Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE (née Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer and actress. Lynn was born in East Ham, Essex. She began performing in public at age seven and she started using her grandmother's maiden name (Lynn) as her stage name. Her first radio broadcast was in 1935 with the Joe Loss Orchestra. At this time she was being featured on records released by dance bands including those of Loss and of Charlie Kunz. 

She was popular during World War II. Her best known songs are We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover. 

Lynn worked a lot with charities for former military servicemen, disabled children, and breast cancer. Veterans of the Second World War still admire her. She was named the Briton who best exemplified (the best example of) the spirit of the twentieth century, in 2000.

Vera Lynn's album We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn went to #1 in the United Kingdom. This made her the oldest living artist to top the U.K. album charts. The album is some of her recordings made for Decca Records. Lynn recorded for Decca between 1936 and 1959. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 September 2009. The album entered the chart at number 20 on 30 August. It then climbed to number 2 the following week, before reaching the top position.

The 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, ends with a world-ending war of atomic bombs. The scene uses Vera Lynn's song We'll Meet Again.

Lynn died on 18 June 2020 at the age of 103 in East Sussex.


 Albums 

 Year  Album 1961  Yours 1961  As Time Goes By 1962  Hits Of The Blitz 1964  Among My Souvenirs 1966  More Hits Of The Blitz 1970  Hits Of The 60's — My Way 1972  Favourite Sacred Songs 1976  Christmas With Vera Lynn 1977  Vera Lynn In Nashville 1981  20 Family Favourites 1989  We'll Meet Again 2009  We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn 2010  Unforgettable 2014  National Treasure – Ultimate Collection

Movies
+ Movie Year Title Role Notes 1943 We'll Meet Again Peggy Brown 1943 Rhythm Serenade Ann Martin 1944 One Exciting Night Vera Baker 1962 Venus fra Vestø Herself

References

Other websites


 Q&A with TIME Magazine in September 2009 
 Dame Vera Lynn Trust for Children with Cerebral Palsy 

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