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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums'The Very Thought of You,' Al Bowlly (1934) Popular Jazz Crooner
Beautiful song by a gifted singer and crooner. Ray Noble orchestra. Al Bowlly ( Jan. 7, 1898- April 17, 1941) was a popular jazz vocalist in Britain, 1920s-1941 and recorded over 1,000 songs. He was of Lebanese and Greek background, born in Portuguese Mozambique and raised in colonial Johannesburg, South Africa. In 1941 Bowlly, age 43 was killed by a Nazi parachute mine that detonated outside the London flat where he was staying.
His most popular songs include "Midnight, the Stars and You", "Goodnight, Sweetheart", "The Very Thought of You", "Guilty", "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" and the only English version of "Dark Eyes" by Adalgiso Ferraris as "Black Eyes" with words of Albert Mellor.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bowlly
*Other recordings of this song by: Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett and Paul McCartney, Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Doris Day and more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Thought_of_You
~ Lyrics, The Very Thought of You
The very thought of you
And I forget to do
The little ordinary things
That everyone ought to do
I'm living in a kind of daydream
I'm happy as a king and foolish
Though it may seem to me
That's everything
The mere idea of you
The longing here for you
You'll never know
How slow the moments go
Till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
You eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you my love
The mere idea of you
The longing here for you
You'll never know
How slow the moments go
Till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
You eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you my love
The very thought of you my love
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'The Very Thought of You,' Al Bowlly (1934) Popular Jazz Crooner (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jun 2019
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NBachers
(16,998 posts)1. Very enjoyable- thanks for posting this. It really puts you back into another era, doesn't it?
appalachiablue
(41,047 posts)3. Another era and truly lovely music.
msongs
(67,193 posts)2. nice music track and vocal nt
appalachiablue
(41,047 posts)4. Classic, for sure. Beautiful music.
Vogon_Glory
(9,084 posts)5. Thank you for posting this. I enjoyed it. n/t