Dame Vera Lynn
Sue Lawley's castaway is singer Dame Vera Lynn.
As part of Radio 4's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, the castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs will be Dame Vera Lynn.
She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her own wartime experiences - as the now-legendary 'forces sweetheart' she performed in front of servicemen as far away as Burma, and as close to home as London's Regent's Park, and since then she has been constantly in demand all over the world for her singing and her songs, reviving as they do wartime memories both happy and sad.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Room 504 by Vera Lynn
Book: A book of edible fruits and vegetables
Luxury: Watercolour paints, brushes and paper
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Castaway's Favourite
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Vera Lynn
Room 504
- The First Lullaby.
- Decca.
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Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
A Man and his Dream
- Artie Shaw and his Orchestra.
- Everest.
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Elaine Paige
Memory
- Cats.
- Polydor.
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The Beatles
Til There Was You
- With The Beatles.
- Parlophone.
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Where The Blue Of The Night
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Samuel Barber
Adagio For Strings
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
- Works by R. Strauss, etc..
- EMI.
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Ennio Morricone
Chai Mai (from Maddalena & The Life and Times of David Lloyd-George)
- Themes & Dreams.
- Trax.
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Vera Lynn
Heart Of Gold
Artist: Charlie Kunz & Casani Club Orchestra
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Book Choice
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A book of edible fruits and vegetables
Luxury Choice
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Watercolour paints, brushes and paper
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Sue Lawley |
Interviewed Guest | Vera Lynn |
Broadcasts
- Sun 3 Sep 1989 12:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 8 Sep 1989 09:05大象传媒 Radio 4
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