Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Vera Lynn ?:heart:
You bet. I turned on the TV one day probably around 6-7 years ago, maybe more and there was this documentary on WW II. I was fascinated and turned on my VCR. Later, when I watched it, the credits had this song behind them. It was Vera Lynn singing "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow." They didn't include the whole song, and I had no idea at the time who the singer was, but I was just mesmerized by the song, the sensitivity and sublime innocence of the singer. I copied the song to a cassette tape and listened to it again and again, loving it every time. This is a true story, I'm not making this up!
I've been a DJ on a college radio station for many years (since 1980, at KALX, 90.7 FM, Berkeley, the U.C. Berkeley college radio station), and once in a while I played this song on the air from the cassette I'd made off that VCR recording. A few times, I went on mic and asked my listenership if anybody knew who the singer was. One time I did this a guy called and said he thought it was Vera Lynn. I went right to a local record store and found a few of her albums. There was a CD that seemed to be better than the others, and I bought it: "We'll Meet Again." It has a picture of her on the cover and it included "We'll Meet Again," "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow," and many of her other hit songs. I did some Internet searches on her. I think she's still alive, last time I checked. She was a soldier's sweetheart, sort of. She must have been a beacon in the night for lonely servicemen during the war, and those were very dark days. That voice, I just can't think of another that does it for me like she does.