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Bea Wain

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Aliases
Bea Wain with Orchestra
Beatrice Wayne
Real name
Beatrice Weinsier
Born
April 30, 1917
Died
August 19, 2017
Country
United States
Comments
Big Band-era singer born in the Bronx, New York City. She had a number of hits with Larry Clinton.
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Larry Clinton Vocalist Larry Clinton Orchestra (1937-1939)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive May 11, 1938 (18 artists)
 REC August 14, 1939 (98 artists)
Originally by Doris Carson PRF
September 21, 1938 (112 artists)
 REC January 1941 (2 artists)
Originally by Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music - Vocal Refrain by Mary Ann Mercer REL
listen on Internet Archive May 18, 1938 (14 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 1, 1939 (239 artists)
 REC 1938 (45 artists)
Originally by Dennis King PRF
listen on Internet Archive August 30, 1940 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 8, 1939 (4 artists)
December 8, 1937 (44 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL June 6, 1941 (28 artists)
Originally by Mary Martin with Oscar Levant on piano BRD
September 28, 1938 (354 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REL December 29, 1937 Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol
Originally by Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC
May 18, 1938 (581 artists)

Covers by Bea Wain

Title Performer Release date Originally by
Always and Always Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain January 5, 1938 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive August 31, 1938 Clifton Webb
December 26, 1941 Betty Noyes
December 1939 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
listen on Internet Archive December 1937 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
October 1943 The Song Spinners
  January 5, 1940 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
January 18, 1939 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Dick Todd with Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 14, 1941 Ink Spots
  March 1948 George Olsen & His Music REC, Art Jarrett BRD
March 1948 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
  1983 Harriet Hilliard BRD, Richard Himber & His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive God Bless the Child Bea Wain September 1941 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive August 14, 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
1983 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
July 30, 1943 Frances Langford and Ensemble
How Did He Look? Bea Wain December 13, 1940 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive August 30, 1940 Rosemary Lane
  November 3, 1939 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
January 5, 1940 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive September 13, 1940 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Larry Taylor
listen on Internet Archive December 29, 1937 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  February 23, 1938 Elizabeth Rainforth PRF, Elizabeth Wheeler REL
listen on Internet Archive February 9, 1938 Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
listen on Internet Archive  REC February 1, 1939 (unknown), Dick Powell PRF
Covered by (233 artists)
July 6, 1938 Al Donahue and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Paula Kelly
1940 Aileen Stanley
  January 4, 1939 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Stanley Worth REC, Music of Yesterday and Today Styled the Blue Barron Way - Vocal Refrain by Russ Carlyle Glee Club REL
  January 19, 1938 Ella Logan - Orchestra under direction of Bill Harty REC, Ella Logan - Orchestra under Direction of Alfred Newman BRD
  December 6, 1940 Ethel Merman and Joan Carroll with Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra PRF, Ruby Newman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Hannon REC,REL
  January 19, 1938 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
  December 6, 1940 Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra REC, Ethel Merman with Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra PRF
November 3, 1939 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Muse
1983 Maurice Chevalier
December 1, 1938 Sophie Tucker
December 1, 1938 Mary Martin
August 3, 1938 Germaine Alexandre
Covered by (47 artists)
July 24, 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
listen on Internet Archive September 13, 1940 Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
March 1, 1939 Judy Garland
October 1943 Collins and Harlan
1983 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Willie Smith
March 9, 1938 Jerry Blaine and His Stream Line Rhythm - Vocal Refrain by Phyllis Kenny
  July 24, 1939 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
September 19, 1941 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
  March 1948 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
listen on Internet Archive August 10, 1938 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive November 17, 1937 Don Bestor and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Neil Buckley
listen on Internet Archive March 14, 1941 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
January 1947 William J. Halley
  March 2, 1938 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REL, Music in the Russ Morgan Manner - Vocal Chorus Bernice Parks REC
listen on Internet Archive   1941 Robert Cummings and Betty Grable BRD, Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Peggy Mann REC

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Baby Mine Bea Wain December 26, 1941 Victor
Blue Rain Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross July 30, 1943 Bluebird
Born to be Blue - Fools Rush In Dottie Reed with Johnny Blowers and Gang - Bea Wain with Ellis Larkin Trio March 1948 V Disc
Dancing in the Dark Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross January 5, 1940 Victor
Do I Worry? Bea Wain with Orchestra March 14, 1941 Victor
Go Fly a Kite Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross August 14, 1939 Victor
Hello Ma! I Done It Again Bea Wain January 1941 Victor
I Could Make You Care Bea Wain with Orchestra August 30, 1940 Victor
I Didn't Know What Time It Was Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross November 3, 1939 Victor
I Don't Want to Cry Anymore Bea Wain September 13, 1940 Victor
I Double Dare You Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain December 29, 1937 Victor
I Fall in Love with You Every Day Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain February 9, 1938 Victor
If It Rains–Who Cares! Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain May 11, 1938 Victor
I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain July 6, 1938 Victor
I'm Nobody's Baby Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross 1940 Victor
I've Got My Heart Set on You Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain November 17, 1937 Victor
Jubilee Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain December 8, 1937 Victor
Let's Be Buddies Bea Wain December 6, 1940 Victor
Oh You Crazy Moon Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross July 24, 1939 Victor
Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey - Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer - Blue Skies Bea Wain - Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra October 1943 V Disc
That's How I Got My Start Bea Wain June 6, 1941 Victor
The Birth of the Blues Bea Wain with Orchestra September 19, 1941 Victor
When Love Beckoned Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross December 1939 Victor
You Made Me Love You - That Old Black Magic Bea Wain - Ray Bloch and His Orchestra — Frank Sinatra - Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra January 1947 V Disc
You Never Know Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain August 31, 1938 Victor
You're an Education Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain March 2, 1938 Victor
You Started Something Bea Wain with Orchestra 1941 Victor

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