Bea Wain

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
Background information
Born	(1917-04-30)April 30, 1917 Bronx, New York
Died	August 19, 2017(2017-08-19) (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

1. "We Remember Bea Wain". Examiner.com. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
2. "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

• Bea Wain on IMDb
• The Daisy Foundation
• Interview by Amanda Wilde Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine