Vera Lynn

Lynn was born Vera Margaret Welch on 20 March 1917 in East Ham, London. Later she adopted her grandmother's maiden name Lynn as her stage name. She began singing at the age of seven in a working men's club. Her first radio broadcast, with the Joe Loss Orchestra, was in 1935.
Lynn married clarinetist and saxophonist Harry Lewis in 1939, the year World War II broke out. In 1940 she began her own radio series, "Sincerely Yours", sending messages to British troops stationed abroad. In this show she and a quartet performed the songs most requested of her by soldiers abroad. She also went into hospitals to interview new mothers and send messages to their husbands overseas.
In 1942 she recorded the Ross Parker/Hughie Charles song "We'll Meet Again" whilst making the film of the same name. Lynn's career flourished in the 1950s, peaking with "My Son, My Son", a number-one hit in 1954. Lynn (who had one daughter) co-wrote the song with Eddie Calvert. In early 1960, Lynn left Decca Records, with whom she had been for nearly 25 years, and joined EMI. There, she recorded for EMI's Columbia, MGM and HMV labels.
She sang outside Buckingham Palace in 1995 in a ceremony marking the golden jubilee of VE Day. Lynn, then 78, decided to go out on a high as this is her last known public performance.In 2002, at the age of 85 she became the president of the cerebral palsy charity SOS and hosted a celebrity concert on its behalf at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.


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Total 19 sheet(s) found, listing between 0 - 19.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
we'll meet again |
littlesarah21 (11)
4459d ago
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3 | Piano, Clarinet, Vocal, Accordion | Original |
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Its a lovely day tomorrow |
littlesarah21 (11)
4459d ago
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4 | Piano, Clarinet, Vocal, Accordion | Original |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
sylv (1)
4831d ago
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12 | Piano | Original |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
gracimusic (1)
5015d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Book |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
manutdgirl100 (12)
5022d ago
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2 | Piano, Flute, Vocal | Book |
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we'll meet again |
tmead (18)
5075d ago
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2 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
hahailoveme (2)
5126d ago
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2 | Piano | Original |
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The white cliffs of dover |
Ficalos (9)
5130d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
htmlfreak (10)
5145d ago
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2 | Piano | Book |
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we'll meet again |
Tummel (5)
5223d ago
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2 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original |
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bluebirds over the white cliffs of dover |
1995mickeymouse (3)
5229d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
JKram13 (35)
5239d ago
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2 | Piano | Other |
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Auf Wiedersehn |
Sherpaone (2)
5239d ago
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1 | Vocal, Accordion | Transcription |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
santie (39)
5307d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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we'll meet again |
santie (39)
5307d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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The white cliffs of dover |
littleT (9)
5341d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
steza (38)
5354d ago
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2 | Organ | Original |
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we'll meet again |
ellebelly (8)
5386d ago
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3 | Piano | Original |
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White Cliffs Of Dover |
AlisonEmma (5)
5424d ago
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2 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book |
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