Dame Vera wins lifetime achievement award
October 13th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANILondon, Oct 13 (ANI): Singer Dame Vera Lynn received a lifetime achievement award at the annual Women of the Year lunch, which took place at London’s Intercontinental Hotel on Monday.
The award recognizes her contribution to the world of music and celebrates her success as ‘The Forces’ Sweetheart’.
“It’s lovely to be recognised all those years after the event,” the BBC quoted the ‘We’ll Meet Again’ singer, as saying.
“I’m still very proud of the fact that is a song that has gone around the world.
“What better words can you have when your loved one has gone to war and you leave your family behind?”
Speaking about Lynn, Esther Rantzen said: “There are so many recent cases of older women being thrown on the scrap heap.
“I don’t think anyone would dare throw [Dame Vera] on the scrap heap.”
In September 2009, the 92-year-old Lynn became the oldest living performer to have a number one record, We’ll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn, which surpassed the sales of Arctic Monkeys and the Kings of Leon and even surged ahead of the Beatles’ remastered back editions. (ANI)
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