In Popular Culture
- In 1938 the Noble composition You're So Desirable was recorded by Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson
- The Noble and Bowlly 1934 recording of Midnight, the Stars and You was prominently featured on the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film The Shining
- In 1990 the Noble composition You're So Desirable was recorded by Robert Palmer
- In the 1990 film, The Russia House, protagonist 'Barley' Blair, played by Sean Connery, is portrayed as having once played in the "great Ray Noble's Band"
- The Noble and Bowlly classic 1931 song Guilty was included on the 2001 film soundtrack of Amélie
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