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In 1935, he assembled an American orchestra for British bandleader Ray Noble, developing the arrangement of lead clarinet over four saxophones that eventually became the sonic keynote of his own big band.

Glenn Miller made his first movie appearance in the 1935 Paramount Pictures release The Big Broadcast of 1936 as a member of the Ray Noble Orchestra performing " Why Stars Come Out at Night ".

*" Goodnight, Sweetheart " ( Ray Noble )-Harpo and same girl ( Edgar Kennedy's character's wife )

Burns and Allen had several regulars on radio, including Toby Reed, Gale Gordon, Bea Benaderet, Gracie's real-life friend Mary " Bubbles " Kelly, Ray Noble, singers Jimmy Cash and Tony Martin and actor / writer / director Elliott Lewis.

Ray Noble was the musical director and composer, and teenage singer Anita Gordon provided the songs on his show.

* April 3 – Ray Noble, 74, composer and bandleader

* " I Think I Can " Douglas Furber, Ray Noble

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* " Love Locked Out " w. Max Kester m. Ray Noble

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* " Brighter Than The Sun " w. Anona Winn m. Ray Noble

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In the late 1960s / early 1970s, the Bob and Ray comedy parody radio show Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife centered around the Backstayge's stage production of the fictional play " Westchester Furioso ", an updating of Orlando Furioso that somehow involved musical numbers, tap dancing and ping pong.

is a popular song written in 1932 with lyrics by A. E. Wilkins and music by Ray Noble.

* " Cherokee " ( Ray Noble song ), a 1938 jazz standard written by Ray Noble

After playing for Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Ray Noble, Glenn Miller, and Billie Holiday, and arranging " Loch Lomond " and " Annie Laurie " for Maxine Sullivan, in 1939 he founded his Claude Thornhill Orchestra.

John Ray ( 29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705 ) was an English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the father of English natural history.

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Tommy Ray Franks ( born June 17, 1945 ) is a retired general in the United States Army.

* August 17 – Ray Chapman, baseball player ( b. 1891 )

* April 17 – Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author ( d. 1946 )

* January 17 – John Ray, English naturalist ( b. 1627 )

See also report " Invisible Ray Transmits Pictures " in Science and Invention, November 1929, Vol 17, p. 629.

First Lieutenant Bernard J. Ray deliberately gave his life to spare his men of Company F, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division on November 17, 1944 in the Hurtgen Forest.

Robin Ray ( 17 September 1934 – 29 November 1998 ) was an English broadcaster, actor, and musician.

" a 1998 # 17 Billboard Hot 100 hit by British pop singer Jimmy Ray features the lines " Are you Sting Ray ?/ Are you Link Wray ?/ Are you Jimmy Ray ?/ Who wants to know?

Kim Duk-Koo ( July 29, 1955 – November 17, 1982 ) was a South Korean boxer who died following a boxing match against Ray Mancini.

He had at least one RBI in 15 consecutive games for the New York Mets in, the second-longest RBI streak ever ( Ray Grimes of the Chicago Cubs had 17 consecutive games in ).

Ray Stannard Baker ( April 17, 1870 – July 12, 1946 ), also known by his pen name David Grayson, was an American journalist and author born in Lansing, Michigan.

In 1920, Speaker guided the Indians to their first ever World Series Championship despite the death of Ray Chapman on August 17, after being hit in the head by a pitch from Carl Mays.

Darrell Ray Porter ( January 17, 1952 – August 5, 2002 ) was an American professional baseball player.

Besides Dick Enberg and Rod Hundley ( who worked with Merle Harmon on the January 7, 1973 contest between Kansas and Notre Dame ), other broadcast teams for TVS ' college basketball coverage included John Ferguson and Joe Dean ( who called the February 21, 1970 contest between Kentucky and LSU ), Monte Moore and Ed Macauley ( who called the January 2, 1971 contest between Dayton and UCLA ), Charlie Jones and Elgin Baylor ( who called the January 26, 1972 contest between Providence and USC ), Ray Scott and Bill O ' Donnell ( who called the January 14, 1973 contest between SW Louisiana and Oral Roberts ), Al Michaels and Tom Hawkins ( who called the January 26, 1974 contest between Notre Dame and UCLA ), and Jay Randolph and Billy Packer ( who called the November 17, 1979 contest between Duke and Kentucky and November 22, 1980 contest between DePaul and Louisville ).

On April 17 at Lockdown, Immortal, represented by Flair, Abyss, Bully Ray and Matt Hardy, was defeated by Fortune members James Storm, Kazarian and Robert Roode and Christopher Daniels, who replaced an injured A. J.

Raymond John Pepperell ( born November 17, 1958 in Oakland, California ), better known by his stage name East Bay Ray, is a guitarist best known for his membership in the San Francisco Bay area-based punk band Dead Kennedys.

Daniel Ray " Danny " Ainge ( born March 17, 1959 ) is an American basketball executive and retired professional basketball and baseball player, currently serving as President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics.

Upon graduation from high school at age 17, Ray Goulding was hired as a $ 15-a-week announcer on local station WLLH, using the name ' Dennis Howard ' to avoid confusion with his older brother Phil, an announcer in Boston radio at the time.

Ray Stark ( October 3, 1915 – January 17, 2004 ) was an American film producer and powerbroker known for his Machiavellian ways.

On 17 July 1991, in response to the infamous debate on the Nine Network's Midday television show with host Ray Martin, debating on Australia remaining a constitutional monarchy, in a live televised debate with singer Normie Rowe and radio broadcaster Ron Casey, who ended up physically brawling, Bishop issued a media release which said: " It may well have been High Noon on the Midday Show when Ron Casey took a swipe at Normie Rowe but this conduct indicates just how divisive the debate on the Monarchy has become.

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