Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Lynn is an English singer-songwriter born Vera Margaret Welch on 20 March 1917. During World War II she toured India, Burma and Egypt, giving concerts for troops stationed there and gaining the nickname The Forces Sweetheart. Her 2009 album Well Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn topped the UK album chart. At 92 she became the oldest artist to do so.

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