Nick Noble (singer)
Nick Noble (born June 21, 1926 as Nicholas Valkan in Chicago , † March 24, 2012 in Cook County , Illinois ) was an American singer who was at home in pop and country music .
biography
Nick Noble aka Nicholas Valkan was the son of Greek immigrants and grew up on the South Side of Chicago. After his military service in the US Navy, he took up a degree in economics at Loyola University Chicago , which he completed in 1951 with a bachelor's degree. In 1954 he was discovered as a singer by the A&R manager of the record company Mercury Records Lou Douglas and began to publish records under the stage name Nick Noble.
After two singles , he was deported to the Wing sub-label in 1955, but had his first record success there with his first production The Bible Tells Me So in the summer of 1955. The song reached number 22 in the Billboard charts . Noble also returned to the charts six months later with another Wing record entitled To You, My Love , this time at number 27. In 1956, Noble returned to Mercury , where he produced about ten singles by 1957. Among them was the single titled A Fallen Star , which was Billboard listing 20 in the summer of 1957, becoming the biggest hit for Noble. The title Moonlight Swim on the successor record also entered the Billboard charts at number 37, after which it became quieter for Nick Noble. After a short episode on the small label Fraternity Nobel got a long-term contract with Coral Records in 1958 , which ran until 1961. This was followed by short-term engagements with various record companies until 1977, interrupted by longer breaks in the years between 1969 and 1977. With his releases with the Churchill Records record company in 1978 and 1980, Noble had switched to the country style and won two titles ( Stay with Me , 40 .; I Wanna Go Back , 72.) entered the country charts. He published his last two new recordings in 1979 on TMS, which earned him two more listings in the country charts ( The Girl on the Other Side , 36; Big Man's Cafe , 35). During his singing career, Noble released over 100 singles and four long-playing records .
In the early 1980s, Noble took over the Chicago restaurant "Lou Mitchell's" from his uncle, which he ran until 1993. He then retired to Beverly Hills and died in 2012 at the age of 85.
US charts on Billboard
| Started | title | Hot 100 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/1955 | The Bible Tells Me So | 22nd | |
| 2/1956 | To you, my love | 27. | |
| 7/1957 | A falling star | 20th | |
| 9/1957 | Moonlight swim | 37. | |
| 1978 | Stay with Me | 40. | |
| 1979 | I want to go back | 72. | |
| 1979 | The Girl on the Other Side | 36. | |
| 1980 | Big Man's Cafe | 35. |
US discography
Vinlyl singles
| From page | Catalog no. | published |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | ||
| Maybe Today / Right or Wrong | 70397 | 6/1954 |
| Tara's Theme / Please Don't Break My Heart | 70496 | 11/1954 |
| Wing | ||
| The Bible Tells Me So / Army of the Lord | 90003 | 6/1955 |
| The Best Is Yet To Come / If It Happened to You | 90028 | 10/1955 |
| Lovely Lies / Bella Bella Parzicella | 90042 | 11/1955 |
| To You, My Love / You Are My Only Love | 90045 | 1/1956 |
| Mercury | ||
| To You, My Love / You Are My Only Love | 70821 | 3/1956 |
| She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not / Great Big Ladder | 70851 | 4/1956 |
| Keeping Cool with Lemonade / You're Sensational | 70897 | 6/1956 |
| Mom Oh Mom / Autumn Concerto | 70959 | 9/1956 |
| You Don't Know What Love Is / The Star You Wished on Last Night | 70981 | 10/1956 |
| No One Sweeter Than You / I'm a Visitor | 71031 | 1/1957 |
| A Fallen Star / They're Playing Our Song | 71117 | 5/1957 |
| A Fallen Star / Let Me Hold You in My Arms | 71124 | 5/1957 |
| Moonlight Swim / Lucy Lou | 71169 | 7/1957 |
| Sweet Treat / Halo of Love | 71233 | 10/1957 |
| Fraternity | ||
| The Fountains Cry / There's a Church in Your Heart | 817 | 10/1958 |
| Lonely Star / One Track Min | 825 | 10/1958 |
| Coral | ||
| Bon Jour, Bon Soir, Bonne Nuit / A Lucky Silver Dollar | 62050 | 10/1958 |
| How Much Can a Heart Take / My Darling's Earrings | 62075 | 1/1959 |
| I Need Someone / Thank Heaven for Little Girls | 62124 | 6/1959 |
| I Surrender Dear / Somethin 'Cha Cha | 62144 | 5/1959 |
| Violino / Lemons and Cloves | 62169 | 1/1960 |
| The Tip of My Fingers / Sweet Love | 62213 | 6/1960 |
| Excuse Me / Island Farewell | 62233 | 9/1960 |
| Some Place to Cry / Over Someone's Shoulder | 62246 | 1/1961 |
| Cry Some Tears / They Call Me the Fool | 62262 | 4/1961 |
| For Just a Little While Tonight / The Beat of My Soul | 62280 | 8/1961 |
| The Tip of My Fingers / Some Place to Cry | 62495 | 8/1966 |
| Liberty | ||
| The Twelfth Dark Hour / My Heart Comes Running Back to You | 55442 | 5/1962 |
| We Could / Hello Out There | 55488 | 8/1962 |
| Legend in My Time / Closer to Heaven | 55534 | 1/1963 |
| Gee Little Girl / A Rose and a Star | 55576 | 5/1963 |
| Cess | ||
| Sleep Walk / Flying Over Rainbows | 1876 | 10/1963 |
| Main Theme from the Cardinal / Flying Over Rainbows | 1879 | 12/1963 |
| Don't Forget / Not Like I Used to Be | 1909 | 9/1964 |
| 20th Century Fox | ||
| The Girl With the Long Red Hair / Simple Gimple | 6612 | 9/1965 |
| Date | ||
| Until It's Time for You to Go / You're The Right One for Me | 1582 | 12/1967 |
| It Hurts to Say Goodbye / My Maria | 1616 | 7/1968 |
| Lonely as I Leave You / Take Me Back | 1629 | 11/1968 |
| Columbia | ||
| I'm Gonna Make You Love Me / I'm So Busy | 44887 | 5/1969 |
| Capitol | ||
| It's All Up to You / Let Me Be a Man | 3677 | 1973 |
| Epic | ||
| Forgetting Someone / If We Could Live Our Life Away | 50327 | 1977 |
| Churchill | ||
| May God Be With You / La, La, La | 7701 | 1978 |
| My Country Kind of Girl / Stay with Me | 7713 | 1978 |
| Big Man's Cafe / My Country Kind of Girl | 7755 | 1980 |
| TMS | ||
| The Girl on the Other Side / Why Don't You Believe Me | 601 | 1979 |
| I Wanna Go Back / I Keep on Breathin 'You | 612 | 1979 |
LPs
| title | Catalog no. | published |
|---|---|---|
| You don't know what love is | Mercury 20182 | 1957 |
| Music for Lovers | Wing 12184 | 1957 |
| Relax | Liberty 3302 | 1963 |
| I'm gonna make you love me | Columbia 9810 | 1969 |
literature
- Martin Popoff : Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991 . Krause Publications, Iola 2010, ISBN 978-1-4402-1131-7 , p. 862.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noble, Nick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valkan, Nicholas (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 2012 |
| Place of death | Cook County , Illinois |