Recommended recording: Vera Lynn – Keep Smiling Through

She sang it in the 1943 film of the same name and, along with ‘White Cliffs.’ was one of the songs she is most remembered for.

Like’White Cliffs of Dover’ Ross Parker & Hughie Charles’s 1939 song was made famous by Vera Lynn, the late singer and actress who entertained the troops during WW2 and left a nation spellbound.