tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post6023153356229869607..comments2024-03-25T04:55:45.033-07:00Comments on A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: VERA LYNN - 1942Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-42793145319218808492010-03-15T12:09:33.377-07:002010-03-15T12:09:33.377-07:00I believe Dame Vera Lynn has been interviewed a fe...I believe Dame Vera Lynn has been interviewed a few times in recent years. Her husband (a trumpeter with the Ambrose Orchestra) died a few years ago. Her voice is so flawless!David Loboscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870831249761911028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-36383344891928340212010-03-15T11:01:13.726-07:002010-03-15T11:01:13.726-07:00Started out as a (very young) band singer in the m...Started out as a (very young) band singer in the mid 1930s, Her last public siging appearance was in 1995 but she appeared in public as recently as 2005. <br />Wiki says- On 13 September 2009, Dame Vera became the oldest living artist to make it into No. 1 in the UK album chart, at the age of 92. Her collection We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn entered the chart at number 20 on 30 August, and then climbed to number 2 the following week, before reaching the top position. In doing this, she outsold both the Arctic Monkeys and then the entire re-mastered Beatles back catalogue.In its third week the album went gold with sales of over 100,000.<br /><br />Some Dame! Some singer!<br />"Dame" in UK is the equivalent of a knighthood, awarded to Dame Vera in 1975.Jarbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305108771390534094noreply@blogger.com