Beatrice Ruth Wain[1] (April 30, 1917 – August 19, 2017) was an American Big Band-era singer and radio personality born in the Bronx, New York City.

[7] In 1939, Wain was voted by Billboard Magazine as 'Female Band Vocalist of The Year', beating superstars such as Ella Fitzgerald to the title.

[9] Wain rarely made recordings after she left the Clinton orchestra in 1939, focusing primarily on her work on radio,[10] but she did enjoy some chart success with: Following World War II, Wain worked with her husband, Andre Baruch, as a disc jockey team in New York on WMCA, where they were billed as "Mr. and Mrs. Music".

An article in the May 1949 issue of Radio Best magazine noted, "In the trade she is looked upon as an accurate picker of hits and is a favourite song plugger of tunesmiths like Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen and Harry Warren.

"[15] Wain died of congestive heart failure at an assisted living home on August 19, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 100.