Vera Lynn. She had an incredible voice and that song was so haunting. I loved that song. When I listened to an artist like her when I was a child, it made me want to join their fraternity.rob_mac wrote:FALSE!! This honour goes to ''Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn in summer 1952. It was the first record by a British artist to top the US charts, doing so for nine weeks.buzfluhart wrote:I read somewhere that Mr. Acker Bilk's single, Stranger on the Shore, was also #1 in the U.S. making him the first Brit to hit number one in America. True?
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Rob: Thanks for setting the record, straight. Vera was a first rate vocalist.
Life, as with music, often requires one to let go of the melody and listen to the rhythm
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Whilst Rob is correct the charts were different as I understand till about 1955.
A lot was based on radio play sheet music, I'll stand corrected but Billboard did not publish a top 100 till 1955.
Charts in UK did not really start till 52/53 hence reason Vera Lynn is only listed as having 9 hits.
A lot was based on radio play sheet music, I'll stand corrected but Billboard did not publish a top 100 till 1955.
Charts in UK did not really start till 52/53 hence reason Vera Lynn is only listed as having 9 hits.