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Vera Lynn

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Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. [1]

165 relations: A House with Love in It, A Jubilee of Music, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A-side and B-side, ABBA, Abbey Road Studios, Adult Contemporary (chart), Again (1949 song), Aled Jones, Alexander Armstrong, Alfie Boe, Ambrose (bandleader), André Previn, Arctic Monkeys, ARIA Charts, Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart, Barry Manilow, Battle of Kohima, BBC, BBC One, Belgium, Bengal, Bernard Holden, Billboard Hot 100, Blitz!, Bob Dylan, British National Party, British Raj, British rule in Burma, Buckingham Palace, Burma Star, Cashbox (magazine), Cerebral palsy, Charlie Kunz, Churchill War Rooms, Classic Brit Awards, Columbia Graphophone Company, Comment te dire adieu (song), Country music, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Dame, Decca Records, Denmark, Ditchling, Dr. Strangelove, Eamonn Andrews, East Ham, Egypt, Elizabeth II, ..., EMI, EMI Records, Entertainments National Service Association, Essex, European Top 100 Albums, Extended play, Falklands War, Fifty Years of Music, Finchley, Forces sweetheart, Forest Gate, Forget Me Not (Vera Lynn song), Freedom of the City, Geoff Love, George C. Scott, Harry Lewis (musician), Her Greatest from Abbey Road, His Master's Voice, Honorary degree, Hotel Café Royal, Hughie Charles, Hymn, Hymne à l'amour, I Love This Land, I'm in the Mood for Love, Internet Archive, Irish Albums Chart, Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81, Japanese occupation of Burma, Jay Wilbur, Joe Loss, Katherine Jenkins, Kingdom of Egypt, Kong: Skull Island, Laurence Olivier, Lionel Bart, London, London Borough of Newham, London Records, Mantovani, MegaCharts, Memorial University of Newfoundland, MGM Records, Michael Ashcroft, Morecambe and Wise, Music download, My Son, My Son, New Zealand, News of the World, NME, Norman Newell, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Norway, Novachord, One Exciting Night (1944 film), Order of Orange-Nassau, Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), Order of the British Empire, Order of the Companions of Honour, Parlophone, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Peter Sellers, Phoney War, Phonograph record, Pigeon racing, Pink Floyd, Pye Records, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Red Sails in the Sunset (song), Robert Farnon, Rose of England, Ross Parker (songwriter), Royal Air Forces Association, Royal Variety Performance, Salad Fingers, Scottish independence, Scottish independence referendum, 2014, Silver jubilee, Stanley Kubrick, Steam locomotive, Tallulah Bankhead, The Beatles, The Big Show (NBC Radio), The Faithful Hussar, The Guardian, The Homing Waltz, The Royal British Legion, The Times, The Wall, The World at War, There'll Always Be an England, This Is Your Life (UK TV series), Traditional pop music, Trafalgar Square, UK Albums Chart, UK Singles Chart, VE Day 70: A Party to Remember, Venus fra Vestø, Vera (song), Vera Lynn 100, Victory in Europe Day, Walter Kent, War and Peace Revival, War Medal 1939–1945, WD Austerity 2-10-0, We'll Meet Again, We'll Meet Again (1943 film), We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, World War II, You Can't Be True, Dear, Yours (Quiéreme Mucho), (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover, 1969 New Year Honours, 1975 Birthday Honours, 2016 Birthday Honours. Expand index (115 more) »

A House with Love in It

"A House with Love in It" is a popular song composed by Sidney Lippman with lyrics by Sylvia Dee.

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A Jubilee of Music

A Jubilee of Music is a one-off BBC Television entertainment show lasting 75 minutes, broadcast on 31 December 1976 at 10:30pm on BBC1.

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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a romantic British popular song written in 1939 with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin.

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A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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ABBA

ABBA are a Swedish pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

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Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios (formerly known as EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England.

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Adult Contemporary (chart)

The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States.

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Again (1949 song)

"Again" is a popular song with music by Lionel Newman and words by Dorcas Cochran.

