“Keep smiling and keep singing” - Dame Vera Lynn lifts the nation’s spirits yet again with a new video for ‘We’ll Meet Again’ on her 103rd birthday 🎉
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“Music is so good for the soul, and during these hard times we must all help each other to find moments of joy. Keep smiling and keep singing.”
Originally recorded in 1939 on her long-time record label Decca Records, ‘We’ll Meet Again’ is one of the most memorable and morale-boosting hits that sustained Britons through the wartime years. The words are perhaps as poignant today as they ever were, with day to day ‘social distancing’ taking place and many in self-isolation - the underlying message remains the same, for everybody. The new video features original archive footage of Dame Vera performing the song alongside new visuals representing the current themes of today and a special voiceover from the singer, recorded at home in her 103rd birthday week.
“We are facing a very challenging time at the moment, and I know many people are worried about the future. I’m greatly encouraged that despite these struggles we have seen people joining together. They are supporting one another, reaching into the homes of their neighbours by offering assistance to the elderly and sending messages of support and singing into the streets. Music is so good for the soul, and during these hard times we must all help each other to find moments of joy. Keep smiling and keep singing.” - Dame Vera Lynn
Dame Vera hopes this will reassure the public that even though we are apart in person, we can be together in spirit - uniting us all with hope, resilience and resolve - and that music and singing can be extremely powerful at times like these.
There is no-one quite like Dame Vera Lynn. Forever breaking records and making chart history, the singer and actress has always had the unfailing ability to keep spirits up during the most difficult times. Dame Vera famously boosted the nation’s morale during the darkest days of World War II and, over the decades, her popularity has never waned. She remains perhaps the most beloved of all British female vocalists.
10 years ago, whilst in her early 90s, Dame Vera became the oldest living artist to land a UK No.1 album, setting a new record in the history of music and making the performer the only recording artist in the world to have spanned the pop charts from the 1940s to the 21st century. Her new video is a reminder to the nation, and the world, that music can help you to:
“Keep smiling through
Just like you always do,
'Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away”.