"Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart ""Auf Wiedersehen"", or ""Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart"", is a song written by German composer Eberhard Storch around 1950. Storch wrote the song in the hospital for his wife Maria as he was ill for a long time. It was originally sung in German by Rudi Schuricke and released on the 78 rpm record Polydor 48 374 H in 1950. The English language lyrics were written by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons. The best-known version of the song was recorded by English singer Vera Lynn. The story goes that Vera was on holiday in Switzerland and heard people singing"
"Of The World newspaper, with proceeds in aid of the Gulf Trust. Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; born 20 March 1917), widely known as ""the Forces' Sweetheart"", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are ""We'll Meet Again"", ""The White Cliffs of Dover"", ""A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"" and ""There'll Always Be an England"". She remained"
"Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; born 20 March 1917), widely known as ""the Forces' Sweetheart"", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are ""We'll Meet Again"", ""The White Cliffs of Dover"", ""A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"" and ""There'll Always Be an England"". She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK"
"Forces sweetheart Forces Sweetheart (or Forces' Sweetheart) is a title given to some entertainers in the British Armed Forces, mainly through the Entertainments National Service Association, although the term was also later used in the United States and other countries including Australia The role had its origins in World War I. Lady Angela Forbes, (1876-1950), was the Forces Sweetheart at camp and a wartime catering organiser for the British army from November 1914. The British Soldiers' Buffets, commonly known as Angelinas, met every train of wounded as it arrived and were often open 24 hours a day, and food never"
"Cheryl Cole. In 2011, London drag queen Richard Rhodes became the first man to be awarded the title. Forces sweetheart Forces Sweetheart (or Forces' Sweetheart) is a title given to some entertainers in the British Armed Forces, mainly through the Entertainments National Service Association, although the term was also later used in the United States and other countries including Australia The role had its origins in World War I. Lady Angela Forbes, (1876-1950), was the Forces Sweetheart at camp and a wartime catering organiser for the British army from November 1914. The British Soldiers' Buffets, commonly known as Angelinas, met"
"role in the development of pop music. Artists expressed their feelings of hardships during the war. Others sang songs that aimed to lift the spirits of the citizens. British singer Vera Lynn, or the Forces Sweetheart, sang popular songs such as ""We'll Meet Again"" and ""The White Cliffs of Dover"", which restored an optimistic outlook for soldiers and families while uplifting Allied spirits during a time of hardship when Nazi Germany was bombing Britain. American singer and stage actress Adelaide Hall also entertained extensively throughout WWII entertaining both the public and the troops in the UK and with ENSA across"
"known public performance, although she sang again on the evening of the same day in the public concert in Hyde Park. The United Kingdom's VE Day Diamond Jubilee ceremonies in 2005 included a concert in Trafalgar Square, London, in which Lynn made a surprise appearance. She made a speech praising the veterans and calling upon the younger generation always to remember their sacrifice, and joined in with a few bars of ""We'll Meet Again"". Following that year's Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance Lynn encouraged the Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins to assume the mantle of ""Forces' Sweetheart"". In her speech"
"Tijuana Sweetheart Tijuana Sweetheart (formerly known as VAGIANT and VAGIANT Boston) was an American all-female punk rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band was initially formed in 2005 by four employees of the gaming company Harmonix after Helen McWilliams (stage name Hellion) sent around an email to the entire company. One of these original members was Elena Siegman. Since forming, the band has gone under several member changes leaving McWilliams and LoWreck as the only remaining original members. Most of their notoriety has come from the inclusion of ""Fuck the Kells"" (censored ""FTK"") in ""Guitar Hero II"" and ""Seven"" in"
