"The Forces' Sweetheart": Vera Lynn

From the August 18-24, 2013, American Profile Magazine "Ask American Profile."

QUESTION: Who is singing "We'll Meet Again" at the end of the movie "Dr. Strangelove" as an atom bomb is exploding? R.L. Chiccitt, Pittsburgh, Pa.

"That is British singer, congwriter and actress Vera Lynn, 96, who performed concerts for British troops in Burma, India and Egypt during World War II, earning her the nickname "The Forses' Sweetheart.

In addition to that tune, her other hits include "The White Cliffs of Dover, "There'll Always Be an England," "My Son, My Son" and "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart," which in 1952 became the first song recorded by a foreign artist to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard charts.

In 2009 at age 92, she became the oldest livung artist to top the British albums chart."

--GreGen