England’s Great Dame

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A great Dame keeps on ticking:

The tracklisting includes more than 40 of her wartime songs, including We'll Meet Again, The White Cliffs Of Dover and You'll Never Know among the five number one hits on the record. Dame Vera's daughter, Virginia, is responsible for the uncovering the unreleased tracks. All of the tracks have been remastered for the commemorative record, with many taking recordings from the original resource. Some tracks have only ever been available on the original 78rpm.

Dame Vera Lynn, 97, to release new album
To celebrate her 97th birthday and 90 years in showbusiness, Dame Vera Lynn, the 'Forces' Sweetheart', will release a new album
By Alice Vincent, Entertainment writer
12:01AM GMT 20 Mar 2014

Dame Vera Lynn, 97, to release new album - Telegraph​

Wouldn’t it be fabulous if one or two of those recently discovered tracks carried Vera Lynn to the top of the charts one more time?

In any event Brits and Americans of another time and place should be singing this one to Vera:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JZtWNlCTc6o]"You'll Never Know" (Vera Lynn, 1943) - YouTube[/ame]​

 

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UPDATE​

A great Dame keeps on ticking:

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London (AFP) - Renowned World War II singer Vera Lynn will celebrate her next birthday by becoming the first singer in history to release a new album at age 100, her record label said on Thursday.​

British singer Vera Lynn to release new album at 100
AFP
February 2, 2017

British singer Vera Lynn to release new album at 100​