Gracie Fields Backing Tracks

Gracie Fields Backing Tracks – Sally … Sing As We Go … Wish Me Luck As You wave Me Goodbye

Gracie Fields

Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was an English actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and music hall.

She was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937.

As a result of her never losing her broad Lancashire accent she was known affectionately as Our Gracie and the Lancashire Lass.

When World War II was declared while she signed up for the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and travelled to France. Here she entertained the troops. Her popularity as a singer during this time was on a par with that of Dame Vera Lynn.

Gracie Fields was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and an Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ) in 1938, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1979.

Gracie Fields Backing Tracks

If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked A Cake … Sally … Sing As We Go … Wish Me Luck As You wave Me Goodbye