"music has also been very influential abroad. During World War II, Vera Lynn was known as the Forces' Sweetheart, with ""We'll Meet Again"", sung to British troops, among the songs most associated with her. In addition to ""Colonel Bogey March"" (which was whistled), another popular British song during the war, ""Run Rabbit Run"", contained Ralph Butler's lyrics ""Run rabbit – run rabbit – Run! Run! Run!"", which were altered by the public to poke fun at the Axis. Butler also wrote ""The Sun Has Got His Hat On"" and ""Nellie the Elephant"". The UK single and album charts are revealed"
"broadcast audience, launching a series of some 500 appearances in programmes designed to entertain the troops. In addition to radio work, Clark frequently toured the United Kingdom with fellow child performer Julie Andrews. Nicknamed the ""Singing Sweetheart"", she performed for George VI, Winston Churchill and Bernard Montgomery. Clark also became known as ""Britain's Shirley Temple"" and was considered a mascot by the British Army, whose troops plastered her photos on their tanks for good luck as they advanced into battle. While performing at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1944, Clark was discovered by film director Maurice Elvey, who cast her,"
"is best known for her 1939 recording of the popular song ""We'll Meet Again"", written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles; the nostalgic lyrics (""We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day"") were very popular during the war and made the song one of its emblematic hits. During the Phoney War, the ""Daily Express"" asked British servicemen to name their favourite musical performers: Vera Lynn came out on top and as a result became known as ""the Forces' Sweetheart"". In 1941, during the darkest days of the Second World War,"
"Jont Jont (Full name Jonathan Mark Smith Whittington, 17 August 1973 in Marylebone, London) is a British Singer-songwriter. First achieving prominence as a slow left-arm spinner for Middlesex County Cricket Club, he then shifted focus to poetry then to music. He is perhaps best known for his song ""Sweetheart"" which appears on the soundtrack to the 2005 US comedy film Wedding Crashers. Two tracks from his 2008 album ""Supernatural"" were featured in Season Five of US medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Dividing his youth between the USA and England, Jont first started writing poems aged fourteen<ref name=""Jont Interview 18/12/02"">Verzeletti, Christian. Jont"
"Elsie Carlisle Elsie Carlisle (28 January 1896 – 5 September 1977) was a popular English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, showcased in her nickname of Britain's ""Radio Sweetheart Number One."" Originally from Manchester, Carlisle recorded hundreds of solo records, and also recorded with many of the big dance bands of the time, including the famous Ambrose Orchestra. She sang solo with Ambrose's Orchestra and also performed duets with Sam Browne, being hailed as one of its best singers Her performance of ""Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses"" with"
"Lane"". Elsie Carlisle Elsie Carlisle (28 January 1896 – 5 September 1977) was a popular English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, showcased in her nickname of Britain's ""Radio Sweetheart Number One."" Originally from Manchester, Carlisle recorded hundreds of solo records, and also recorded with many of the big dance bands of the time, including the famous Ambrose Orchestra. She sang solo with Ambrose's Orchestra and also performed duets with Sam Browne, being hailed as one of its best singers Her performance of ""Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses"""
"Siobhan Fahey Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey ( ; born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer and musician, whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, who had several top 10 hits including the US number one hit single ""Venus"". She later formed the Brit Award- and Ivor Novello Award-winning musical act Shakespears Sister, who had a UK number one hit with the 1992 single ""Stay"". Fahey joined the other original members of Bananarama for a 2017 tour. Fahey has two younger sisters, Máire (who played Eileen in the"
"Bermuda and then to Horsham in Sussex where she centred her activities around her son Simon (who later followed his father into the RAF) and was a fundraiser for several charities. In the 1980s a BBC television serial was made of ""Jane"" and starred Glynis Barber. In her later years, Leighton-Porter made regular appearances at wartime reunions. In 1993, the Imperial War Museum exhibition ""Forces Sweethearts"" included her 1940s frilly knickers. She died on 6 December 2000 aged 87. Arthur died in January 2002. Chrystabel Leighton-Porter Chrystabel Jane Leighton-Porter (11 April 1913 – 6 December 2000) was the model for"
"Louise Griffiths Louise Griffiths (born 31 July 1978) is an English singer, songwriter, model and actress. Griffiths was born in Hertfordshire, England. She is the daughter of a London taxicab driver. She plays the saxophone, and was a contestant in the BBC television series ""Fame Academy"" in 2003. Griffiths was a member of an unsuccessful all-girl band, Orchid, who originally recorded the song ""Sound of the Underground"" in 2001. However their version was never released, and the song became a hit only when it was subsequently re-recorded and released by Louis Walsh's pop band Girls Aloud. In 2003, Griffiths was"
"on 6 March 2008 and given three life sentences. Kesha is buried at Southern Cemetery, Manchester, alongside her mother and brother. Kesha Wizzart Kesha Wizzart (; 22 October 1988 – 12 July 2007), born Estella Wizzart, was an English singer and participant on the television show ""Stars In Their Eyes"" on ITV in 2004. Wizzart was born in 1988 around the area of Fallowfield and Withington, a few miles south of Manchester City Centre. Her parents are of Jamaican heritage. In 2004, Wizzart appeared on the British talent show ""Stars in Their Eyes:Kids"" performing the song ""Un-Break My Heart"" by"
"Emma Amos (actress) Emma Amos (born 18 August 1964 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) is an English actress. She played Yvonne Sparrow in the last three series and 2016 special of time travel sitcom ""Goodnight Sweetheart"" alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst, replacing original actress Michelle Holmes who held the role from 1993-96. In 1992, she played Sherbet Gravel in Philip Ridley's controversial stage play ""The Fastest Clock in the Universe"". Emma Amos trained at the Royal College of Music from 1982 to 1989, and in 1991 she landed a part in the British film ""Buddy's Song"". Designed as a vehicle for the rising pop-singer"
"Music, at 19 years of age, she was attacked, beaten and robbed by an unknown assailant who attempted to rape her, but she fought him off. After Jenkins and Dame Vera Lynn were together at centre stage at the 60th Anniversary of VE Day in 2005 during the song ""We'll Meet Again"", the newspapers dubbed Jenkins ""the new Forces' Sweetheart"", a nickname given to Lynn during World War II. Lynn had said to Jenkins that she ought to ""go out and entertain the troops,"" which Jenkins promised she would. In December 2005 and 2006 Jenkins travelled to Iraq to entertain"
"she believes he can be a success at it and sets out to turn him around. We'll Meet Again (1943 film) We'll Meet Again is a 1943 British musical film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Vera Lynn. The plot is loosely based on the life of its star, otherwise known as Britain's ""Forces' Sweetheart"". The film is about a young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II and then discovers that people like her singing voice. Although she's reluctant at first to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She meets a young musician"
"Llorenna for the single. In 2002, Kelly Llorenna re-recorded and released the song as her fourth solo single. It was a commercial trance song produced by Flip & Fill. Heart of Gold (Force & Styles song) ""Heart of Gold"" is a song written and recorded by Force & Styles. It was first recorded and released in on Force & Styles album ""All over the UK"" (1996) with the vocals by Jenna, and it was released as a single in 1998 with vocals by Kelly Llorenna. It is one of the most well known hardcore songs and was used as the"
"Angela Richards Angela Richards (born 18 December 1944) is an English actress and singer, best known to television viewers for her leading role in the BBC drama ""Secret Army"" (1977–79), set during the Second World War in which she played Monique Duchamps. Richards, with help from Ken Moule and Leslie Osborne, wrote and sang many of the songs that were a regular and popular feature of the series, including ""Memories Come Gently"", ""Velvet Blue"", ""I Bet You've Heard This One Before"", ""Good to Me"", ""All Our Yesterdays"", ""When We Can Live in Peace Once More"" and ""If This Is The"
"strongly objected to the sentimental and ""soppy"" music and presentation. Nevertheless, the show helped turn the song ""We'll Meet Again"" into one of the best selling pieces of music throughout the war. The show also cemented Vera Lynn's title of ""forces' sweetheart"" and ensured that she would remain, as of 2006, something akin to a national treasure in the UK. To assuage critics of ""Sincerely Yours"", Thomas introduced the programme ""I Am John Bull"", featuring military marches and ""strong"" music. The programme was not successful. The BBC Forces Programme provided distinct programming for each of the armed services. However, the"
"Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, songwriter, composer, musician, record producer and occasional actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song ""Cherry Bomb"". The Blackhearts' version of the song ""I Love Rock 'n Roll"" was number-one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett's other notable hit songs include ""Bad Reputation"", ""Crimson and Clover"", ""Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh"
