Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Isle Of Capri vs Fats Domino - Isle Of Capri

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Fats' recording of "Isle Of Capri" was based on the song with the same title, first recorded by Lew Stone and His Band. Althoug Lew did had a hit with it, it was the version of Noble which turned out to be the biggest hitversion ever. The original version was recorded in a slow tempo, Noble speeded it up.

"Isle of Capri" is a song about Capri, an Italian island off the east coast of Italy, and written by Wilhelm Grosz (sometimes credited as Hugh Williams) and James "Jimmy" Kennedy. Together they wrote numerous standards ("Red Sails In The Sunset", "Harbor Lights", "When Budapest Was Young" a.o.)

Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. Noble wrote both lyrics and music for many popular songs during the British dance band era, known as the "Golden Age of British music", notably for his longtime friend and associate Al Bowlly, including "Love Is the Sweetest Thing", "Cherokee", "The Touch of Your Lips", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", and his signature tune, "The Very Thought of You". Noble also played a radio comedian opposite American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's stage act of Mortimer Snerd and Charlie McCarthy, and American comedy duo Burns and Allen, later transferring these roles from radio to TV and popular films.

The vocals on "Isle Of Capri" were done Al Bowlly. Albert Allick "Al" Bowlly was a popular British Jazz singer and crooner in the United Kingdom during the 1930s, making more than 1,000 recordings between 1927 and 1941. He was killed by the explosion of a parachute mine outside his flat in Jermyn Street, London during the Blitz. Another great vocalist was Nat Gonella, who, in his turn formed his own band later and hit the jackpot mid 70's with "Oh Mona" (at least in Europe).


Sessioninfo:
Recorded August 30, 1934, London(UK)
Released in Europe as the b-side of HMV-6519 b/w "Grinzing-Waltz". In the U.S. it was released on Victor-24771 with the same a-side.
Billy Cotton(dir.): Arthur Williams, George Burgess(tp), Dave Burchett, Ellis Jackson(tb), Jack Halsall, Mick Burberry(cl/as), Jimmy Shankland,Cyril Grantham(cl/ts), Phil Phillips(vl), Clem Bernard(p), Lal Jackson(bj), Les Casey(g), Joe White(b), Arthur Baker(d), Al Bowlly(v).

ChartFACTS:
"Isle Of Capri" enetered the charts (USA) on December 29, 1934 and reached POS. 1, for seven weeks. It stayed 16 weeks on the charts.


For info on Fats' version, see Session #54

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