Barry Wood (born Louis Rappaport; February 12, 1909 – July 19, 1970) was an American singer and television producer. He is best known for being Frank Sinatra's immediate predecessor as the lead male vocalist on the long running NBC radio program Your Hit Parade. == Biography == Born on February 12, 1909, in New Haven, Connecticut, Wood was the younger brother of bandleader Barney Rapp. He attended Yale (where he swam and played water polo). He was a sideman for... [more on Wikipedia]