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Dame Vera visits High BeechesMidhurst and Petworth Today, UK - Added to database: 5/13/2008 12:00:23 PMDame Vera Lynn was guest of honour at the Spring Fair held in aid of NCH, the children's charity at High Beeches Gardens on Bank Holiday Monday. ... |
Lost love of Tarka and Jago's girlDaily Mail, UK - Added to database: 5/13/2008 12:00:24 PMA chance discovery of a familiar name on a weather-beaten World War I memorial has transformed Hayley Westenra from concert hall diva to Dame Vera Lynn's ... |
Toes were tapping at Spring Tonic fundraiserPeterborough Examiner, Canada - Added to database: 5/13/2008 12:00:24 PMThere is of course no way to know that era without a medley of Vera Lynn tunes, lovingly delivered by Muriel Nicholls with some help from the Lemmon Sisters ... |
Celebrating VE day with a penny pintEssex Echo, UK - Added to database: 5/13/2008 12:00:24 PMThe Railway's VE Day celebration night also had a DJ playing wartime tunes including those made famous by Glen Miller and Vera Lynn as well as customers and ... |
Westenra to sing for NATO troops in AfghanistanTV3 News, New Zealand - Added to database: 5/12/2008 3:52:58 PM"I'm following in the footsteps of Vera Lynn," she told the newspaper. "It all came about after I went to Passchendaele for the 90th anniversary of the ... |
Villagers in VE Day celebrationGazetteLive, UK - Added to database: 5/9/2008 4:44:23 AMThere will be wartime Vera Lynn-type songs sung by Jill Daniels and optional 1940s dress. Tickets at £12.50 are available on the door on the night, ... |
Hundreds raised by wartime funNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph, UK - Added to database: 5/8/2008 11:50:26 AMThe evening finished with a performance of Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again. The event took place at the Bede House in Higham Ferrers. ... |
VE Day – and it’s 1p a pintEssex Echo, UK - Added to database: 5/7/2008 10:00:35 AMDJ Dan the Magic Man will also be belting out non-stop wartime hits from forces sweetheart Vera Lynn as well as big band tunes from Glen Miller, ... |
Thousands celebrate Liberation DayDutchNews.nl, Netherlands - Added to database: 5/6/2008 3:40:07 PMThe concert ended with a performance of the Vera Lynn World War II classic ‘We’ll meet again’, news agency ANP reported. Concerts took place throughout the ... |
Leo BirnbaumTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Added to database: 5/4/2008 4:18:32 PM... he played with Mantovani, Vera Lynn, Rachmaninov, Perlman, Heifetz, Sinatra and the Bee Gees and transcribed orchestral arrangements for the Beatles. ... |
Pensioners invited to VE Day partyScarborough Today, UK - Added to database: 5/3/2008 2:20:20 PM... guests will be able to enjoy a buffet with refreshments while singing or dancing along to all the old wartime favourites from Glen Miller to Vera Lynn. ... |
It's going to be a bumper bank holiday!Halifax Evening Courier, UK - Added to database: 5/3/2008 2:20:19 PMAt the Piece Hall, Halifax, the Back to the Blitz event takes a trip down memory lane to the sounds of Vera Lynn and Gracie Fields, as performed by Kim ... |
Bridging generation gap at Stanmorethis is hampshire.net, UK - Added to database: 4/29/2008 4:37:09 AMThere was also a raffle and sing-a-long of songs by Vera Lynn, Elvis and Tom Jones. If you are a young person between 16 and 25 years of age and would like ... |
The sisters are still doing it for themselvesThe Herald, UK - Added to database: 4/26/2008 5:50:23 PMAny minute now they'll be blasting Vera Lynn across the nation's forecourts to keep our spirits up as we queue for 10 hours to bag the last Twix in ... |
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Sky News OnlineSky News, UK - Added to database: 4/23/2008 8:28:31 PM"But we can't go around, draped in the flag, dressed as Pearly kings and queens, belting out Vera Lynn songs. We know what it is to be English. ... |
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Plane Tree Very SpecialLondonist, UK - Added to database: 4/23/2008 8:28:31 PMVera Lynn immortalised the posh, garden square back in the 1920s but today it's hit the news for one specific, value-for-lots-of-money, tree. ... |
Aston Villa 5 Birmingham City 1BirminghamMail.net, UK - Added to database: 4/22/2008 4:31:44 AMVERA Lynn was not known for her visits to Villa Park but her songs live on. “We’ll meet again some sunny day, don’t know where, don’t know when....but I ... |
Cruising into retirementCourier Mail, Australia - Added to database: 4/20/2008 7:45:38 PMBy the time guest Australian vocalist Annie Frances had topped off an excellent show on my second night aboard with a rousing Vera Lynn singalong, ... |
The last hurrahManila Times, Philippines - Added to database: 4/20/2008 7:45:38 PM... Miss JD Constantino sends an inspirational message from her Carmelite cloister. The last hurrah? The class may well sing Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again.” |
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Quest for an HonorCNN - Added to database: 4/20/2008 7:45:38 PMStill in England, Quest meets the woman nicknamed "the forces sweetheart" -- Dame Vera Lynn. She sung to the troops during World War II and is remembered ... |
