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The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra

This was a London studio orchestra used for recording purposes by The Gramophone Company from 1928 to 1942. Records by this group were credited as [a=The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra], [a=New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra] or [a=The New Mayfair Orchestra], depending on the type of material recorded. Over the years sessions were directed by various musicians including [a=Percival Mackey], [a=Carroll Gibbons], [a=George W. Byng], [a=Ronnie Munro], [a=Harry Leader], [a=Phil Green] and most famously [a=Ray Noble] (1929-1934) but by 1932 Ray Noble took most of the New Mayfair Orchestra's members and creating his own orchestra, known as "[a=Ray Noble & His New Mayfair Dance Orchestra]" (Ray Noble And His New Mayfair Orchestra). Then in 1933, it was changed again, this time known as "[a=Ray Noble And His Orchestra]".

Members: Max Goldberg, Al Bowlly, Jack Jackson, Ray Noble, Reg Pursglove, Eric Siday, Harry Jacobson, Alfie Noakes (2), Harry Hines, Bill Harty, Bob Wise, Eugene Pini, Bill Shakespeare, Jack Evetts, Harry Berly, Tony Thorpe (3), George Smith (5), Bert Thomas (2), and Laurie Payne (2)