What is Vera Lynn?
{{Infobox musical artist |Name = Dame Vera Lynn |Img = Vera Lynn (1962).jpg |Img_capt = Vera Lynn in 1962 |Img_size = |Landscape = |Background = solo_singer |Birth_name = Vera Margaret Welch |Alias = |birth_date = {{birth date|1917|3|20|df=y}} |birth_place = [[East Ham]], [[Essex]], England |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|18|1917|3|20|df=y}} |death_place = [[Ditchling]], [[East Sussex]], England |Genre = [[Traditional pop music|Traditional pop]] |Instrument = |Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[actress]] |Years_active = 1935–2014 |Label = [[Decca Records|UK Decca]]/[[London Records|London]], [[HMV Records|HMV]] |Associated_acts = |URL = }} '''Dame Vera Margaret Lynn''' <small>[[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]]</small> (''[[née]]'' '''Welch'''; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an [[English people|English]] [[singer]] and [[actress]]. Lynn was born in [[East Ham]], [[Essex]]. She began performing in public at age seven and she started using her grandmother's maiden name (Lynn) as her [[stage name]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Lynn | first1 = Vera | title = Some Sunny Day | url = https://archive.org/details/somesunnydaymyau0000lynn | publisher = Harper Collins | year = 2009 | location = London | pages = [https://archive.org/details/somesunnydaymyau0000lynn/page/12 12] and 43 | isbn = 978-0-00-731815-5}}</ref> Her first radio [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] was in 1935 with the Joe Loss Orchestra. At this time she was being featured on records released by dance bands including those of Loss and of [[Charlie Kunz]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Seidenberg | first1 = Steven | last2 = Sellar | first2 = Maurice | last3 = Jones | first3 = Lou | title = You Must Remember This | url = https://archive.org/details/youmustremembert0000seid | page= [https://archive.org/details/youmustremembert0000seid/page/132 132] | publisher = Boxtree Limited | year = 1