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Aled Jones

Aled Jones MBE (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and radio and television presenter.

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Alexander Armstrong

Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong (born 2 March 1970) is an English comedian, actor, television presenter and bass baritone singer, best known as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller and as host of the BBC TV game show Pointless.

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Alfie Boe

Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe (born 29 September 1973) is an English tenor and actor, notably performing in musical theatre.

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Ambrose (bandleader)

Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist.

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André Previn

André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer.

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Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield.

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ARIA Charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

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Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

Auf Wiedersehen is a German song written by German composer Eberhard Storch around 1950.

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Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician and producer with a career that has spanned more than 50 years.

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Battle of Kohima

The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U Go offensive into India in 1944 during the Second World War.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bengal

Bengal (Bānglā/Bôngô /) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in Asia, which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.

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Bernard Holden

Bernard Holden MBE (15 March 1908 – 4 October 2012) was a twentieth century railway engineer and manager with Southern and British Railways and a founding father of standard gauge railway preservation in the United Kingdom.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Blitz!

Blitz! is a musical by Lionel Bart.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right and fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

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British rule in Burma

British rule in Burma, also known as British Burma, lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.

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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Burma Star

The Burma Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Second World War, specifically in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945.

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Cashbox (magazine)

Cash Box is a music industry trade magazine iconic brand.

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Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood.

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Charlie Kunz

Charles Leonard "Charlie" Kunz (August 18, 1896 – March 16, 1958) was an American-born British musician popular during the British dance band era.

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Churchill War Rooms

The Churchill War Rooms is a museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum.

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Classic Brit Awards

The Classic BRIT Awards (previously Classical BRIT Awards) are an annual awards ceremony held in the United Kingdom covering aspects of classical and crossover music, and are the equivalent of pop music's Brit Awards.

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Columbia Graphophone Company

The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom.

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Comment te dire adieu (song)

"Comment te dire adieu" (English: "How to Say Goodbye to You") is a French adaptation of the song "It Hurts to Say Goodbye".

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Daily Express

The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903.

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Dame

Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of knighthood in the British honours system and the systems of several other Commonwealth countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being Sir.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Ditchling

Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England.

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Dr. Strangelove

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Eamonn Andrews

Eamonn Andrews, CBE (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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East Ham

East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) northeast of Charing Cross.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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EMI Records

EMI Records was a British record label founded by the music company of the same name in 1972 as its flagship label, and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia and Parlophone record labels.

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Entertainments National Service Association

The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) was an organisation set up in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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European Top 100 Albums

The European Top 100 Albums chart was the European adaptation of the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart.

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Extended play

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP.

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Falklands War

The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas), also known as the Falklands Conflict, Falklands Crisis, Malvinas War, South Atlantic Conflict, and the Guerra del Atlántico Sur (Spanish for "South Atlantic War"), was a ten-week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands, and its territorial dependency, the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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Fifty Years of Music

Fifty Years Of Music was a one-off BBC Television production, broadcast to coincide with the BBC's Fiftieth Anniversary in 1972.

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Finchley

Finchley is an area of northwest London, England, in the London Borough of Barnet.

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Forces sweetheart

Forces Sweetheart (or Forces' Sweetheart) is a title given to some entertainers in the British Armed Forces, mainly through the Entertainments National Service Association, although the term was also later used in the United States and other countries including Australia.

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Forest Gate

Forest Gate is a residential district in East London, England, in the London Borough of Newham.

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Forget Me Not (Vera Lynn song)

Forget Me Not is a song that was recorded by Vera Lynn in 1952.

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Freedom of the City

The Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.

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Geoff Love

Geoffrey Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991), known as Geoff Love, was a prolific British arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes.

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George C. Scott

George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director, and producer.

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Harry Lewis (musician)

Harry Lewis (1915–1998) was an English saxophonist and clarinetist and the husband of singer Vera Lynn.

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Her Greatest from Abbey Road

Her Greatest from Abbey Road is a compilation album by English singer Vera Lynn, released on 10 March 2017, by Parlophone and Warner Music UK to mark her 100th birthday.

