BEA WAIN - You Can Depend on Me : The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 [2001]

Bea Wain is mostly remembered as Larry Clinton's girl singer, whose "My Reverie" was to become a classic from the big-band era. But she recorded a string of songs with Clinton that made the Top Ten hit list. Tired of the long road trips and the low salary, Wain left Clinton in 1938, signing up with RCA Victor. In the first of a projected multi-volume set, Baldwin Street Music released the entire output of the singer's studio recordings (from July 1939 to May 1941) backed by a studio orchestra with piano and arrangements by Walter Gross. There are also some cuts featuring Wain from the Your Hit Parade radio show. Wain's laid-back, almost casual approach to singing helps makes listening to her so enjoyable. As was the practice of the day, many of the tunes on the play list are from musicals and movies. Among the more notable are "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," "Dancing in the Dark," "Our Love Affair," and "You Made Me Love You" with Johnny Long & His Orchestra. Her "Stormy Weather" came before Lena Horne's more famous recording. Wain was also a pioneer in inserting the verse in the middle of the song after the first chorus, which gave an added fillip to her delivery. With all her talent, one can only wonder what her place in the history of American Popular Song would have been if she had started her career with Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, or Benny Goodman. This fine album honors an exceptional singer from the big-band days and beyond. As always, the label has done a fine job in transferring the material to CD. by Dave Nathan  
Tracklist:
1     Stormy Weather    3:17
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
2     Oh, You Crazy Moon    2:54
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
3     Make With the Kisses    2:51
James Van Heusen / Johnny Mercer
4     I Didn't Know What Time It Was    3:20
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
5     Blue Rain    3:25
James Van Heusen / Johnny Mercer
6     Hello, My Lover, Goodbye    3:17
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman
7     Dancing in the Dark    3:23
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
8     I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You    3:10
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
9     Buds Won't Bud    3:18
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
10     I'm Nobody's Baby    3:20
Milton Ager / Benny Davis / Lester Santly
11     I Could Make You Care    3:06
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
 12     I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town    3:13
Lew Brown / Albert Von Tilzer
13     Our Love Affair    3:04
Roger Edens / Arthur Freed
14     I Don't Want to Cry Anymore    3:36
Victor Schertzinger
15     Let's Be Buddies    2:57
Cole Porter
16     Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please    2:43
Cole Porter
17     No Love Blues    3:04
Eddie DeLange / Arthur Gershwin
18     How Did He Look?    2:33
Gladys Shelley / Abner Silver
19     Do I Worry?    2:37
Stanley Cowan / Bobby Worth
20     You Can Depend on Me    2:38
Charles Carpenter / Louis Dunlap / Earl Hines
21     My Sister and I    3:15
Alex Kramer / Joan Whitney / Hy Zaret
22     Afraid to Say Hello    2:51
Harold Arlen / Tell Taylor
23     Do I Love You?    3:26
Cole Porter
24     You Made Me Love You  2:01
Joseph McCarthy / James V. Monaco
 Credits:
Walter Gross     Arranger, Piano
Bea Wain     Photography, Vocals   

  BEA WAIN - You Can Depend on Me: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 

[2001] Baldwin Street / CBR320 / scans

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