Gangsta rap OAP gets axeThe Sun, UK - Added to database: 4/20/2008 7:45:38 PMOne resident in Broadfield, West Sussex, fumed: “I don’t mind Vera Lynn and some of the oldies like Bobby Vee, but not the sort of foul-mouthed stuff he was ... |
Players spark memories with war songsRipon Today, UK - Added to database: 4/13/2008 3:04:28 AMDame Vera Lynn, the forces favourite, may not be appearing but many of the songs she made famous will again resound around the auditorium of the newly ... |
Iconic entertainer celebrates 50 years in showbizScoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - Added to database: 4/12/2008 3:56:12 AMBetween that single and 1965, he began his road to success, touring with international artists of the day including British singing star Vera Lynn, ... |
Players spark memories with war songsHarrogate Today, UK - Added to database: 4/12/2008 3:56:12 AMDame Vera Lynn, the forces favourite, may not be appearing but many of the songs she made famous will again resound around the auditorium of the newly ... |
In search of Kathy Kirby, the star who fell to EarthYorkshire Post, UK - Added to database: 4/8/2008 6:08:38 AM"He'd played with the likes of Vera Lynn and Anne Shelton, but early on he said he had never known anyone with what Kathy had to offer. She had the voice, ... |
The music of World War IINapa Valley Register, CA - Added to database: 4/7/2008 7:22:59 AMVocalist Vera Lynn made the most popular recording of the song and it’s still being played today. Permit me to go over some of the lyrics: Today, ... |
Faulkner stages 'Anne Frank'Montgomery Advertiser, AL - Added to database: 4/5/2008 5:25:13 PMCoupled with Tomas Habercorn's evocative selections of Big Band instrumentals and songs by such World War II notables as Vera Lynn ("We'll Meet Again" and ... |
"Diary of Anne Frank" is moving, haunting productionMontgomery Advertiser, AL - Added to database: 4/4/2008 5:25:05 PMCoupled with Tomas Habercorn’s evocative selections of Big Band instrumentals and songs by such World War II notables as Vera Lynn (“We’ll Meet Again” and ... |
Show brings back those wartime memoriesMelton Today, UK - Added to database: 4/4/2008 5:25:05 PMThe show is more than a musical; it is a tribute to the great stars of the wartime era such as George Formby, Bing Crosby, Vera Lynn, Max Miller and Donald ... |
For The Record For the RecordMirror.co.uk, UK - Added to database: 4/4/2008 5:25:05 PMVera Lynn was the first British female singer to hit No.1 in the US charts, with Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart in 1952, 13 years before Petula Clark's Downtown ... |
Beat goes on for pensioners at MinistryGuardian, UK - Added to database: 4/1/2008 2:09:20 AMThe eclectic playlist, based on pensioners' favourites, will feature wartime favourites, by the likes of Vera Lynn, played alongside songs by Jamaican ... |
Are these the top 10 songs in movies?AfterEllen.com - Added to database: 3/29/2008 10:50:04 AMDr Strangelove, “We’ll Meet Again” by Vera Lynn (atomic ending) 8. The Royal Tenenbaums, “Needle in the Hay” by Elliot Smith (Richie’s suicide attempt) 7. ... |
Mr music manYorkshire Evening Post, UK - Added to database: 3/29/2008 10:50:04 AMBassey, Johnny Mathis, Gracie Fields, Tom Jones, Vera Lynn, Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise and many others. He lives with wife of 27 years, Patti Gold, ... |
Dramatic part of Leigh’s secret lifeic Wales, United Kingdom - Added to database: 3/29/2008 10:50:04 AMDuring the war, she went to Devon to entertain the troops alongside Vera Lynn before returning to London to teach English and drama at Harrow College. ... |
Tribute band Mercury on the PierNorth Norfolk News, UK - Added to database: 3/25/2008 2:03:10 AMThis show is really a chance to remember yesteryear Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby and the wonderful Gracie Fields. Back full of comedy, music and song from the ... |
Celebration of what it means to be a BritKent Online, United Kingdom - Added to database: 3/25/2008 2:03:10 AMThere's music from Vera Lynn to The Spice Girls via rock 'n' roll, British soul, the Mersey sound, Flanders and Swann, Noel Coward, Lionel Bart, ... |
Paul Channon leaves estate worth £78mTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Added to database: 3/18/2008 1:57:26 AMKatherine, who has become a Forces' sweetheart after her performances for British troops in Iraq and even been called the new Vera Lynn, has modelled at ... |
Dad’s Army: The Lost EpisodesStage, UK - Feb 19, 2008... Vera Lynn and Gracie Fields still plays its part, and the portrayals of the characters skilfully mirror the original small-screen incarnations without ... |
We're a soft generationManchester Evening News, UK - Feb 21, 2008Real wars with hardships like rationing, death of loved ones and listening to Vera Lynn. It only dawned on me recently that the chances are most people in ... |
Church NewsGladwin County Record, MI - Mar 11, 2008On our Gifts of Women Sunday Elder Lynn Peden’s sermon highlighted God’s call to Eziekel to “prophesy to these dry bones and to say to them, O dry bones, ... |
Forties sounds and supperTodmorden Today, UK - Feb 28, 2008... saw people dance the night away to big band sounds from musicians like Glen Miller, mellow out to Bing Crosby or have their spirits raised by Vera Lynn. ... |
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