Al Bowlly

Aliases: Al Bowlly and his Crooners' Choir
Al Bowlly and His Orchestra
Al. Bowlly and The Radio Rhythm Five
Al Bowlly with Orchestra
Real name: Albert Allick Bowlly
Born: January 7, 1899
Died: April 17, 1941
Country: United Kingdom
Comments: Extremely prolific and popular singer during the 1930s in the UK and in the US as well. Born in Mozambique, he was killed by the explosion of a parachute mine during the London Blitz.

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Bedtime Story	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 1932	(2 artists)
Down by the River REC,REL	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	March 13, 1935	(5 artists) Originally by Bing Crosby BRD
Flowers For Madame	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1935	Unverified
Little Old Lady	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 11, 1936	(40 artists)
Soon REC,REL	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	March 13, 1935	(12 artists) Originally by Bing Crosby BRD
Sweet as a Song REL	Al Bowlly and His Orchestra	December 15, 1937	(17 artists) Originally by Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo REC
There's Something in the Air REC,REL	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 18, 1936	(9 artists) Originally by Tony Martin [US1] BRD
The Very Thought of You	Al Bowlly	1934	(666 artists)
Where the Lazy River Goes By REC,REL	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 18, 1936	(8 artists) Originally by Barbara Stanwyck & Tony Martin BRD
Why Stars Come Out at Night	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	August 1935	(7 artists)

