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...generation of Britons who lived through World War II, Dame Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" will forever conjure up the pangs of wartime separation. "We'll meet again," she sang to soldiers on the front lines and to their families across the Channel. "We'll meet again/ Don't know where/ Don't know when/ But I know we'll meet again/ Some sunny...
...songstress appears to have kept her promise. Last week, at age 92, Lynn became the oldest artist to top the British charts with We'll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn, an album featuring 24 songs that evoke wartime Britain. Lynn, an East London plumber's daughter who went on to be known as the "Forces' Sweetheart," spoke with TIME about her music's resurgence 70 years later. (See the top-selling albums and singles...
...songs on your album, which is your favorite? Oh, golly. I made the album so long ago that I really can't remember all the titles that are on there. The "White Cliffs of Dover" is one of the standards and "We'll Meet Again." But apart from that I can't really remember what's on the album...
...Which song is most meaningful to you? "We'll Meet Again" is the one that means more to me than anything. It was the optimistic song, about the end of the war. It meant so much to so many people, and it's lived on. People know that practically all around the world, and I think it will go on forever, really. It's just one of those songs...
...very much like that. They're all there trying to heal, and you quickly get to a very, very deep level of exposure because you're talking about your personal life. But once you go home, you may speak with these people on the phone, you may meet them for coffee or brunch, but they're not part of your central core of intimates. Some may become so, of course. But all support groups have that in common...