Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Lynn ( London , 20 March 1917 ) is a British singer who in the Second World War, nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart" became widely known. The song " We'll Meet Again , "written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, is her greatest classic.

Vera Lynn was born Vera Margaret Welch in East Ham, London. She used her grandmother's maiden name as a stage name. She began performing as a seven-year-old and made ​​his first for the radio in 1935, when then-famous Joe Loss Orchestra.

In 1940 Lynn got her own radio program, Sincerely Yours, which they passed messages to soldiers sang abroad and request songs. She also visited hospitals to interview mothers and their messages to be sent to their husbands overseas by, and acted for British soldiers, for example in the former Burma . In 1942 she took the nostalgic "We'll Meet Again", that well proved to be popular with the many who were separated during the war of their loved ones. This and her "The White Cliffs of Dover" are among the most famous songs from those years.

After liberation Vera Lynn became the first British artist to top the US charts reached, with the song "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart". She also had success with hits like "Forget-Me-Not" and "My Son, My Son."

In 1975 Vera Lynn was raised to the peerage. After her cancer was diagnosed, she founded a charitable organization.

For years Lynn appeared regularly at commemorations of World War II; She was almost the unofficial spokesman of the British veterans. In 1985 she performed in the Netherlands during the official concert to celebrate 40 years of liberation. In 1992 she appeared on the steps of the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek . In1995 she performed at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the fiftieth Victory in Europe Day . Ten years later she was a guest at a similar party at Trafalgar Square, but when she did not sing. However, she gave a speech in which she praised the veterans of World War II and urged younger generations to continue to remember their sacrifice.

In 2009 Lynn made ​​her comeback in the British charts. With her album "We'll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn" she took the album Top 20. Lynn was the oldest surviving singer, who reached the British charts.

The now 98-year-old Lynn lives in Ditchling .



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 * 2 Discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 3 External link
 * Pink Floyd wrote a song about her, "Vera", which is on the album The Wall . In the film musical based on the album is her Christmas song "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" to hear in the opening scene.
 * Gary Numan sings in his song "War Songs" "Old men love war songs, I'm Vera Lynn"
 * "We'll Meet Again" has long been one of the favorites as funeral music; In 2006 the song was number 19 in the Top 50 Funeral.
 * In 1985 she was knighted to Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau