There's a ring around the moon by Al Bowlly with the Ray Noble Orch 1932

There's a ring around the moon by Al Bowlly with the Ray Noble Orch 1932. Al Bowlly was a popular vocalist who made more than 1000 recordings between 1927 and 1941. Al was born Durban, Natal, South Africa on January 7, 1899 and killed by the explosion of a parachute mine in London on April 17, 1941.

After touring as a vocalist and guitarist with bands in Asia and continental Europe, Al rose to prominence in London in 1931. He continued to appear and record with a number of bands, most notably those of Roy Fox and Lew Stone, but his greatest successes on record came with the studio band of Ray Noble. Their recordings achieved popularity in the USA and, with the assistance of Glenn Miller, Noble established a band in New York in 1934 with Bowlly as principal vocalist.

Al returned to live in London in January 1937. He had successful throat surgery in the USA in 1937 but was to have further difficulties with his voice late in his career.

Al was the most popular band vocalist in Britain in the 1930s. He remains one of the most highly regarded singers of his era because of the sincerity of his delivery of a lyric.

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[spannerworks1]

Hi

Great Al melody and history I if it is ok with you cut and paste to my videos?

Richard

[maynardcat]

Hi Richard that is fine, I will try and locate some more Al Bowlly records , other 1920's and 1930's tunes

[floydstinkyboy]

maynard we gotta train your cats to rate your movies five stars all night long baby

[maynardcat]

Hi Floyd Thanks, and boy do I have a lot of cats to train.

[OffhandAgent]

I am literally dancing to this! You should see me!

-21 year-old maid.

[2reeler]

Love your crisp sound quality! Fun to discover these old 30s pop tunes. Especially sung by that great Al Bowlly voice! Thanks for the great background notes too. Great tune and presentation. Enjoyed it! Thanks alot.

[vinylelvis1]

I spelled the movie title wrong! Its "The Shining" lol....just saw your additional info Maynardcat.....with his death date etc.

[vinylelvis1]

I love Al Bowlly with Ray Noble Orchestra! He has such a great voice!  He was killed early in WW2 by a an unexploded bomb that bounced through his house...hitting his bedroom door which hit him and killed him! Bizzare! I have a few albums and 78's of them,but i can not find "Midnight,the Stars and You" That was the song played at the very end of the movie "The Shinning".Impossible to find on Lp or 78! Thanks for putting this up!

[spannerworks1]

Thanks for that

Regards

Richard

[desoto1961]

Great song and thanks for the info on Al, very interesting..