# Any Fans Of Vera Lynn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677 "2009-03-07T21:14:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/1 "2009-03-07T21:14:18Z")
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”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_lynn) (from Wikipeida) > [@](#): > > born 20 March 1917) is a popular British vocalist whose career flourished during World War II, when she was nicknamed “The Forces’ Sweetheart”. Among her numerous popular songs are “We’ll Meet Again” and “The White Cliffs of Dover”. She was considered one of the major entertainers during World War II. 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 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/2 "2009-03-07T21:15:24Z")
I cannot believe you missed the chance to title this thread “Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/3 "2009-03-07T21:28:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/4 "2009-03-07T21:33:18Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/5 "2009-03-07T21:38:03Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I cannot believe you missed the chance to title this thread “Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?” I must’ve searched wrong > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > 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. Well she did sing in the '40s so I reckon that was “state of the art” for the time 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/6 "2009-03-07T23:08:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/7 "2009-03-07T23:31:18Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/8 "2009-03-08T00:53:11Z")
I’ve always liked A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naC0PIL0EXE) Nat King Cole’s version is good too [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kyofs0mreCc/hqdefault.jpg "Nat King Cole-A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyofs0mreCc) 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. [http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=nightingale+song&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL\_enGB258GB258&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=WxSzSbCwOMO1-Abf0rnmAg&sa=X&oi=video\_result\_group&resnum=4&ct=title#](http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=nightingale+song&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB258GB258&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=WxSzSbCwOMO1-Abf0rnmAg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/9 "2009-03-08T01:14:26Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-vera-lynn/488677/10 "2009-03-08T01:27:01Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > 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. 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_.