Dame Vera Lynn - 102 yo March 20, 2019

I'm not going to be at my computer tomorrow, so I'm posting this tribute today. I originally posted this on the Music Board, but nobody there seems interested. I thought some of the WWII buffs on this board may enjoy reading this.

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In 1940, Vera Lynn got her own radio show, Sincerely Yours, which became a favorite of soldiers serving overseas. To her audience, she was the "girl next door" type, reminding those away at war of their loved ones back home. She often sang sentimental ballads on her program, with "We'll Meet Again" and "White Cliffs of Dover" becoming two of her signature songs. Lynn also traveled abroad during the war, performing live shows for the troops. In 1941, she married Harry Lewis, a musician with the Royal Air Force's band. Lynn ranked No. 1 on a poll regarding soldiers' favorite entertainer, beating out the likes of Bing Crosby and Judy Garland, and became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart."

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Lynn's "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" in 1952 became the first record by a British performer to top the charts in the United States,[17] remaining there for nine weeks.

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In 2009, Lynn made a remarkable return to the British music charts. She was 92 years old at the time—becoming the oldest person to have the No. 1 top-selling album in the country—with the collection We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn. That same year, she published the memoir Some Sunny Day.

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We'll Meet Again

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The 1964 film Dr. Strangelove directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, ends with a montage of nuclear explosions accompanying Vera Lynn's song "We'll Meet Again".

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