Description
Vera Lynn – We'll Meet Again / Weton-Wesgram Audio CD 2005 / LATA059
UPC 8717423021308
"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 song by English singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by English songwriters Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with soldiers going off to fight as well as their families and loved ones.
The song was published by Michael Ross Limited, whose directors included Louis Carris, Ross Parker and Norman Keen. Keen, an English pianist also collaborated with Parker and Hughie Charles on "We'll Meet Again" and many other songs published by the company, including "There'll Always Be an England" and "I'm In Love For The Last Time". The song's original recording featured Lynn accompanied by Arthur Young on Novachord (an early synthesizer), while a rerecording in 1953 featured a more lavish instrumentation and a chorus of British Armed Forces personnel.
The song gave its name to the 1943 musical film We'll Meet Again in which Lynn played the lead role (see 1943 in music). Lynn's 1953 recording is featured in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove – with a bitter irony, as the song accompanies a nuclear holocaust that wipes out humanity. It was also used in the closing scenes of the 1986 BBC television serial The Singing Detective. British director John Schlesinger used the song in his 1979 World War II film Yanks, which is about British citizens and American soldiers during the military buildup in the UK as the Allies prepare for the Normandy landings.
During the Cold War, Lynn's recording was included in the package of music and programmes held in 20 underground radio stations of the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service (WTBS), designed to provide public information and morale-boosting broadcasts for 100 days after a nuclear attack. The song reached number 29 on the U.S. charts. Lynn sang the song in London on the 60th anniversary of VE Day in 2005.
In April 2020, a charity duet with Katherine Jenkins, released in 2014, reached number 72 on the UK Singles Chart, with proceeds going to National Health Service charities. In May 2020 following the 75th Anniversary celebrations of VE Day, the solo version by Lynn also reached number 55 in the UK chart.
| Label: | Weton-Wesgram – LATA059 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
|
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Released: |
2005 |
| Genre: | Pop, Folk, World, & Country |
| Style: | Vocal |
Tracklist:
| 1 | A Mother's Prayer At Twilight | |
| 2 | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | |
| 3 | After A While | |
| 4 | Coming Home | |
| 5 | Goodnight Children Everywhere | |
| 6 | Harbour Lights | |
| 7 | I Paid For The Lie That I Told You | |
| 8 | I Shall Be Waiting | |
| 9 | I'll Pray For You | |
| 10 | It Always Rains Before The Rainbow | |
| 11 | It's A Sin To Tell A Lie | |
| 12 | Little Sir Echo | |
| 13 | Lonely Sweetheart | |
| 14 | Love Makes The World Go Round | |
|
Medley |
| 15.a | I Hear A Dream |
| 15.b | You're Here, You're There, You're Everywhere |
| 15.c | So Rare | ||
| 16 | Memory Of A Rose | ||
| 17 | We'll Meet Again | ||
| 18 | Mexicali Rose | ||
| 19 | When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby | ||
| 20 | When The Lights Go On Again |
- Design – Nauta en Haagen
