Bea Wain
Beatrice Ruth Wain (April 30, 1917 – August 19, 2017) was an American Big Band-era singer and radio personality born in the Bronx, New York City. She had a number of hits with Larry Clinton and his Orchestra. After her marriage she and her husband became involved in radio, helming a show titled "Mr. and Mrs. Music". |
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Birth and Death Data: Born April 30, 1917 (New York City), Died August 19, 2017 (Beverly Hills)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, lyricist
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-07785 | 10-in. | 4/13/1937 | Carelessly | Kay Thompson Orchestra ; Rhythm Singers | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-07787 | 10-in. | 4/13/1937 | It had to be you | Kay Thompson Orchestra ; Rhythm Singers | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and female vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-015838 | 10-in. | 11/5/1937 | I've got my heart set on you | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-015839 | 10-in. | 11/5/1937 | True confession | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-017416 | 10-in. | 11/26/1937 | Jubilee | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-017417 | 10-in. | 11/26/1937 | The one rose (That's left in my heart) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-017419 | 10-in. | 11/26/1937 | Scrapin' the toast | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-017742 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | I double dare you! | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-017743 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | Two dreams got together | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-017745 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | Mr. Jinx, stay away from me | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018104 | 10-in. | 1/5/1938 | Dr. Rhythm | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018105 | 10-in. | 1/5/1938 | Always and always | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018106 | 10-in. | 1/5/1938 | I was doing all right | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018107 | 10-in. | 1/5/1938 | Love is here to stay | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018359 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | How'dja like to love me? | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018360 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | I fall in love with you every day | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018361 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | When the heather is in bloom | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-018362 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | At the perfume counter (On the Rue de la Paix) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-019656 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | Martha | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-019657 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | Look | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-019658 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-019660 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | You're an education | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021022 | 10-in. | 2/24/1938 | Gavotte | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021023 | 10-in. | 2/24/1938 | Romance in the dark | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021025 | 10-in. | 2/24/1938 | You go to my head | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021026 | 10-in. | 2/24/1938 | A Gypsy told me | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021027 | 10-in. | 2/24/1938 | I can't face the music | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021673 | 10-in. | 3/31/1938 | Cry, baby, cry | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021674 | 10-in. | 3/31/1938 | College humor | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021675 | 10-in. | 3/31/1938 | Stolen heaven | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021676 | 10-in. | 3/31/1938 | You'll be reminded of me | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021677 | 10-in. | 3/31/1938 | Stop and reconsider | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-021678 | 10-in. | 3/31/1938 | Who do you think I saw last night? | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-022672 | 10-in. | 4/29/1938 | How to win friends and influence people | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-022674 | 10-in. | 4/29/1938 | I married an angel | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-022675 | 10-in. | 4/29/1938 | If it rains, who cares! | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-022676 | 10-in. | 4/29/1938 | Ferdinand the Bull | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-023717 | 10-in. | 6/22/1938 | There's a brand new picture in my picture frame | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-023720 | 10-in. | 6/22/1938 | Put your heart in a song | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-023721 | 10-in. | 6/22/1938 | I'm gonna lock my heart (And throw away the key) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-023722 | 10-in. | 6/22/1938 | Night shades | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-024048 | 10-in. | 7/16/1938 | The yam | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-024049 | 10-in. | 7/16/1938 | My reverie | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-024423 | 10-in. | 8/1/1938 | A pretty girl milking her cow | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-024424 | 10-in. | 8/1/1938 | My heart at thy sweet voice | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-024425 | 10-in. | 8/1/1938 | You never know | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-024427 | 10-in. | 8/1/1938 | At long last love | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-026686 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | Summer souvenirs | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-026689 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | Old folks | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-026690 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | Heart and soul | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027258 | 10-in. | 10/6/1938 | Who blew out the flame? | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027260 | 10-in. | 10/6/1938 | It took a million years | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027261 | 10-in. | 10/6/1938 | I kissed you in a dream last night (Do you mind) | Larry Clinton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027262 | 10-in. | 10/6/1938 | After looking at you | Larry Clinton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-028946 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | Variety is the spice of life | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Ford Leary ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-028947 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | My heart belongs to Daddy | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-028948 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | Most gentlemen don't like love | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030372 | 10-in. | 12/8/1938 | Are you in the mood for mischief? | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030374 | 10-in. | 12/8/1938 | Lullaby | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030376 | 10-in. | 12/8/1938 | Over the rainbow | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030474 | 10-in. | 12/23/1938 | It's a lonely trail (When you're travelin' all alone) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030475 | 10-in. | 12/23/1938 | Deep purple | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030477 | 10-in. | 12/23/1938 | Please come out of your dreams | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-031808 | 10-in. | 1/20/1939 | I want my share of love | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-031809 | 10-in. | 1/20/1939 | I've got a little list | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-031810 | 10-in. | 1/20/1939 | Don't look now | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Ford Leary ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-031811 | 10-in. | 1/20/1939 | I get along without you very well (Except sometimes) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-031812 | 10-in. | 1/20/1939 | The masquerade is over (I'm afraid) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-038251 | 10-in. | 7/11/1939 | Glad to be unhappy | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-038252 | 10-in. | 7/11/1939 | Oh! You crazy moon | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-038253 | 10-in. | 7/11/1939 | Stormy weather (Keeps rainin' all the time) | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-038254 | 10-in. | 7/11/1939 | Go fly a kite! | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-043313 | 10-in. | 10/25/1939 | I didn't know what time it was | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-043314 | 10-in. | 10/25/1939 | Make with the kisses | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-043957 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | Blue rain | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-043958 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | When love beckoned (On Fifty-second Street) | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-043959 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | Dancing in the dark | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-043960 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | (I don't stand) A ghost of a chance with you | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-048793 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | It's a lovely day tomorrow | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-048794 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | It's somebody else (That you love) | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-048795 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | I'm nobody's baby | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-048796 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | Buds won't bud | Walter Gross ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-054771 | 10-in. | 8/13/1940 | I'm the lonesomest gal in town | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-054772 | 10-in. | 8/13/1940 | Our love affair | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-054773 | 10-in. | 8/13/1940 | I don't want to cry any more | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-054774 | 10-in. | 8/13/1940 | I could make you care | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057079 | 10-in. | 11/6/1940 | How did he look | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057080 | 10-in. | 11/6/1940 | Let's be buddies | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057081 | 10-in. | 11/6/1940 | Make it another old fashioned, please | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057082 | 10-in. | 11/6/1940 | No love blues | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-058267 | 10-in. | 12/17/1940 | How did it get so late, so early | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-058268 | 10-in. | 12/17/1940 | Hello, Ma! I done it again | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-060677 | 10-in. | 2/20/1941 | You can depend on me | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-060678 | 10-in. | 2/20/1941 | Do I worry? | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-062757 | 10-in. | 3/14/1941 | My sister and I | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-062758 | 10-in. | 3/14/1941 | Afraid to say hello (Since you said goodbye) | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065292 | 10-in. | 5/22/1941 | That's how I got my start | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065293 | 10-in. | 5/22/1941 | Kiss the boys goodbye | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065294 | 10-in. | 5/22/1941 | You started something | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065295 | 10-in. | 5/22/1941 | Peekaboo to you | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-067505 | 10-in. | 7/29/1941 | God bless' the child | Deep River Boys ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-067506 | 10-in. | 7/29/1941 | Sometimes I feel like a motherless child | Deep River Boys ; Bea Wain | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-067507 | 10-in. | 7/29/1941 | Tattletale | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-067508 | 10-in. | 7/29/1941 | You'll never know | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-067552 | 10-in. | 8/11/1941 | The birth of the blues | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068399 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | That's how I love the blues | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068600 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Ev'ry time | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068601 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | The lady who walks alone | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068602 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Hello, my lover, goodbye | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068630 | 10-in. | 12/13/1941 | Baby mine | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wain, Bea," accessed February 3, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102209.
Wain, Bea. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102209.
"Wain, Bea." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 3 February 2023.
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LCNAR: Wain, Bea - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78031060
Wikidata: Bea Wain - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q435474
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/30794858
MusicBrainz: Bea Wain - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62c094ea-aa02-4e9f-9d68-b89bd6592aa4
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