The Best of Vera Lynn

~ Release by Vera Lynn (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
lead vocals:
Vera Lynn (on 1942-03-20)
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Jay Wilbur and His Band (on 1942-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1942)
recording of:
(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover (on 1942-03-20)
lyricist:
Nat Burton (US songwriter)
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Walter Kent Music Co.
3:17
2Mexicali Rose
organ:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1939-04-25)
lead vocals:
Vera Lynn (on 1939-04-25)
vocals:
Vera Lynn
cover recording of:
Mexicali Rose (on 1939-04-25)
lyricist:
Helen Stone
composer:
Jack Tenney (composer)
publisher:
W. A. Quincke & Co. (on 1923-03-10) and M.M. Cole Publishing Company (in 1935)
3:05
3It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
organ [Wurlitzer organ]:
Charles D. Smart (organist) (on 1936-09-15)
lead vocals:
Vera Lynn (on 1936-09-15)
recording of:
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (on 1936-09-15)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Mayhew (in 1936)
2:48
4A Garden in Granada
recording of:
A Garden in Granada
lyricist:
Abel Baer (songwriter) and Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Ion Vasilescu
3:16
5I Won’t Tell a Soul, (I Love You)
3:17
6Maybe
recording of:
Maybe
writer:
Allan Flynn and Frank Madden (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins (publisher)
3:02
7Over the Rainbow
recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (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 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (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)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
3:13
8I Hear a Dream (Come Again)
3:09
9Goodnight, Wherever You Are
recording of:
Goodnight Wherever You Are
writer:
Al Hoffman, Dick Robertson (US jazz vocalist, 1920s-1940s) and Frank Weldon
2:34
10Be Like the Kettle and Sing
lead vocals:
Vera Lynn (on 1942-11-16)
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Jay Wilbur and His Band (on 1942-11-16)
recording of:
Be Like the Kettle and Sing (on 1942-11-16)
writer:
Desmond O’Connor, Thomas Patrick Connor (English songwriter) and Walter Ridley (English composer & producer)
2:39
11The London I Love
vocals:
Vera Lynn
recording of:
The London I Love (The Cockleshell Heroes)
lyricist:
Harold Purcell
composer:
George Posford (English Composer)
part of:
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955 film soundtrack)
3:13
12Only Forever
lead vocals:
Vera Lynn (on 1940-12-27)
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1940-12-27)
recording of:
Only Forever (on 1940-12-27)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
James V. Monaco
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
part of:
The 13th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1940 nominee)
3:09
13There’ll Come Another Day
recording of:
There'll Come Another Day
lyricist:
Alan Stranks
composer:
Pat Pattison
3:21
14You’ll Never Know
recording of:
You’ll Never Know
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)
3:24
15That Lovely Weekend
lead vocals:
Vera Lynn (on 1942-01-23)
vocals:
Vera Lynn
orchestra:
Jay Wilbur and His Band (on 1942-01-23)
recording of:
That Lovely Weekend (on 1942-01-23)
writer:
Moira Heath and Ted Heath
3:10
16Over the Hill
vocals:
Vera Lynn
recording of:
Over the Hill
lyricist and composer:
Gerry Mason
3:23
17Cinderella (Stay in My Arms)
3:06
18Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire
recording of:
Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire
lyricist:
Clifford Grey
composer:
Reginald Connelly
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
3:02
19Really and Truly
3:14
20I Had the Craziest Dream
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1943-04)
orchestra:
Ambrose and His Orchestra (in 1943-04)
recording of:
I Had the Craziest Dream (in 1943-04)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., WC Music Corp., 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
3:17
21White Christmas
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
3:20
22When They Sound the Last All Clear
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1941-11)
vocals:
Vera Lynn (in 1941-11)
orchestra:
Mantovani and His Orchestra (in 1941-11)
recording of:
When They Sound the Last “All Clear” (in 1941-11)
lyricist:
Harold Elton Box and Desmond Cox
composer:
Hugh Charles
3:23
23So Many Memories
recording of:
So Many Memories
writer:
Harry Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
2:59
24Two Sleepy People
recording of:
Two Sleepy People (from the 1938 film "Thanks for the Memory")
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:07
25We’ll Meet Again
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1939-09-28)
synthesizer [novachord]:
Arthur Young (jazz arranger/composer) (on 1939-09-28)
lead vocals:
Vera Lynn (on 1939-09-28)
recording of:
We’ll Meet Again (on 1939-09-28)
lyricist:
Hugh Charles
composer:
Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), World Music Co. and World Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
43:28