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Bea Wain
12+ albums
40sjazzfemale vocalistswingactress and singer
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Bea Wain (Beatrice Weinsier, The Bronx, New York City, April 30, 1917 - August 19, 2017) was an American Big Band-era singer. She had a number of hits with Larry Clinton and his Orchestra. After her marriage she and her husband became involved in radio as a husband-and-wife disc jockey team. On a 1937 recording with Artie Shaw, she was credited as Beatrice Wayne, which led some to assume that was her real name. On record labels, her name was shortened (without her permission) to "Bea" by the record company, ostensibly for space considerations. As she explained, "They cut it to 'Bea' Wain. They cut the 'Beatrice' out to 'Bea.' I was just a little old girl singer, but that's the truth. So that's how my name became 'Bea Wain'." She led the vocal group Bea and the Bachelors (with Al Rinker, Ken Lane, and John Smedberg) and the V8 (seven boys and a girl) on the Fred Waring show. In 1937, Wain joined former Tommy Dorsey arranger Larry Clinton and His Orchestra, which she joined after doing chorus work with Fred Waring and Ted Sttraeter. Her debut with Clinton was made in the summer of 1938 at the Glen Island Casino, New York. She was featured with Clinton on a number of hit tunes, including "Martha" and "Heart and Soul". In 1939, she was voted the most popular female band vocalist in Billboard annual college poll, and that same year she began her solo career. Her first theater tour as a solo led to her being signed for the Your Hit Parade and RCA Victor records. Wain made her de
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Presenting Bea Wain
My Reverie
Jubilee
The Very Best Of
You Can Depend On Me
Something
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Golden Selection (Remastered)
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The Big Band Singer - Fox Trot with Bea Wain
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Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust - 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957
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Kiss
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20 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists 1936-1952, Vol. 1
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Dancing With Ballroom Stars