We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn
| We'll Meet Again: The Very Best Of Vera Lynn | |
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| Compilation album by Vera Lynn | |
| Released | 25 August 2009 |
| Recorded | 1936 to 1959 |
| Genre | Traditional pop |
| Length | 58:19 |
| Label | Decca |
| Producer | Various |
We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn is a compilation album by English singer Vera Lynn.
The album is a selection of her recordings made for Decca Records, for whom Lynn recorded between 1936 and 1959. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 September 2009, making her at age 92 the oldest living artist to achieve this feat with an album.[1] The album entered the chart at number 20 on 30 August, and then climbed to number 2 the following week, before reaching the top position.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" | Walter Kent, Nat Burton | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" | Eberhard Storch, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons | 2:36 |
| 3. | "We'll Meet Again" | Ross Parker, Hughie Charles | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Travellin' Home" | Traditional: arrangement Dix, Masters | 3:06 |
| 5. | "As Time Goes By" | Herman Hupfeld | 3:00 |
| 6. | "Dream" | Johnny Mercer | 2:41 |
| 7. | "Faraway Places" | Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Harbour Lights" | Will Grosz, Jimmy Kennedy | 3:07 |
| 9. | "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" | Irving Berlin | 3:13 |
| 10. | "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" | Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons | 2:59 |
| 11. | "When You Hear Big Ben" | Harry Leon, Mark Malloy, Jack Scott | 2:31 |
| 12. | "Yours" | Gonzalo Roig, Albert Gamse, Jack Sherr | 3:11 |
| 13. | "The Loveliest Night of the Year" | Juventino Rosas, Irving Aaronson, Paul Francis Webster | 1:12 |
| 14. | "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye" | Harry Parr-Davies | 3:15 |
| 15. | "Half as Much" / "Isle of Innisfree" / "You Belong to Me" | Williams / Farrelly / King, Stewart, Price | 3:04 |
| 16. | "Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire" | Grey, Connelly | 3:05 |
| 17. | "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" | Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:45 |
| 18. | "Somewhere Along the Way" / "Here in My Heart" / "Let the Rest of the World Go By" | Adams, Gallop / Bonnelli, Levinson, Genaro / Ball, Brennan | 3:31 |
| 19. | "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" | James Kendis, James Brockman, Nat Vincent | 3:29 |
| 20. | "From the Time You Say Goodbye (The Parting Song)" | Leslie Sturdy | 2:27 |
Performance
Vocals - Vera Lynn;
- with Mantovani & His Orchestra (Track 1)
- with Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces (Tracks 2, 3, 7, 20)
- with Roland Shaw & His Orchestra (Tracks 7, 12, 15)
- with Woolf Phillips And His Orchestra (Track 13)
- with Charles Smart (Track 16)
- with The Clubmen (Track 17)
- with Eric Rogers and his Orchestra (Track 19)
Charts
| Chart (2009)[2][3] | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums Chart | 21 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart | 10 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 28 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 83 |
| European Top 100 Albums | 8 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 48 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 8 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 18 |
| UK Albums Chart | 1 |
| Preceded by Humbug by Arctic Monkeys |
UK Albums Chart number-one album 13 September 2009 – 20 September 2009 |
Succeeded by The Resistance by Muse |
References
- ↑ Richard Simpson (14 September 2009). "Dame Vera Lynn, the new queen of the album charts at 92". Daily Mail (UK). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ US album charts Vera Lynn 2009
- ↑ www.australian-charts.com Vera Lynn We'll Meet Again: The Best Of Vera Lynn
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