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Johnny Noble
real name John Avery Noble
Johnny Noble is credited on 2,097 releases across 577 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,097
Credits
577
Albums
8
Decades active
152
In collections
Biography
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American composer, arranger and musician.
(September 17, 1892, Honolulu, Hawaii – January 13, 1944, Honolulu)
Composer and arranger of hundreds of songs, several of which have become Hawaiian standards, such as "My Little Grass Shack", "King Kamehameha" and "Hula Blues".
Johnny Noble was also responsible for popularizing Prince Leleiohoku's song "Hawaiian War Chant".
In 1935, he became the first Hawaiian composer inducted into ASCAP.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
2,097 releases · 577 albums · active 1950–2024
- Performance · 2,745
- Other credits · 41
Studios: Sounds Of Hawaii · The Beach At Waikiki · Webster Hall · Soundtrack Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Fall
2010

Quiet Village - The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny
1959

Music Of Hawaii
1966

Persuasive Percussion Volume 3
1960

Lovers' Luau
1959

Punch-Drunk Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2002

Lure Of Paradise
1959

Hawaii Calls: Favorite Instrumentals Of The Islands
1957

The Enchanted Tiki Room
1968

Exotic Percussion - The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny
1961

Let There Be Drums & Drums Are My Beat
1997

Hawaii
1967

The Ventures
1961

In A Hawaiian Paradise
1960

Catching A Wave
1983

Hawaiian 30 Favorites
1979

Ray Conniff's Hawaiian Album
1967

20 Golden Hawaiian Hits
1965

The Don Ho Show
1965

Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation
1963

Thank You, Music Lovers
1960

Hawaiian Sunset
1958

Song Of The Islands
1958

Jungle Drums
1956
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Alfred Apaka
- Webley Edwards
- Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
- Tommy Dorsey
- John K. Almeida And His Hawaiians
- Martin Denny
- Spike Jones And His City Slickers
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