Vera Lynn Remembers: The Songs That Won World War 2

~ Release by Vera Lynn (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Yours
recording of:
Yours (1931 version of "Quiéreme mucho")
lyricist and translator:
Albert Gamse and Jack Sherr
composer:
Gonzalo Roig
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
is based on:
Quiéreme mucho
3:19
2Who’s Taking You Home Tonight / Wishing / Wish Me Luck
3:33
3Somewhere in France With You
3:39
4The Last Time I Saw Paris / Arm in Arm / I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time
4:02
5A Pair of Silver Wings / Silver Wings in the Moonlight / Comin’ in on a Wing and a Pray’r
medley including a recording of:
Silver Wings in the Moonlight
lyricist:
Sonny Miller (1930s lyricist) and Leo Towers (songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Charles
5:36
6London Pride
4:07
7A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (in 1962)
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell)
composer:
Manning Sherwin (in 1939)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:56
8The White Cliffs of Dover
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover (in 1962)
lyricist:
Nat Burton (US songwriter)
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Walter Kent Music Co.
3:03
9If I Only Had Wings / The Badge From Your Coat / Roll Out the Barrel
3:25
10I’ll Be Seeing You
recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1938)
composer:
Sammy Fain (in 1938)
publisher:
Fain Music (ASCAP), New Irving Kahal Music and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3:53
11You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:43
12Room Five‐Hundred‐And‐Four
recording of:
Room Five Hundred and Four
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell)
composer:
George Posford (English Composer)
4:29
13That Lovely Weekend
recording of:
That Lovely Weekend
writer:
Moira Heath and Ted Heath
2:53
14Besame Mucho
recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar)
composer:
Consuelo Velázquez
translator:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Latin American Music, Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica S.A.
translated version of:
Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Much, Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
2:41
15There’ll Always Be an England
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
There’ll Always Be an England (in 1962)
writer:
Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd.
3:00
16You’ll Never Know
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1943-08)
vocals:
Vera Lynn (in 1943-08)
orchestra:
Tony Osborne & His Orchestra
recording of:
You’ll Never Know (in 1943-08)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1943 winner)
3:25
17It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
2:48
18Lili Marlene
recording of:
Lili Marlene (English lyrics by Tommie Connor)
lyricist:
Hans Leip (from 1915-04-03 until 1937)
composer:
Norbert Schultze (in 1937)
translator:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
translated version of:
Lili Marleen (Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens, original German version)
2:50
19Be Like the Kettle and Sing / There’s a New World Over the Skyline
2:15
20As Time Goes By
vocals:
Vera Lynn
recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”) (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (ended), Chappell (library/production music), Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司 (Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch)
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
3:22
21When the Lights Go on Again / I’ll Pray for You / We’ll Meet Again
5:00
22Land of Hope and Glory
recording of:
Land of Hope and Glory
anthem of:
England, United Kingdom (ended)
lyricist:
Arthur Christopher Benson
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1902)
is based on:
Coronation Ode, op. 44: VI. Finale: “Land of Hope and Glory” (contralto soloist, with chorus)
2:56