SINGER

Vera Lynn

1917 - 2020

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Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (née Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during World War II. She is honorifically known as the "Forces' Sweetheart", having given outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her include "We'll Meet Again", "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England". She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the United Kingdom and the United States, and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" and her UK number-one single "My Son, My Son". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vera Lynn has received more than 5,033,855 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Vera Lynn is the 437th most popular singer (down from 318th in 2019), the 1,488th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,240th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Singer.

Vera Lynn is most famous for her time as a singer during World War II, when she was known as the "forces' sweetheart."

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Vera Lynn ranks 437 out of 4,381. Before her are Jean-Jacques Goldman, Nile Rodgers, Eddie Money, Neil Sedaka, Kaliopi, and Helena Vondráčková. After her are Maggie Reilly, Raphael, Bobby Solo, Rafael Orozco Maestre, Marcia Barrett, and Alice Babs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Vera Lynn ranks 109. Before her are Luis Carniglia, John Connally, Sameera Moussa, Giuseppe De Santis, Dondinho, and Sharof Rashidov. After her are Džemal Bijedić, László Szabó, Petar Brzica, Phaedon Gizikis, Henri Salvador, and Barry Nelson. Among people deceased in 2020, Vera Lynn ranks 132. Before her are Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Paik Sun-yup, Nikolai Kapustin, Amadeo Carrizo, and Philippe Nahon. After her are Albert Memmi, Ivry Gitlis, Gene Deitch, Margaret Burbidge, Sergei Khrushchev, and Jean Kennedy Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vera Lynn ranks 1,488 out of 8,785. Before her are John Rolfe (1585), Vince Clarke (1960), Sam Mendes (1965), Arthur Rackham (1867), Arthur Phillip (1738), and Jeff Lynne (1947). After her are George Smith (1840), Roger Byrne (1929), John Henry Poynting (1852), Henry Pelham (1694), John Bagot Glubb (1897), and Emily Watson (1967).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Vera Lynn ranks 50. Before her are Albert Hammond (1944), Seal (1963), Malcolm McLaren (1946), Gary Brooker (1945), Christine McVie (1943), and Sandie Shaw (1947). After her are Maggie Reilly (1956), Boy George (1961), Neil Tennant (1954), Jeanette (1951), John Lydon (1956), and Tim Staffell (1948).

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