Ref: CDG1240
Sincerely Yours
Anthems and hits from the stunning career of 'The Forces' Sweetheart', including several not heard before on CD. 'We'll Meet Again' and 'The White Cliffs of Dover' are essential recordings here, but tracks such as 'My Prayer' prove Vera Lynn was a great singer as well as a much-loved British entertainer and tracks such as 'Beginning to see the light' remind us of her popularity in Europe in the 1950s.
1 I'm Yours Sincerely
2 Up The Wooden Hill To Bedfordshire
3 In My Little Red Book
4 My Prayer
5 When You Wish Upon A Star
6 The Woodpecker Song
7 Ferryboat Serenade
8 There's A Boy Up North
9 Something To Remember You By
10 The White Cliffs Of Dover
11 Only You
12 A Brown Bird Singing
13 The Man I Love
14 One Love
15 I'm Beginning To See The Light
16 Lavender Blue
17 Yours
18 Medley: Tell Me You're Mine - I Believe - Pretend
19 If You Love Me
20 We'll Meet Again
Original Recordings 1936 -1953
CCL CDG1240
Cover image: Vera Lynn C Pictorial Press/Alamy
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Made in Great Britain
Inisde Book:
Vera Lynn
Sincerely Yours
1 I'm Yours Sincerely (O'Connor, Walker, Ridley)
(Theme-song of Vera Lynn's film: We'll Meet Again)
With Mantovani (violin) & His Orchestra
(Decca DR 7142-2/ F 8285) Dec 1942 P.Maurice
2 Up The Wooden Hill To Bedfordshire (Grey, Connelly)
With Arthur Young at the Novachord
(Crown H414/ 139) Feb 1936 Campbell-Connelly
3 In My Little Red Book (Stillman, Bloch, Simon)
With Rae Jenkins' Quartet
(Decca DTB 3617/ F 6662) Mar 1938 P.Maurice
4 My Prayer (Boulanger, Kennedy)
With Fela Sowande at the Organ
(Decca DR 3720/ F 7120) Jun 1939
World Wide Music Co.
5 When You Wish Upon A Star (Harline, Washington)
With Arthur Young (Novachord) & instrumental trio
(Decca DR 4500-2/ F 7444) Apr 1940 Chappell
6 The Woodpecker Song (Reginella campagnola)
(Di Lazzaro, Bruno, Adamson)
With Jay Wilbur & His Band
(Decca DR 4630/ F 7459) May 1940 Sun Music
7 Ferryboat Serenade (Di Lazzaro, Adamson)
With Jay Wilbur & His Band
(Decca DR 5197/ F 7693) Dec 1940 Sun Music
8 There's A Boy Up North (Trewhela)
With Primo Scala's Accordion Band
(DR 5273/ Brunswick SA 1826) Jan 1941 MCPS?
9 Something To Remember You By (Schwartz, Dietz)
With Jay Wilbur & His Band
(Decca DR 5526/ Decca F 7815) Mar 1941
Bradbury Wood
10 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over)
The White Cliffs Of Dover (Kent, Burton)
With Mantovani (violin) & His Orchestra
(Decca DR 6736-2/ F 8110) Apr 1941 Feldman
11 Only You (Scotto, Popplewell)
With Mantovani (violin) & His Orchestra
(Decca DR 7031-2/ F 8220) Oct 1942 Macmelodies
12 A Brown Bird Singing (Wood, Barrie)
With Mantovani (violin) & His Orchestra
(Decca DR 7144-2/ F 8256) Dec 1942 Chappell
13 The Man I Love (Gershwin)
With Vera Lynn's own Orchestra/ cond. Len Edwards
(Decca DR 7611-2/ F 41011) Sep 1943 MCPS
14 One Love (Popplewell)
(From Vera Lynn's film: One Exciting Night)
With Vera Lynn's own Orchestra/ cond. Len Edwards
(Decca DR 8152/ F 8415) Feb 1944 P. Maurice
15 I'm Beginning To See The Light
(James, Ellington, Hodges, George)
With Vera Lynn's own Orchestra/ cond. Len Edwards
(Decca DR 9499/ F 8544) Apr 1945 Campbell-Connelly
16 Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly) (Daniel, Morey)
With Bob Farnon & His Orchestra
(Decca DR 12625-2/ F 9114) (1948) Sun Music
17 Yours (Roig, Rodríguez; Sherr)
With Chorus of Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen
of Her Majesty's Forces. Director -Roland Shaw
(Decca DR 17114/ F 9959) Aug 1952 Macmelodies
18 Vera Lynn Medley -Intro:
Tell Me You're Mine (Ravasini, Fredianelli); I Believe
(Stillman, Drake, Shirl, Graham);
Pretend (Douglas, Parman, Lavere)
With The Clubmen
(Decca DR 18023/ F 10164) Jun 1953 MCPS
19 If You Love Me (Hymne à l'amour) (Monnot)
With Charles Smart at the Organ
& Orchestra & Chorus directed by Roland Shaw
(Decca DR 18160/ F 10196) Sep 1953 P. MAURICE
20 We'll Meet Again (Parker, Charles)
With Chorus of Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen
of Her Majesty's Forces. Director -Roland Shaw
(Decca DR 17522-1B/ F 10081) Jan 1953
Irwin Dash
All tracks recorded in London