Vera Lynn Classic or Dud

Good pub quiz trivia is she was first British act to reach #1 in the US.

The only other Vera track I know is her only UK #1 "My Son My Son" - it is about as bad as We'll Meet Again, not unpleasant to listen to, but infested with a malignant 1950s UK torpor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTeKk36-Ys

Of all the surprisingly good LPs I own, "Vera Lynn In Nashville" is perhaps not the most good but is perhaps the most surprisingly good.

BREAKING: Entertainer Dame Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, has died at the age of 103, her family have said.

— BBC Radio Sussex (@BBCSussex) June 18, 2020

Will maintain my position that she was generally a dreary presence in the audio world, however I'm currently listening to recordings from the mid 30s and it turns out she could be a pretty decent guest singer with British dance bands before she went solo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOFH0FdIsoA

https://www.expressandstar.com/resizer/LrZipS9A_Jz4feABu3N9FxuCVEY=/1000x0/filters:quality(100)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/expressandstar.mna/USGRDPCIC5ELZMRYZIE6XCWSP4.jpg

Back in the news! Dame #VeraLynn up for 2 Classic @BRITAwards & Dave Brock of @HawkwindHQ - playing Camden @RoundhouseLDN as part of @DesertFest this Sunday - together here at an anti-heroin concert in Crystal Palace, 1985. @thetimes pic.twitter.com/OKGJR3AGxg

— News UK Archives (@NewsUKArchives) May 2, 2018

haha Ditchling!