Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born 20 March 1917) is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II. Nicknamed the "The Forces' Sweetheart", the songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again".
The singer who 70 years ago recorded an evocative reminder of home for British soldiers fighting far away on Monday became the oldest living artist to have a No. 1 record in Britain when her album "We'll Meet Again -- The Very Best of Vera Lynn" took the top spot.
This week's British album charts were a veritable trip down memory lane -- the Beatles had 17 records in the top 100, Michael Jackson had five appearances in the top 100.
Lynn first recorded "We'll Meet Again" in September 1939, just as World War II broke out. She wasn't the soldiers' favorite right away, said Terry Charman, a senior historian at London's Imperial War Museum. But as servicemen all over the world heard Lynn on the radio -- and many saw her in person, in far-flung places like Burma and Egypt -- she became the voice that would remind them of home.
The singer who 70 years ago recorded an evocative reminder of home for British soldiers fighting far away on Monday became the oldest living artist to have a No. 1 record in Britain when her album "We'll Meet Again -- The Very Best of Vera Lynn" took the top spot.
This week's British album charts were a veritable trip down memory lane -- the Beatles had 17 records in the top 100, Michael Jackson had five appearances in the top 100.
Lynn first recorded "We'll Meet Again" in September 1939, just as World War II broke out. She wasn't the soldiers' favorite right away, said Terry Charman, a senior historian at London's Imperial War Museum. But as servicemen all over the world heard Lynn on the radio -- and many saw her in person, in far-flung places like Burma and Egypt -- she became the voice that would remind them of home.
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