The Very Thought of You

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Ray Noble
publisher:Quartet Music Inc.
Range Road Music
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/10849 [info]
Wikidata:Q7772472 [info]
later translated versions:Obsession
arrangements:The Very Thought of You (Tony Bennett dual language arrangement) (translated)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1934-04-09The Very Thought of You (alternative take; unissued as 78)Al Bowlly with Monia Liter2:52
1934-04-21The Very Thought of YouRay Noble3:35
1934-04-21The Very Thought of YouRay Noble3:31
1934-04-21The Very Thought of YouRay Noble & His Orchestra; vocal: Al Bowlly3:33
1934-04-21The Very Thought of YouRay Noble3:32
1934-04-21The Very Thought Of YouRay Noble vocal Al Bowlly3:29
1934The Very Thought of YouBing Crosby3:01
1938-09-15The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:47
1938-09-15The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:43
1938-09-15The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:46
1938-09-15The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday & Her Orchestra2:47
1938-09-15The Very Thought of You (1938-09-15)Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:46
1938-09-15The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra?:??
1938-09-15The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday?:??
1938-09-15The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday2:46
1940-11-19The Very Thought of YouBenny Carter and His Orchestra3:08
1941-06-27The Very Thought of YouRay Noble3:12
1941-06-27The Very Thought of YouRay Noble and His Orchestra3:06
1941-06-27The Very Thought Of YouRay Noble3:07
1941-06-27The Very Thought Of YouRay Noble & Snooky Lanson3:05
1942-08-27The Very Thought of You / Stormy Weather / Let's Fall in Lovecover and medleyFrank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra4:54
1944-04The Very Thought of YouLouis Prima2:35
1944-08-15The Very Thought of YouGene Krupa and His Orchestra4:52
1944-08-15The Very Thought of YouGene Krupa4:54
1944-09-22The Very Thought of You (unverified source, 1944-09-22)Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943~1946), Ike Quebec, Illinois Jacquet, Benny Carter, Jonah Jones, Hilton Jefferson, Tyree Glenn3:26
1944-09-22The Very Thought of You (unverified source, 1944-09-22)Cab Calloway and His Orchestra?:??
1946-05-29The Very Thought of YouLuis Russell and His Orchestra3:13
1947-03-06The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalCharlie Parker1:19
1947-03The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalCharlie Parker0:47
1947-03The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalCharlie Parker0:07
1947-03The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalCharlie Parker0:28
1949-11The Very Thought of Youinstrumental and liveArt Tatum6:39
1949-11The Very Thought of Youinstrumental and liveArt Tatum4:58
1950-07-20The Very Thought of YouCharlie Ventura & His Orchestra2:49
1953-02-22The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalDizzy Gillespie and His Operatic String Orchestra2:37
1955-12The Very Thought of YouDick Haymes?:??
1956-02-13The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalBobby Hackett2:35
1957-03-22The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalRed Garland4:13
1957-04-24The Very Thought of YouBarbara Lea3:05
1957-05-08The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalJimmy Smith4:30
1958-02-08Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girlinstrumental and medleyLester Young6:36
1958-02Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl / Blue & Sentimentalinstrumental and medleyLester Young, Roy Eldridge & Harry Edison6:38
1958-05-01The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalArt Farmer5:42
1958-05The Very Thought of YouNat King Cole3:50
1958-05The Very Thought of You (mono)Nat King Cole3:48
1958-09-18The Very Though of YouHarry Edison6:05
1958The Very Thought of YouNat King Cole3:47
1960-03-29The Very Thought Of Youcover and instrumentalPee Wee Russell4:43
1962-06-12The Very Thought of You (original studio mix)coverFrank Sinatra3:32
1962-08The Very Thought of YoucoverSarah Vaughan4:13
1962The Very Thought of YoucoverElla Fitzgerald2:48
1962The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalGene Ammons & Dodo Marmarosa4:02
1963-10-08 – 1963-10-10The Very Thought of YoucoverNancy Wilson2:53
1967-01The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalJohnny Hodges2:47
1972-01The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalRuby Braff & Ellis Larkins2:32
1972-10The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalRuby Braff?:??
