<Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Pop standard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Ray Noble </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Very Thought of You" is a pop standard recorded and published in 1934 with music and words by Ray Noble . The song was first recorded by HMV in England in April, 1934 by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Al Bowlly on vocals . This record was then released in the United States by Victor Records . Noble re-recorded the song in 1941 in a version released on Columbia Records as 36546 featuring the vocals of Snooky Lanson . The Very Thought of You was first used in the Barbara Stanwyck vehicle A Lost Lady . </P> <P> There have also been numerous recordings of the song by jazz and pop standards artists, including Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole (in his 1958 album of the same name), Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday (1938), The Hi - Lo's and Elvis Costello; and a blues version on Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign album (1967). </P>

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