Vera Lynn, one of the most iconic and inspiring artists of the 20th century died in June 2020 at the age of 103, just a month after the 75th anniversary of VE Day, which marked the end of WWII in Europe, a conflict in which her songs, like "We'll Meet Again" and "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover" were emblematic of the sentiments of the time, and her role in the war remained a key aspect of her musical and historical legacy. However, she was also a fine and versatile performer and interpreter of the popular songs of her era, who had a significant number of hits in the pop chart on both sides of the Atlantic, including the US No. 1 "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" and the UK No. 1 "My Son, My Son". This great-value 144-track 6-CD set comprises selected A and B sides from her UK and US releases on the Crown, Decca, London, MGM and HMV labels during the first quarter-century of her career, with a significant proportion of those releases represented by at least one of the sides. It includes her versions of some of the big US hits of those years, and showcases her uniquely distinctive voice across many musical environments, recording with a range of orchestras, including that of Mantovani, or with small groups and military choruses. It's a substantial memento of an artist whose significance transcends smply the world of popular music, but who deserves to be remembered also as a performer who was up there with the very best of her contemporaries.
22 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover
- Disc 3 -
1 I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time
2 The Anniversary Waltz
3 How Green Was My Valley
4 Love's Old Sweet Song
5 Home, Sweet Home
6 Where in the World
7 Jealousy
8 (When You're Up to Your Neck in Hot Water) Be Like the Kettle and Sing
9 I'm Yours Sincerely
10 Be Careful, It's My Heart
11 White Christmas
12 That Autumn in Old London Town
13 Only You
14 Twilight Waltz
15 When the Lights Go on Again (All Over the World)
16 I Had the Craziest Dream
17 I've Heard That Song Before
18 With All My Heart
19 You'll Never Know
20 It's Like Old Times
21 I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
22 Long Ago and Far Away
23 Kiss Me (Besame Mucho)
- Disc 4 -
1 The Happiest New Year of All
2 Symphony
3 Do You Ever Dream of Tomorrow'
4 For Sweethearts Everywhere
5 My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time
6 Coming Home
7 Old Folks at Home
8 Body and Soul
9 The Man I Love
10 Heartaches
11 When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver
12 It's Easy to Remember
13 At the Candlelight Café
14 Once Upon a Wintertime
15 You Can't Be True Dear
16 Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
17 The Silver Wedding Waltz
18 Drifting and Dreaming
19 Again
20 Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
21 I'll Keep the Love Light Burning in My Heart
22 I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Any More
23 The Good-Night Waltz
- Disc 5 -
1 This Is My Mother's Day
2 Our Love Story
3 Too-Whit! Too-Whoo! (Bring My Loved One to Me)
4 On the Outgoing Tide
5 Love Finds a Way
6 If You Go (Si Tu Partais)
7 While You Danced, Danced, Danced (I Walked in with a Smile)
8 Be Anything (But Be Mine)
9 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart
10 From the Time You Say Goodbye (The Parting Song)
11 The Homing Waltz
12 Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
13 Forget-Me-Not
14 When Swallows Say Goodbye
15 Outside of Heaven
16 We'll Meet Again
17 I'm Praying to St. Christopher
18 The Windsor Waltz
19 The Lambeth Waltz
20 C'est la Vie
21 When You Hear Big Ben (You're Home Again)
22 I'll Wait for You
23 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
24 If You Love Me (Hymn a L'amour)
25 Two Easter Sunday Sweethearts
26 The Homecoming Waltz
- Disc 6 -
1 There Must Be a Reason
2 Now and Forever
3 My Son, My Son
4 Vera Lynn's Party Sing-Song Part 1
5 Addio Amore
6 Show Me the Way
7 Vera Lynn Popular Medley No. 4 (Side 1)
8 Such a Day
9 Who Are We
10 Walk Hand in Hand
11 A House with Love in It
12 The Faithful Hussar (Don't Cry My Love)
13 Travellin' Home
14 Across the Bridge
15 Home for the Holidays (There's No Place Like)
16 Another Time, Another Place
17 Every Hour, Every Day of My Life
18 Walk with Faith in Your Heart
19 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
20 Morgen (One More Sunrise)
21 The Gathering of the Clans
22 Accordeon
23 Adios, My Love (The Song of Athens)
24 From Tomorrow
25 I'll Be Seeing You
26 Longing (Vieimi Vicino)
27 The Day After Tomorrow
Vera Lynn, one of the most iconic and inspiring artists of the 20th century died in June 2020 at the age of 103, just a month after the 75th anniversary of VE Day, which marked the end of WWII in Europe, a conflict in which her songs, like "We'll Meet Again" and "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover" were emblematic of the sentiments of the time, and her role in the war remained a key aspect of her musical and historical legacy. However, she was also a fine and versatile performer and interpreter of the popular songs of her era, who had a significant number of hits in the pop chart on both sides of the Atlantic, including the US No. 1 "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" and the UK No. 1 "My Son, My Son". This great-value 144-track 6-CD set comprises selected A and B sides from her UK and US releases on the Crown, Decca, London, MGM and HMV labels during the first quarter-century of her career, with a significant proportion of those releases represented by at least one of the sides. It includes her versions of some of the big US hits of those years, and showcases her uniquely distinctive voice across many musical environments, recording with a range of orchestras, including that of Mantovani, or with small groups and military choruses. It's a substantial memento of an artist whose significance transcends smply the world of popular music, but who deserves to be remembered also as a performer who was up there with the very best of her contemporaries.
