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LONDON — At age 92, Dame Vera Lynn has beaten the Arctic Monkeys and even the Beatles to capture the No. 1 record in Britain.
The singer, who 70 years ago recorded an evocative reminder of home for British soldiers fighting far away, on Monday became the oldest living artist to have a No. 1 record in Britain when her album “We’ll Meet Again — The Very Best of Vera Lynn” took the top spot.
Lynn was known as the “Forces’ Sweetheart,” and her songs — including “We’ll Meet Again,” and “(There’ll be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover” — were wartime anthems.
The Associated Press