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His Master's Voice

His Master's Voice (HMV) is a famous trademark in the recording industry and was the unofficial name of a major British record label.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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Hotel Café Royal

The Hotel Café Royal is a five-star hotel at 68 Regent Street in London's Piccadilly.

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Hughie Charles

Hughie Charles (24 July 1907 – 6 October 1995), was an English songwriter and producer of musical theatre.

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Hymn

A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.

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Hymne à l'amour

"" (French for "Hymn to Love") is a popular French song originally performed by Édith Piaf.

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I Love This Land

"I Love This Land" is a 1982 song by Vera Lynn that was released as a single in the aftermath of the Falklands War.

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I'm in the Mood for Love

"I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song published in 1935.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

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Irish Albums Chart

The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track.

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Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81

Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 is a live album released by Pink Floyd in 2000.

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Japanese occupation of Burma

The Japanese occupation of Burma was the period between 1942 and 1945 during World War II, when Burma was occupied by the Empire of Japan.

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Jay Wilbur

James Edward Wilbur (1898–1968) was a British bandleader and prolifically recorded musician identified with and influential in the era of Big Band and British dance band music.

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Joe Loss

Joshua Alexander "Joe" Loss LVO OBE (22 June 1909 – 6 June 1990) was a British musician popular during the British dance band era, and was founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra.

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Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Maria Jenkins (born 29 June 1980) is a Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano singer and songwriter.

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Kingdom of Egypt

The Kingdom of Egypt (المملكة المصرية; المملكه المصريه, "the Egyptian Kingdom") was the de jure independent Egyptian state established under the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in 1922 following the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence by the United Kingdom.

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Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Lionel Bart

Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the former Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, within east London, the name being a portmanteau word reflecting its creation while combining the compass points of the old borough names.

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London Records

London Records is a record label in the U.K. that marketed records in the U.S, Canada, and Latin America from 1947 to 1979 before becoming semi-independent.

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Mantovani

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (15 November 1905 – 29 March 1980), – accessed March 2011 known as Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor, composer and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature.

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MegaCharts

MegaCharts, since 2008 called GfK Dutch Charts, is a chart company responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Single Top 100 and the Album Top 100 are the most known ones.

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Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland, colloquially known as Memorial University or MUN, is a comprehensive university based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films.

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Michael Ashcroft

Michael Anthony P. Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, (born 4 March 1946) is a British-Belizean businessman and politician.

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Morecambe and Wise

Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholomew, 14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984) and Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman, 27 November 1925 – 21 March 1999), known as Morecambe and Wise (also Eric and Ernie), were an iconic English comic double act, working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television.

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Music download

A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a home computer, MP3 player or smartphone.

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My Son, My Son

"My Son, My Son" is a traditional popular music song written by Gordon Melville Rees, Bob Howard and Eddie Calvert in 1954.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.

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Norman Newell

Norman Newell OBE (25 January 1919 – 1 December 2004) was a Golden Globe award winning English record producer, mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as co-writer of many notable songs.

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England running through the North York Moors National Park.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Novachord

The Novachord is often considered to be the world's first commercial polyphonic synthesizer.

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One Exciting Night (1944 film)

(For the silent film of the same title see One Exciting Night) One Exciting Night is a 1944 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Vera Lynn, Donald Stewart and Mary Clare.

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Order of Orange-Nassau

The Order of Orange-Nassau (Orde van Oranje-Nassau) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina.

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Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)

The Order of St John, formally the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of chivalry first constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Order of the Companions of Honour

The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms.

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Parlophone

Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German-British major record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; stylized PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers, CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian and singer.

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Phoney War

The Phoney War (Drôle de guerre; Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Pigeon racing

Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained racing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Pye Records

Pye Records was a British record label.

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England, that hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances.

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Red Sails in the Sunset (song)

"Red Sails in the Sunset" is a popular song.

