Happy 95th Birthday, Dame Vera Lynn (Now 100, 2017)

• Mar 20, 2012

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The lady who sang "We'll Meet Again", and so many others, turns 95 today. God bless her.

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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Hear-Hear..!!!:eusa_clap

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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For a real eye-opener go back and listen to the records she made with the Charlie Kunz orchestra in the mid-to-late thirties. She was a lot more than a singer of wartime weepers -- she was one of the best band vocalists on the British music scene.

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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One of my favorite Vera Lynn recordings is this one that she did in the '70s.

[video=youtube;PZi1KffUQac]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZi1KffUQac[/video]

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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Here she is in 1990 at the Royal Variety Performance.

[video=youtube;f0Dwf93z7w8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Dwf93z7w8[/video]

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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And yet nobody's posted the song for which everyone still remembers her...

[video=youtube;SMh0qtY2IcU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMh0qtY2IcU&feature=fvst[/video]

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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Here's another I found on Youtube. She sings the verse, which I've never heard before, giving the song a nice added layer of meaning:

[video=youtube;-oxlFh4wbAI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxlFh4wbAI[/video]

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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And this one kinda belongs, too:

[video=youtube;QFsD7Q5QAS4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFsD7Q5QAS4&feature=related[/video]

 

• Mar 20, 2012

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Goodnight, Children Everywhere (1940)

[video=youtube;iQWY31G3B58]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWY31G3B58[/video]

Goodnight, children everywhere
Your mummy thinks of you tonight
Lay your head upon your pillow
Don't be a kid or a weeping willow
Close your eyes and say a prayer
And surely you can a find a kiss to spare
Though you are far away
She's with you night and day
Goodnight, children everywhere

 

• Mar 21, 2012

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[video=youtube;zpLiTHgok1A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpLiTHgok1A[/video]

 

• Mar 21, 2012

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Another beaut from the war years:

[video=youtube;hCGqQNxNsN4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCGqQNxNsN4[/video]

 

• Mar 21, 2012

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THIS is the one for me!

 

• Apr 2, 2012

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The Closing Sequence for Dr. Strangelove gives a different meaning to "We'll meet Again"

[video=youtube;wxrWz9XVvls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWz9XVvls&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

 

• Mar 14, 2017

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We are going to have to change the thread title, the lady turns 100 on Monday 20th.

 

• Mar 20, 2017

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• Apr 4, 2017

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Happy Birthday Dame Vera!