a version..i just love it..al bowlley..the greatest...along with ray noble..

[HarborGuy]

Charlie was a natural - one of the best and Hollywood should have a statue of him in his honor........The music couldn't be better either.........

[lentheduke]

no wonder my parents were repulsed at my pathetic taste in music

[Snorkymac]

Perhaps they will be happy to watch your progress.congratualations!

[gaztheraz]

Al Bowlly was certainly the greatest

[theoldtimer23]

The first time I heard this song was in a movie called StageDoor Canteen, it was the last song sang before the soldiers has to leave for the base or war. one of my favorites. thanks for the post.

[LadyBonham]

I've been charged with searching for a copy of this for my husband's grandmother's funeral as her late husband used to sing it to her when they were young. It is a beautiful song.

[stevedexteruk]

I recently heard this, for the first time, at a funeral. The husband chose it to be played in memory of his wife - they had been married for many years. It was realy sad and reminded me of how much we must look after and cherish each other while we have the chance. Thanks for posting - its a lovely tune that was recorded many years before i was born.

[cass5455]

When my Dad died a couple of years ago this was what our family chose for him. I think it says it all. Heavenly