Covers by Al Bowlly

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
A Beautiful Lady in Blue	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1936	The California Ramblers - Vocal Refrain by Ted Wallace
A Faded Summer Love	Al Bowlly	1932	Unverified
A Little White Gardenia	Al Bowlly with Orchestra arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Carl Brisson
All of Me	Roy Fox & His Band (Vocalist: Al Bowlly)	1993	Unverified
Basin Street Blues	Al Bowlly, arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Bei mir bist du schön (Means That You're Grand)	Al Bowlly	January 1938	Aaron Lebedeff and Lucy Levin, Andrews Sisters
Be Still My Heart!	Al Bowlly	1935	Unverified
Blue Moon	Al Bowlly with Orchestra arranged and directed by Ray Noble	January 1935	Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
Brighter Than the Sun	Lew Stone & The Monseigneur Band (With Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly)	1933	Ray Noble and His Orchestra
Carelessly	Al Bowlly	1937	(unknown)
Clouds	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1935	Connie Boswell
Colorado Sunset	Geraldo and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1939	Frank Luther - Zora Layman - Leonard Stokes
Deep in a Dream	Geraldo and His Orchestra (With Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly)	March 1939	Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
Dinner for One, Please, James	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 27, 1935	Jay Wilbur and His Band
Dreaming	Al Bowlly with Orchestra	May 1940	Cuarteto Caney canto por Juanito y Machito Covered by The Mike Sammes Singers
Easy to Love	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	October 7, 1936	Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
Eleven More Months and Ten More Days	Al. Bowlly and The Radio Rhythm Five	January 1932	Lone Star Ranger
Every Day's a Holiday	Al Bowlly and His Orchestra	December 15, 1937	Unverified
Ev'rything's Been Done Before	Al Bowlly with Orchestra arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
Fancy Our Meeting	Al Bowlly	1934	Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph REL,PRF
Ferry Boat Serenade	Al Bowlly and Jimmy Mesene	1940	Unverified
Frankie and Johnny Blues	Al Bowlly & Ella Logan	1931	The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
Georgia's Gotta Moon	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	December 1938	Harry Roy
Give Me My Ranch	Al Bowlly	February 1940	Unverified
Goodnight, Angel	Al Bowlly	1938	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Allen REL, Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters REC
Half Moon on the Hudson	Al Bowlly and His Orchestra	December 15, 1937	Alice Faye and Tony Martin
Hometown	Ronnie Munro and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1937	Flanagan and Allen, Comedians with Orchestra conducted by Scott Wood
I Can Dream, Can't I?	Al Bowlly and His Orchestra	1938	Tamara
I Double Dare You	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Unverified
If I Had a Million Dollars	Al Bowlly	1935	Ted Lewis and His Band
I Heard	Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans with Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly (Carroll Gibbons, Al Bowlly)	1932	Unverified
I'll Do My Best to Make You Happy	Al Bowlly	1932	Jack Payne & His Band BRD, Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC,REL
I'll String Along with You	Al Bowlly, arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1934	Unverified
I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight	Al Bowlly and Jimmy Mesene	July 12, 1940	Unverified
I Never Had a Chance	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1934	Charlie Davis and His Orchestra - Vocal chorus by Frank Parrish
I Never Had a Chance	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1934	Unverified
In My Little Red Book	Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & His Band (Al Bowlly, Lew Stone)	March 31, 1939	Unverified
Isle of Capri	Al Bowlly - Monia Liter, Piano	1934	Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Nat Gonella
It's All Forgotten Now	Al Bowlly - Monia Liter, Piano	1934	Ray Noble and His Orchestra
I've Got You Under My Skin	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	October 7, 1936	Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
Judy	Al Bowlly - Monia Liter, Piano	1934	Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
Lazy Day	Roy Fox & His Band (Vocalist: Al Bowlly)	1931	New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
Learn to Croon	Al Bowlly	1933	Bing Crosby with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra
Let's Call a Heart a Heart	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	October 14, 1936	Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
Let's Face the Music and Dance	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1936	Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Nat Brandwynne and The Stork Club Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
Let Yourself Go	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly and The Freshmen	1936	Ginger Rogers BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Maxine Tappan REC
Little Drummer Boy	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Elsie Carlisle
Love Is the Sweetest Thing	Al Bowlly	1932	Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC, Jack Payne & His Band BRD,REL
Lover Come Back to Me	Al Bowlly	1934	Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
Madonna Mine	Al Bowlly - Monia Liter, Piano	1934	Emil Roósz und sein Orchester - Gesang: Eric Helgar, (unknown)
Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	(unknown)
Marie	Al Bowlly	January 1938	The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
Moon Love	Al Bowlly with Orch. cond. by Ronnie Munro	1939	(unknown), Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
Moonstruck	Al Bowlly	1933	Bing Crosby with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra
My Heaven on Earth	Maurice Winnick and His Sweet Music (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino
My Melancholy Baby	Al Bowlly, arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
My Own	Geraldo and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	February 1939	Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REL, Deanna Durbin - Orchestra under direction of Charles Previn BRD
My Romance	Al Bowlly	1932	(unknown)
My Woman	Lew Stone & His Monseigneur Band with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1932	Bing Crosby Sampled by (2 artists)
Never Break a Promise	Geraldo and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	December 1938	Joe Loss and His Band
Night On The Desert	Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly	July 1934	Unverified
One, Two, Button Your Shoe	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	October 14, 1936	Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
Over the Rainbow	Al Bowlly	December 21, 1939	Unverified
Paris in the Spring	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	September 1935	Mary Ellis & Tullio Carminati
Penny Serenade	Geraldo and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	December 1938	Joe Loss and His Band
Penny Serenade	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Joe Loss and His Band
Red Sails in the Sunset	Al Bowlly, arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Lew Stone and His Band
Riptide	Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly	July 1934	Unverified
Roll Along Prairie Moon	Al Bowlly, arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino & The Debutantes
Small Fry	Geraldo and His Orchestra (With Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly)	1938	Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Judy Starr REC
Somebody's Thinking of You Tonight	Maurice Winnick and His Sweet Music - Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly	1938	Dick Robertson and His Orchestra
Somewhere In France With You	Al Bowlly with Orchestra conducted by Ronnie Munro (Ronnie Munro, Al Bowlly)	February 1940	Unverified
South of the Border	Al Bowlly with Orchestra	June 1939	Billy Cotton and His Band
St. Louis Blues	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1935	Prince's Band
Sweet Someone	Al Bowlly and his Crooners' Choir	May 1938	Simone Simon BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo REC
The Down and Out Blues	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly & Sid Collin)	1938	Flanagan and Allen, Comedians with Orchestra conducted by Scott Wood
The Girl in the Alice Blue Gown	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	(unknown)
There's a Cabin in the Pines	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1933	George Hall and His Hotel Taft Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Loretta Lee
The Touch of Your Lips	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	April 1, 1936	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
They Say	Geraldo and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	February 1939	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
This Is Romance	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 9, 1933	Unverified
Ti-Pi-Tin	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	(unknown), Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Male Trio
Two Sleepy People	Geraldo and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	January 1939	Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
What Do You Know About Love	Al Bowlly with Ronnie Munro and his orchestra (Ronnie Munro, Al Bowlly)	June 1939	Unverified
What Do You Know About Love	Al Bowlly with Reginald Williams & His Futurists (Al Bowlly)	May 5, 1939	Unverified
What More Can I Ask?	Lew Stone & The Monseigneur Band (With Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly)	1933	Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC, Anna Neagle BRD
When That Man Is Dead and Gone	Al Bowlly and Jimmy Mesene	1941	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Modernaires
Where Am I? (Am I in Heaven)	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 27, 1935	James Melton
While a Cigarette Was Burning	Geraldo and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	January 1939	Buddy Rogers and His Famous Swing Band - Vocal Chorus Elizabeth Tilton
With All My Heart	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1936	(unknown)
You and the Night and the Music	Al Bowlly with Orchestra arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman PRF
You Are My Heart's Delight	Roy Fox & His Band (Vocalist, Al Bowlly)	1931	Marek Weber und sein Orchester - Solo: Marcel Wittrisch REL, Richard Tauber REC,PRF
You Couldn't Be Cuter	Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly	1938	Irene Dunne BRD, Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elmer Feldkamp REL
You Opened My Eyes	Al Bowlly with Orchestra arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Orville Knapp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Dave Marshall
You're as Pretty as a Picture	Geraldo and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	February 1939	Deanna Durbin BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REL
You're My Thrill	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	June 1934	Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD

