I am a World War II buff, and I love Jo Stafford, who was a key entertainer during the war in America. A man I was talking to told me about a similar type singer in Britian during WWII named “Vera Lynn” (from Wikipeida)
I went and got her CD of her greatest hits, and she is quite good. I was surprised to hear she’s still living, she’s 92.
Can anyone in the UK tell me a bit more about her? Is she still well known in Britian? Any other fans of hers still around
I cannot believe you missed the chance to title this thread “Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?”
I’m not really a ‘fan’ of Vera Lynn’s, but I do have We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs Of Dover in iTunes and on my iPod. I check Wiki once or twice a year to see if she’s still kicking.
Like the OP, I’m a WWII buff; specifically WWII aviation, and particularly the RAF and the U.S. 8th Air Force. Vera Lynn and other vocalists of the era give me a small taste of what it might have been like to have been around in those times.
I had to play the two of her songs I have. What is that organ in We’ll Meet Again? Sounds pretty cheesy. Like one that one might have in the home in the '50s.
I must’ve searched wrong
Well she did sing in the '40s so I reckon that was “state of the art” for the time
I’m not thread-shitting, but wow, you’ve never heard of Vera Lynn?* Were her hits not also popular in the US during the war?
*disclaimer: I work in a nursing home and hear “We’ll Meet Again” an average of ten tousand times a day.
Up until this year I had Vera Lynn as one of my Deathpool choices. This year I changed the list and, on a lark, went with the top thirteen popular choices.
Just watch, she’ll die this year.
I’ve always liked A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square:
Nat King Cole’s version is good too
Actual Nightingales are pretty rare up here in the frozen north, but there is the odd occasional one singing its little heart out as the sun goes down.
Every once in a while at Christmas, I actually hear “The Little Boy that Santa Clause Forgot” on the muzak. A clip of it is included in the movie “Pink Floyd’s The Wall”.
Of course, most people’s exposure to her is in the final scene of “Dr. Strangelove”.
Well in the States we had our own “Vera Lynn,” and she was Jo Stafford. They nicknamed her “Gi Jo,” and she was very popular and ***VERY *** talented.
I love her version of the song Be Like The Kettle And Sing.