Lili Marlene is unique in that it is the ONLY song that has ever been popular with troops on OPPOSITE sides of the same war.
Vera Lynn's US equivalent would probably be Margaret Whiting ("Moonlight in Vermont") or possibly Jo Stafford..
Lili Marlene is unique in that it is the ONLY song that has ever been popular with troops on OPPOSITE sides of the same war.
Vera Lynn's US equivalent would probably be Margaret Whiting ("Moonlight in Vermont") or possibly Jo Stafford..She was known as "GI Joe" for her many USO tours in the ETO
"My favorite is her rendition of Lili Marlene"
At the risk of being considered a bit senile since I am almost 85, I too will alway have a deep fondness for that WW2 song--after Normandy my Coast Guard Resflo 1 group of 83' wooden cutters were assigned to various duties in the English Channel and French ports as well as the invasion beaches---during winter of '44-'45 most of us (and cutters) were shipped back to USA---I was assigned as CPO of Guard on CG transport USS Wakefield which carried German prisoners---one beautiful, moonlit night at sea the prisoners were playing accordians and singing in their berthing sections below---the sound of hundreds of male voices singing 'Lili Marlene' that flowed up the ladder wells is something I shall never forget and it touches my memories each time it is played---for there, but for the Grace of God, went I