Vera Lynn is 92 and is in the charts at No 2 position. Vera Lynn was known as the Forces
Sweetheart during the
Second World
War II 1939 to 1945 which has just been remembered at ceremonies in the world on the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
Vera Lynn's songs include such memorable songs as "We'll meet again" and similarly
Auf Wiedesehn
Sweetheart was No 1 in the USA in 1952.
As someone born in 1945 just after the end of the Second World War I remember the songs of Vera Lynn being played on the radio during my childhood and I was surrounded by fans and admirers of Vera Lynn as they just loved Vera Lynn's songs and her singing ........ AFP