Singer, Songwriter and Actress (1917 - 2020)
The songs most associated with Vera Lynn are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England".
She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK and the United States and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" and her UK Number one single "My Son, My Son".
She has devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She is still held in great affection by veterans of the Second World War and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the twentieth century.
In 2009 she became the oldest living
artist to make it to No. 1 on the
British album chart, at the age of 92!
Listen to "White Cliffs of Dover"
Listen to "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
Singing at a munitions factory in 1941
Queen Elizabeth II echoed Dame Vera's famous WW2 anthem in a broadcast to the nation during the Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020. She told the nation:
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"We will be with our friends again, we will be with our families again, we will meet again."
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Vera Lynn died on the 18 June 2020, aged 103, surrounded by her close family.
Singalong to "We'll Meet Again"
Source: Wikipedia
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