Dame Vera Lynn performs at 1990 Royal Variety Performance

Dame Vera Lynn performs War Songs and her hits at the 1990 Royal Variety in honour of the Queen Mother's 90th Birthday

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[gaolbird1]

I remember going to this with my grandmother - we saved up for 3 years so that my nan, me and my mother could go. you couldnt get the smile of my nans face for a week. She died 6 weeks after we got home.

[simonsteam]

WOW, Still such stage presence and such beauty. And that Glorious god given voice.Wonderful Thankyou Dame Vera for Everything. My grandfather was in WW2 and he recalled just how the boys lived to hear her singing and just for a brief moment they felt that "Home" Was there with them and that people were thinking about them.

[joe1blue]

PURE CLASS. 5 STARS

[joe1blue]

PURE CLASS. 

[7855waldo]

@ladyunebarton - I also may add that we have no one like DVL in the USA (I hope I'm not overlooking any worthy names!)

So we've had to make do with the ultra-patriotic Barbra ("Gimme gimme gimme") Streisand, which is a depressing thought, as you can imagine.

[7855waldo]

@ladyunebarton - Well said, and I thank you for your eloquence.

[ladyunebarton]

@7855waldo i think he means the nostalgia of the War era. When men and women where far away from each other, lovers, friends and family. People whom could never come back and they never did. Thats quite nostalgic.

[ravgoodspeed]

This special lady was a bit before my time as I am a life long Bowie and rock fan. However, as a boy all my heroes were from this era, and this wonderful lady has a voice like an angel. Thanks to all the men and women who fought in WW 2 and those who gave there life so that I could be free. Thank You.

[7855waldo]

00: 50: "No one could recall better for us the nostalgia of those days..."

Who wrote this weirdo script for this poor fellow to read?

This is NUTS!

"Those days" were in the 1940s. People in 1940s were nostalgic for the 1900s, 10s, 20s, etc.

You can't be nostalgic for the era in which you are currently living.

No one says, "I remember it like it was just yesterday" if the event occurred yesterday!

[byline7844]

God love you for posting this. God love Vera Lynn, all of us certainly do!

[Sheila33410]

Oh my, I had not heard her voice since my early childhood. My grandmother was from England, living with us during the war. The Brits had Dame Vera Lynn and we had Kate Smith. There was no internet or skype of course, but these songs kept the spirit up. England was being bombed unmercifully and a story I cannot verify says that Dame Lynn was performing one night in London when the hits started to come. "Save Vera Lynn, Churchill can fend for himself." Brilliant video, many thanks.