{"id":46155,"date":"2020-06-21T04:56:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T04:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=46155"},"modified":"2021-12-20T05:32:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T05:32:10","slug":"the-singer-of-hope-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-singer-of-hope-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;THE SINGER OF HOPE&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #f7e80c;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;THE SINGER OF HOPE&#8221;\u00a0\u2013 By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T5C4meGkNyc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This would be a fitting title for this LADY OF SONG.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dame Vera Lynn who has just passed on, at age 103.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Best known for her magnificent musical renditions of songs such as &#8220;We&#8217;ll meet again&#8221;, for example, sung &amp; recorded especially with the British Forces of World War 2 in mind, she gave them the hope they so badly needed, when the going got tough.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I was still quite young, while this War took it&#8217;s terrible toll on so many thousands of people, and so many other entertainers were called upon to perform for the Troops stationed at various wartime areas. They all did their very best and we are grateful to all of them, but somehow, MUSIC, more than anything else, was very special, as always, and I remember listening to the songs this lady sang that immediately reminded me of the war we had just been through. This was long before she was made a Dame of the British Empire, but Vera Lynn sang her songs in a clear precise, pitch-perfect manner, that made me stop whatever else I was doing, to listen to her sing. Every song was sung with deep feeling for the Country she loved, and I have to say that I loved to hear her sing.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Vale&#8217; Dame Vera Lynn. By all accounts, you were not only a wonderful asset to Great Britain, but to the World of Music in general. Rest in peace now, dear Lady, remembering that &#8220;We&#8217;ll meet again, don&#8217;t know where, don&#8217;t know when, but I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll meet again, some sunny\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6X1D2h8AheU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29778 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-3.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">(Editor-in-Chief)&#8211;eLanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 28px;\">In pictures: Dame Vera Lynn&#8217;s life and career<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46156 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-e1592713706414.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"600\" height=\"676\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-53068899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">BBC<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dame Vera Lynn, the singer who held a special place in the hearts of the British for keeping up morale during World War Two, has died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">These photographs tell the story of her life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Vera Welch was born on 20 March 1917 in East Ham, London. Neither of her parents were involved in showbusiness &#8211; her father Bertram was a plumber and mother Annie a dressmaker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">But by the age of seven, the talented Vera was singing in working men&#8217;s clubs &#8211; an audience she described as &#8220;great&#8221; &#8211; and soon became the family&#8217;s main breadwinner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-1.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">When she turned 11, Vera took her grandmother&#8217;s maiden name of Lynn as a stage name. She had no formal singing lessons as a child &#8211; and just one as an adult<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">She said: &#8220;I thought I could extend my range but when the teacher heard me sing she said, &#8216;I cannot train that voice, it&#8217;s not a natural voice.&#8217; So I said: &#8216;Well thank you very much madam&#8217;, and left.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46158 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-2.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Vera&#8217;s talent was spotted aged 15 while singing at Poplar Baths by local band leader Howard Baker. He signed her up on the spot. In 1936, when she was 19, she had her first solo record &#8211; called Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">By the age of 22 she had sold more than a million records, bought her parents a house and herself a car.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46159 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DECCA-RECORDS-PA-MEDIA.jpg\" alt=\"DECCA RECORDS\/PA MEDIA\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DECCA RECORDS\/PA MEDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">However, it was during World War Two that her reputation was made. She frequently sang to the troops at morale-boosting concerts, becoming known as The Forces&#8217; Sweetheart.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dame Vera Lynn dies at age 103<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Obituary: Dame Vera Lynn, Britain&#8217;s sweetheart<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46160 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GETTY-IMAGES.jpg\" alt=\"GETTY IMAGES\" width=\"624\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">One of her most famous songs, We&#8217;ll Meet Again was released in 1939 and as war progressed it increasingly resonated with the British public. As Vera said: &#8220;It&#8217;s a good song as it goes with anyone anywhere saying goodbye to someone.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46161 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-4.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A large part of her wartime appeal came from her BBC radio programme Sincerely Yours, which ran in 1941 and 42 in the form of &#8220;a letter to the men of the Forces\u2026 in words and music&#8221;. One feature was announcing the arrival of babies back home &#8211; but that had to be cancelled because producers were so overwhelmed with news of new arrivals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46162 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-5.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"496\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">She had a wholesome appeal that made her a favourite with families as well as the troops. Not everyone thought she was good for morale, however &#8211; one retired soldier complained in a letter to The Daily Telegraph that such &#8220;sickly and maudlin programmes are largely responsible for the half-hearted attitude of so many people towards the war&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46163 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-6.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">But her popularity was such that she was voted the British Expeditionary Forces&#8217; favourite singer, beating Bing Crosby &#8211; with whom she&#8217;s pictured &#8211; and Judy Garland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">She travelled the world to entertain troops, including to Myanmar (then Burma), India and Egypt. She later recalled staying in grass huts and using a bucket of water for a shower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46164 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-7.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"606\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 1941 Vera married Harry Lewis. They had one daughter, Virginia, and lived together in Ditchling, East Sussex, for 58 years until his death in 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46165 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-8.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Following the defeat of Nazi Germany, the BBC Variety Department broadcast a victory programme on VE Day in May 1945. Vera (far left) was joined by entertainers and returned British Prisoners of War. Her popularity survived the war years and after peace came she toured all over the Commonwealth, appeared in a Las Vegas cabaret, and performed for the British Royal Family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46166 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-9.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Her sentimental tone went out of fashion at the BBC after the war, but she returned to the airwaves and remained a fixture throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s. In the very first official UK singles chart in 1952, she occupied three of the top 12 places.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46167 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-10.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">She&#8217;s pictured here making the acquaintance of glam rock band Slade in 1973, when they gathered round a piano at the Melody Maker Awards. In 2017 she released her latest album, and holds the record for being the oldest living artist to achieve a top 20 UK album.<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46168 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-11.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dame Vera helped mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in a ceremony on 10 August 2010. Her daughter said fan letters continued to arrive from all over the world, sometimes simply addressed to &#8220;Vera Lynn, UK&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46169 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-12.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">During the build-up to her 100th birthday in 2017, Dame Vera said she found it &#8220;humbling&#8221; that people still enjoyed her songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Queen wrote to her: &#8220;You cheered and uplifted us all in the war and after the war, and I am sure that this evening the blue birds of Dover will be flying over to wish you a happy anniversary.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46170 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DAME-VERA-LYNN-ARCHIVE-COURTESY-OF-CAPTIVE-MINDS-13.jpg\" alt=\"DAME VERA LYNN ARCHIVE COURTESY OF CAPTIVE MINDS\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;THE SINGER OF HOPE&#8221;\u00a0\u2013 By Des Kelly &nbsp; \u00a0This would be a fitting title for this LADY OF SONG. 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