Web Covers by Al Bowlly

	Title	Performer	Upload date	Originally by
	You Were There	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	January 14, 2021	Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		My Woman	Lew Stone & His Monseigneur Band with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1932	Originally by Bing Crosby Sampled by (2 artists)

Releases

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Little White Gardenia	Al Bowlly	1935	Victor
All Ashore	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Decca
Any Broken Hearts to Mend?	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	December 1938	Decca
Bei mir bist du schoen	Al Bowlly	January 1938	His Master's Voice
Blue Moon	Al Bowlly	January 1935	Victor
Carelessly	Al Bowlly	1937	His Master's Voice
Dreaming	Al Bowlly with Orchestra	May 1940	His Master's Voice
Easy to Love	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	October 7, 1936	Victor
Eleven More Months and Ten More Days	Al. Bowlly and The Radio Rhythm Five	January 1932	Edison Bell Winner
Fancy Our Meeting	Al Bowlly	1934	Decca
Frankie and Johnny Blues	Al Bowlly & Ella Logan	1931	Decca
Goodnight, Angel	Al Bowlly	1938	His Master's Voice
Grandma Said	Geraldo and His Orchestra (With Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly)	March 1939	His Master's Voice
(I Can Dream) Can't I ?	Al Bowlly and His Orchestra	1938	Bluebird
If I Had a Million Dollars	Al Bowlly	1935	Decca
In a Little Toy Sailboat	Geraldo and His Orchestra (With Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly)	1938	His Master's Voice
Isle of Capri	Al Bowlly	1934	Decca
Is That the Way to Treat a Sweetheart	Geraldo and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	1939	His Master's Voice
Little Old Lady	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 11, 1936	Victor
Love Is the Sweetest Thing	Al Bowlly	1932	Decca
Madonna Mine	Al Bowlly	1934	Decca
Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Decca
Moon Love	Al Bowlly with Orch. cond. by Ronnie Munro	1939	His Master's Voice
Moonstruck	Al Bowlly	1933	Decca
My Melancholy Baby	Al Bowlly	1935	Victor
My Romance	Al Bowlly	1932	Decca
Red Sails in the Sunset	Al Bowlly	1935	Victor
Soon	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	March 13, 1935	Victor
Sweet as a Song	Al Bowlly and his Crooners' Choir	May 1938	His Master's Voice
Sweet as a Song	Al Bowlly and His Orchestra	December 15, 1937	Bluebird
The Girl in the Alice Blue Gown	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Decca
There's Something in the Air	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	November 18, 1936	Victor
The Touch of Your Lips	Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	April 1, 1936	Victor
They Say	Geraldo and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	February 1939	His Master's Voice
True	Al Bowlly	1934	Decca
Two Sleepy People	Geraldo and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly	January 1939	His Master's Voice
What Do You Know About Love	Al Bowlly with Orchestra	June 1939	His Master's Voice
What More Can I Ask?	Lew Stone & The Monseigneur Band (With Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly)	1933	Decca
When That Man Is Dead and Gone	Al Bowlly and Jimmy Mesene	1941	His Master's Voice
When the Organ Played "O' Promise Me"	Maurice Winnick and His Sweet Music - Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly	1938	Decca
You Couldn't Be Cuter	Lew Stone and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Al Bowlly)	1938	Decca
You Opened My Eyes	Al Bowlly with Orchestra arranged and directed by Ray Noble	1935	Victor

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Bedtime Story	Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra	November 1932	His Master's Voice
Cry, Baby, Cry	Maurice Winnick and His Sweet Music	1938	Decca
Double Trouble	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	August 1935	Victor
Flat Foot Floogie	Lew Stone and His Band	1938	Decca
Hometown – Getting Some Fun Out of Life	Ronnie Munro and His Orchestra – Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra	December 22, 1937	Bluebird
I Never Had a Chance	Lew Stone and His Band	1934	Decca
Junk Man Blues	Lew Stone & His Monseigneur Band	1932	Decca
Lazy Day	Roy Fox & His Band	1931	Decca
Let's Face the Music and Dance	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	1936	Victor
My Own	Geraldo and His Orchestra	February 1939	His Master's Voice
Never Break a Promise	Geraldo and His Orchestra	December 1938	His Master's Voice
One, Two, Button Your Shoe	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	October 14, 1936	Victor
Paris in the Spring	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	September 1935	His Master's Voice
Smile When You Say Goodbye	Ronnie Munro & His Orchestra	1937	His Master's Voice
Sonny's Little Lullaby	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	1935	Victor
St. Louis Blues	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	1935	Victor
There's a Cabin in the Pines	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	1933	His Master's Voice
Where Am I? (Am I in Heaven)	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	November 27, 1935	Victor
With All My Heart	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	1936	Victor
You Are My Heart's Delight	Roy Fox & His Band	1931	Decca
You're My Thrill	Lew Stone and His Band	June 1934	Decca