1974-04-11The Very Thought of Youcover and liveElla Fitzgerald4:38
1975-07-17 – 1975-07-18The Very Thought of Youinstrumental and liveJoe Pass3:32
1977-12-08The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalTommy Flanagan3:39
1978-08-24The Very Thought of You (live, 1978-08-24: Jazzhus Slukefter, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark)instrumental and liveZoot Sims6:56
1980-05The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalSonny Rollins5:38
1980The Very Thought of You (live, 1980: Dominion Theatre, London, UK)cover and liveDon McLean3:53
1983-08-22 – 1983-08-23The Very Thought of Youcover and instrumentalHank Crawford5:30
1984-05-18The Very Thought of YouCarol Sloane4:35
1984-07-01The Very Thought of YouMaxine Sullivan4:19
1984The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalThe Charlie Byrd Trio3:28
1985-05-22The Very Thought of YoucoverGunnar "Siljabloo" Nilson, Claes Crona4:35
1989-09The Very Thought of YouSheila Jordan6:40
1990The Very Thought of YouSheila Jordan & Harvie S6:22
1994-07The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalJ.J. Johnson4:34
1996-09-23The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalRuby Braff7:38
1996-09The Very Thought of You (live, 1996‐09: The Iridium, New York City, NY, United States)cover, instrumental and liveCharlie Haden & Kenny Barron11:02
1996-10The Very Thought of You (live, 1996‐10: Ronnie Scott’s, London, UK)cover and liveDewey Redman9:29
1996-11-26The Very Thought of YouDella Griffin5:46
1997-11-11The Very Thought of YouliveSheila Jordan & Cameron Brown6:43
1998-06-01The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalHouston Person4:55
1998-07-01I Hadn’t Anyone Till You / The Very Thought of YoumedleyThe Pizzarellis, Bucky and John4:33
1999-12-01 – 1999-12-03The Very Thought of YoucoverRoy Hargrove5:57
2002-02-18The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalJesse Davis5:09
2003-04-10The Very Thought of YouliveIris Williams3:29
2003-11-29The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalHank Jones & Frank Wess4:26
2006-10-11 – 2006-10-15The Very Thought of YoucoverBrad Mehldau Trio13:04
2007-04The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalStephen Riley6:04
2008-08The Very Thought of YouCarol Welsman featuring Ken Peplowski and Frank Capp3:09
2010-01-11 – 2010-01-12Very Thought of YoucoverKalaparush, Michael Logan, Warren Smith2:52
2010-02-24The Very Thought of YouHank Jones / The Great Jazz Trio3:54
2013-09-16The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalGeorge Cables6:36
2016-12-15 – 2016-12-17The Very Thought of YouAriel Pocock5:34
2017-02The Very Thought of YouLyn Stanley?:??
2017-08-21 – 2017-08-23The Very Thought of YouJoey Alexander feat. Joshua Redman5:31
2018-01-25The Very Thought of YouinstrumentalMisha Tsiganov8:30
2021The Very Thought of YouLex Land3:48
From the Topcover and medleyMari L. McCarthy4:45
Hello / I Will Wait for You / And I Love You So / Saving All My Love for You / The Very Thought of You / The Wind Beneath My Wings / How Insensitive / Wonderful Tonight / You Light Up My Life / Feelings / You Needed Me / Can’t Help Falling in Love / If / You Don’t Know What Love Is / Always & Forever / Feel Like Makin’ Love / With You I’m Born Again / Three Times a Ladycover and instrumental[unknown male vocal with piano accompaniment]1:00:08
More Than You Know / The Very Thought of You / The Nearness of YoumedleyJulie Budd7:48
Rick and RenaultinstrumentalHumphrey Bogart1:12
The Every Thought of YouinstrumentalRay Conniff2:11
The Very Thought of Youcover[unknown]2:55
The Very Thought of YouDoris Day3:02
The Very Thought of YoucoverMolly Ringwald4:40
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