Monday, March 20, 2017

WE'LL MEET AGAIN - CELEBRATING VERA LYNN AT 100


So singer Vera Lynn hit the century mark.  God bless her.

From Wikipedia:

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ (née Welch; born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer, songwriter and actress. Her musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War.

During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England".

She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK and the US and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" and her UK Number one single "My Son, My Son". Her last single, "I Love This Land", was released to mark the end of the Falklands War. In 2009, at age 92, she became the oldest living artist to top the UK Albums Chart, with "We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn".

She has devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children, and breast cancer. She is held in great affection by veterans of the Second World War to this day and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the 20th century.  Lynn celebrated her 100th birthday on 20 March 2017.


I think it could be its use at the end of "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" in 1964 which propelled "We'll Meet Again" to the front of the line when it comes to her best-remembered songs.

Here are just some of the TV shows and documentaries that have made use of "We'll Meet Again" at some point in their series:

EARTH PRIME-TIME
1971 
Dad's Army  

1984 
The Jewel in the Crown
Crossing the River
 (1984) 


1986 
The Singing Detective 
Who Done It 
(1986)


1989 
And a Nightingale Sang 

1998 
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 
Helping Hansi
 (1998)

THE TOONIVERSE

1999 
Futurama 
A Big Piece of Garbage
 (1999)


2016 
The Simpsons 
The Last Traction Hero (2016)

COMIX TOOBWORLD
2016 
Legends of Tomorrow
Fail-Safe
 (2016)

AN ALTERNATE TOOBWORLD

2013 
Castle
Disciple 
(2013) 

CINEVERSE BORDERLANDS
2004 
Hellboy

OTHER TV SHOWS & SPECIALS
1971 
De Fred Haché Show 
Episode #1.1
 (1971) 


1995 
The Beatles Anthology 

2001 
The 1940s House 
The Beginning of the End
 (2001) 

2011 
War on Terror  

2011 
Zaum - Andare a parare

2015 
Todd's Pop Song Reviews
"See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa Ft. Charlie Puth
 (2015)

2015 
Glastonbury 2015
Jungle & the Vaccines
 (2015)


2016 
The Coming War on China 

In most of them, Vera Lynn went uncredited.

So here's to you, Ms.Lynn.  Congratulations on reaching your centenary, and also for your latest recording!  

All the best from Toobworld Central....

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