Dame Vera Lynn Announces New Album On 97th Birthday To Commemorate D-Day Anniversary

Vera Lynn To Release A New Album At the Age Of 97
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Dame Vera Lynn has announced she is set to release a new album later this year on the day she turned 97.

Dame Vera already holds the record for the oldest living artist to ever top the album charts, which she did with her best of collection, 'We'll Meet Again' back in 2009, when she was 92 years old.

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The singer is best known for her songs 'The White Cliffs of Dover' and 'We'll Meet Again', which are commonly associated with the war-time era.

Both of those iconic tracks will be featured alongside previously unreleased material on 'Vera Lynn: National Treasure - The Ultimate Collection', which will be made available on 2 June to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

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She said: "I think it's wonderful that my songs are still enjoyed, especially if it encourages people to commemorate what happened 70 years ago.

"It's moving for me to relive those days, and humbling to know that people still think of me. After all, it was simply my duty to keep singing."

She was made a Dame in 1975, when she was honoured by the Queen for her "charitable services".

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Now it's 'Sincerely Yours' from singer Vera Lynn, who's rehearsing in London for her new radio show of that name. As a wartime sweetheart of the forces, Vera's signature tune was 'Yours'. (credit:PA)
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Singer Vera Lynn on stage at the BBC (credit:PA)
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Singer Vera Lynn, who is to appear in the BBC television series 'At Home'. Vera and her husband Harry Lewis, and their daughter Virginia, will be visited by the outside broadcast cameras at their Finchley home. (credit:PA)
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Vera Lynn, known during the Second World War as the 'Forces Sweetheart', brings back memories for ex-servicemen during a Garden Party held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace, London. (credit:PA)
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Singer Vera Lynn singing during the dress rehearsal at the Victoria Palace, London, for the Royal Variety Performance. (credit:PA)
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Cliff Richard with Dame Vera Lynn during a Variety Club lunch in her honour at the Savoy Hotel, London. (credit:PA)
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Dame Vera Lynn with World War 2 veteran fighter pilot Flight Lieutenant William Walker outside the Churchill War Rooms in central London where Robert Hardy read Winston Churchill's 'The Few' speech to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. (credit:PA)
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Dame Vera Lynn during the launch of the 2009 Poppy Appeal at Horse Guards Parade in central London. (credit:PA)
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LONDON - MARCH 20: Katherine Jenkins raises a toast to Dame Vera Lynn as she celebrates her 90th Birthday at the Imperial War Museum on March 20, 2007 in London. The Second World War 'soldiers sweetheart' was joined by Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins who herself has entertained the troops in Iraq and Kosovo. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Singer Katherine Jenkins presents Dame Vera Lynn with her award as they attend the Women of the Year Lunch at Intercontinental Hotel on October 12, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn poses for photographs in central London, on October 22, 2009. Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn on Thursday joined soprano singer Hayley Westenra for an emotional rendition of the classic wartime song We'll Meet Again to officially launch the Royal British Legion's poppy appeal. AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry (Photo credit should read SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 25: Dame Vera Lynn poses at a book signing for her new autobiographyl 'Some Sunny Day' at Hatchards bookshop on August 25, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON - JULY 09: (L-R) Frank Williams, Dame Vera Lynn, Bill Pertwee and Clive Dunn pose with other members of Dad's Army to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first episode aired in July 1968 at the Imperial War Museum on July 9, 2008 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON - MAY 23: Singers Katherine Jenkins and Dame Vera Lynn attend the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show on May 23, 2005 in London. (Photo by Bruno Vincent/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)