"Female Singer in Britain from the ""NME"", and Best Female Singer from the ""TV Times"". The success continued into 1976, with a cover of Eric Carmen's ""Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"" becoming a UK #31 hit on 13 March. In September however, while promoting her new single, ""Fairytale"", she lost her voice. Her left vocal cord, which had been cauterized the year before, required urgent surgery to remove what turned out to be a non-malignant growth, as well as a small part of the cord itself. This caused some newspapers to report on the possibility that she might never"
"Kesha Wizzart Kesha Wizzart (; 22 October 1988 – 12 July 2007), born Estella Wizzart, was an English singer and participant on the television show ""Stars In Their Eyes"" on ITV in 2004. Wizzart was born in 1988 around the area of Fallowfield and Withington, a few miles south of Manchester City Centre. Her parents are of Jamaican heritage. In 2004, Wizzart appeared on the British talent show ""Stars in Their Eyes:Kids"" performing the song ""Un-Break My Heart"" by Toni Braxton. Shortly before her death, Wizzart had completed her A-level examinations, in English language, law, and philosophy, receiving two A"
"Tanita Tikaram Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969) is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter. She achieved chart success with the singles ""Twist in My Sobriety"" and ""Good Tradition"" from her 1988 debut album, ""Ancient Heart"". She is known for her powerful, husky voice, and poetic and somewhat obscure lyrics. Tikaram was born in Münster, Germany, the daughter of an Indo-Fijian father, Pramod Tikaram, and a Sarawakian mother, Fatimah Rohani. Her father's military career meant that she spent her early life in Germany before moving to Basingstoke, Hampshire, England when she was in her early teens. She is the younger sister of"
"Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly song) ""Goodnight, Sweetheart"" is a British popular song written in 1931. It has been performed by Al Bowlly, Kate Smith, Connie Francis (for her 1959 album ""My Thanks to You""), Dick Haymes (for his ""Imagination"" album), Gordon MacRae (for his 1957 album ""Motion Picture Soundstage""), Sarah Vaughan (for her 1962 album ""Sarah + 2"") and Dean Martin (for his 1958 album ""Sleep Warm""), among others, and was the theme song for the 1990s BBC time-travel sitcom ""Goodnight Sweetheart"" starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, which was named after it. ""Goodnight, Sweetheart"" was written in"
"Lyonheart Lyonheart, (formerly known as Senadee), is the pseudonym of singer, music producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sena Verdi. Verdi was born in Tehran, Iran two years after The Iranian Revolution on 13 December 1981. His family left the country sometime around the mid-1980s to pursue a life in the United Kingdom. After spending around 8 months in Paris, the family moved to the South-East London suburb of Thamesmead. It was on the Maran Way estate that Sena spent most of his childhood years. In 1994, Verdi's family relocated from Thamesmead to the suburbs of Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. He attended St."
"Bluebells, with whom she co-wrote the UK No. 1 ""Young at Heart"". a Since their inclusion on ""Songs from the Red Room"", an album by Fahey's solo project Shakespears Sister, these songs are now usually credited as 'Shakespears Sister' rather than 'Siobhan Fahey'. Siobhan Fahey Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey ( ; born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer and musician, whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, who had several top 10 hits including the US number one hit single ""Venus"". She later formed the Brit Award-"
"her daughter's live performances during her time on ""The X Factor"". On 29 August 2017, her daughter Alexandra announced the death of the singer. Melissa Bell (singer) Melissa Cecelia Ewen Bell (5 March 1964 – 28 August 2017) was an English singer. From 1993 to 1996, Bell was one of the lead singers of British R&B act Soul II Soul, with whom she released a single titled ""Wish"". She also created her own band called Soul Explosion, which started in 1999. Bell also worked with Liza Minnelli, Whitney Houston, and Stevie Wonder. A native of London, Bell was of African,"
"where she broke several ribs and severed her hand, and was rushed into emergency surgery. Mel B Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), also known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English television personality, singer and actress. Brown rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time. During the group's hiatus, Brown released her debut solo album ""Hot"". The album's lead single, ""I Want You Back"" charted"