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Robert Farnon

Robert Joseph Farnon CM (July 24, 1917April 23, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player.

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Rose of England

"Rose of England" is a patriotic song written by Welsh composer Ivor Novello in 1937 for his musical Crest of the Wave.

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Ross Parker (songwriter)

Ross Parker (born Albert Rostron Parker) (16/August 1914 – 2 August 1974) was an English pianist, composer, lyricist and actor.

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Royal Air Forces Association

The Royal Air Forces Association (also called RAF Association or RAFA) is the largest single Service membership organisation and the longest standing registered service charity that provides welfare support to the RAF Family - providing friendship, help and support to current and former members of the Royal Air Force and their dependants.

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Royal Variety Performance

The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which Queen Elizabeth II is life-patron).

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Salad Fingers

Salad Fingers is a British flash animation internet series created by David Firth in July 2004.

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Scottish independence

Scottish independence (Scots unthirldom; Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba) is a political aim of various political parties, advocacy groups, and individuals in Scotland (which is a country of the United Kingdom) for the country to become an independent sovereign state.

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Scottish independence referendum, 2014

A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom took place on Thursday 18 September 2014.

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Silver jubilee

Silver jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary.

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Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress of the stage and screen.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Big Show (NBC Radio)

The Big Show, an American radio variety program featuring 90 minutes of comic, stage, screen and music talent, was aimed at keeping American radio in its classic era alive and well against the rapidly growing television tide.

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The Faithful Hussar

"The Faithful Hussar" (German: "") is a German song based on a folk song known in various versions since the 19th century.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Homing Waltz

The Homing Waltz is a song that was written by Johnny Reine and Tommie Connor and recorded by Vera Lynn in 1952.

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The Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion (RBL), sometimes called The British Legion or The Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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The Wall

The Wall is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd.

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The World at War

The World at War (1973–74) is a 26-episode British television documentary series chronicling the events of the Second World War.

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There'll Always Be an England

"There'll Always Be an England" is an English patriotic song, written and distributed in the summer of 1939, which became highly popular upon the outbreak of World War II.

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This Is Your Life (UK TV series)

This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American show of the same title.

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Traditional pop music

Traditional pop (also classic pop or pop standards) is music that was recorded or performed after the Big Band era and before the advent of rock music.

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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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VE Day 70: A Party to Remember

VE Day 70: A Party To Remember was a 1940s themed concert and party held on Saturday 9 May 2015 on Horse Guards Parade in London.

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Venus fra Vestø

Venus fra Vestø (literally, Venus from West Island) is a 1962 Danish comedy war film directed by Annelise Reenberg and starring Malene Schwartz.

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Vera (song)

"Vera" is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their 1979 album, The Wall.

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Vera Lynn 100

Vera Lynn 100 is a compilation album by English singer Vera Lynn.

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Victory in Europe Day

Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day, celebrated on May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.

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Walter Kent

Walter Kent was born to a Jewish family on November 29, 1911 in New York City.

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War and Peace Revival

The War and Peace Revival (until 2012 the War and Peace Show) is the world's largest military vehicle show plus militaria collectors fair and living history re-enactments from the First World War to more recent conflicts.

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War Medal 1939–1945

The War Medal 1939–1945 is a campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945.

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WD Austerity 2-10-0

The War Department (WD) "Austerity" 2-10-0 is a type of heavy freight steam locomotive that was introduced during the Second World War in 1943.

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We'll Meet Again

"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles.

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We'll Meet Again (1943 film)

We'll Meet Again is a 1943 British musical film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Vera Lynn.

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We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn

We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn is a compilation album by English singer Vera Lynn.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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You Can't Be True, Dear

"You Can't Be True, Dear" is a popular song.

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Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)

"Quiéreme mucho" is a criolla-bolero composed between 1915 and 1917 by Gonzalo Roig with lyrics by Augustin Rodriguez.

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(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover

"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" is a popular World War II song composed in 1941 by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton.

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1969 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1969 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1975 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1975 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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2016 Birthday Honours

The 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Lynn

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