Bea Wain's gorgeous voice is marvelously reproduced and celebrated on
Jasmine's My Reverie, a fabulous compendium of classic big band
recordings dating from 1937-1941. Backed by the orchestras of Larry
Clinton, Artie Shaw and Leonard Joy, this charming woman demonstrates
her ability to handle each and every song with uncontrived style and
finesse. Her version of Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather" is an
immaculately rendered rite of passage. Even Hoagy Carmichael's
long-suffering "Heart and Soul" becomes a delectable treat when sung by
Wain. Songs of a romantic nature undergo a magical transformation; "Deep
Purple" and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" become arrestingly
beautiful, while "Dancing in the Dark" might well cause susceptible
listeners to abandon all worldly attachments and responsibilities in
order to worship the voice of Wain by playing this one song -- "Dancing
in the Dark," words by Howard Dietz, music by Arthur Schwartz -- over
and over again for the rest of time. arwulf arwulf
Bea Wain's major successes were as Larry Clinton's band singer, most famously with My reverie, one of four American number one hits. This compilation contains some of her Larry Clinton tracks and some of her solo music after she quit Larry's band, all in chronological order. Her solo tracks are not that different in style from her band music. Like so many of the band singers of the time, Bea could swing, though she could also do the love songs. The songs here include three of those number one hits (My reverie, Heart and soul, Deep purple) though Cry baby cry, their first number one, is omitted. You can find it on a Larry Clinton compilation, along with many other hits they had together, some of which are also on this CD, but most are not. You may remember Deep purple - it was a big American hit for Nino Tempo and April Stevens in the sixties, and again for Donny and Marie Osmond in the seventies - this is the version that is probably best known in Britain. Bea and Larry's band did one of the original versions. There were several versions released at around the same time (in 1939) but this version outsold them all, by a considerable margin. There are other big hits from her Larry Clinton days here too - Old folks, The masquerade is over and My heart belongs to Daddy - but most of this CD is filled with her solo music. Bea only had four solo hits, but only three of them (Do I worry?, My sister and I, Kiss the boys goodbye) are included. The other, I'm nobody's baby, is missing, but it doesn't matter - this is a brilliant compilation of Bea's music. Of the non-hits, my favorite song here is Oh you crazy moon, but every track is wonderful. -Jazmine Records
Tracklist :
1 My Reverie 3:25
Claude Debussy
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
2 Heart and Soul 3:09
Hoagy Carmichael / Frank Loesser
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
3 Old Folks 3:18
Dedette Lee Hill / Willard Robison
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
4 Deep Purple 3:41
Peter DeRose / Mitchell Parish
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
5 The Masquerade Is Over 2:46
Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
6 My Heart Belongs to Daddy 2:34
Cole Porter
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
7 I Get Along Without You Very Well 3:20
Hoagy Carmichael
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
8 If It's the Last Thing I Do 3:01
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
Bea Wain feat: Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
9 Dancing in the Dark 3:22
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
Bea Wain feat: Leonard Joy & His Orchestra
10 I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 3:08
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
11 Oh, You Crazy Moon 2:53
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
12 Stormy Weather 3:16
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
13 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:19
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
14 I Could Make You Care 3:05
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
15 Kiss the Boys Goodbye 2:46
Frank Loesser / Victor Schertzinger
16 That's How I Got My Start 2:33
Frank Loesser / Victor Schertzinger
17 Peekaboo to You 2:08
Johnny Mercer / Joseph Meyer / Carl Sigman
18 You Started Something 2:50
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
19 I Don't Want to Cry Anymore 3:36
Victor Schertzinger
20 Our Love Affair 3:02
Roger Edens / Arthur Freed
21 Do I Worry? 2:36
Stanley Cowan / Bobby Worth
22 I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town 3:11
Lew Brown
23 My Sister and I 3:15
Alex Kramer / Joan Whitney / Hy Zaret
24 You Can Depend on Me 2:37
Charles Carpenter / Louis Dunlap / Earl Hines
Credits :
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra & Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
Vocal - Bea Wain
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