Vera Lynn Backing Tracks

Vera Lynn Backing Tracks – I’ll be Seeing You … We’ll Meet Again … When The Lights Go On Again … White Cliffs Of Dover … Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye ..

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Born in 1917 in London, UK singer Vera Lynn began performing at an early age. By the late 1930s, Lynn had become a popular radio performer, appearing on the program Life from Mayfair then presented her own show, Sincerely Yours.

She was made a dame of the British Empire in 1975. In 2009, she topped the British album charts with We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn.

20th March 2017 saw Vera Lynn celebrate her 100th birthday with the release of an album Vera Lynn 100 which uses her original recordings plus the voices of the likes of Alfie Boe, Alex Armstrong and Aled Jones.

More about Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (née Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer, songwriter and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She is honorifically known as the “Forces’ Sweetheart”, having given outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her include “We’ll Meet Again”, “(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) 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 United Kingdom and the United States, 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 the age of 92, she became the oldest living artist to top the UK Albums Chart with the compilation album We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn. In 2014, she released the collection Vera Lynn: National Treasure and in 2017, she released Vera Lynn 100, a compilation album of hits to commemorate her centenary—it was a No. 3 hit, making her the first centenarian performer to have a Top 10 album in the charts. By the time of her death in 2020 she had been active in the music industry for 96 years.

Lynn devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She was held in great affection by Second World War veterans and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the 20th century.

She was one of Britain’s premier entertainers during the war and helped kept up the spirits of the public when times were difficult, such as in the Blitz. She became the “Forces Sweetheart” and the most popular female entertainer in Britain at the time.

Vera Lynn also holds the distinction of being the first British artist to get to Number 1 in the American charts, with the song “Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart”. The song was also a hit in Great Britain although it was released before record charts were compiled in the UK.