Bea Wain
American jazz musician (1917–2017)
Bea Wain (April 30, 1917 – August 19, 2017) was an American Big Band-era singer. She was born in New York City, New York.[1] 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. Wain had four No. 1 hits: "Cry, Baby, Cry", "Deep Purple", "Heart and Soul" and her signature song, "My Reverie".
Bea Wain | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 30, 1917 Bronx, New York |
| Died | August 19, 2017 (aged 100) Beverly Hills, California |
| Genres | Big Band |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
Wain died of congestive heart failure at a retirement home on August 19, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 100.[2]
References
change- ↑ "We Remember Bea Wain". Examiner.com. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Bea Wain, 'girl singer' from big-band era who jammed with Pavarotti, dies at 100". The Washington Post. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
Other websites
change- Bea Wain on IMDb
- The Daisy Foundation
- Interview by Amanda Wilde Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
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