There'll be Blue Birds over the White Cliffs of Dover
Sheet Music
ca. 1941 (published)
ca. 1941 (published)
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Although this sheet music is illustrated with a photograph of the great American songwriter and pianist Turner Layton (1894-1978) who found success in England after 1924 performing as Layton and Johnstone with Clarence 'Tandy' Johnstone (1885-1953), the song is now irrefutably linked with ' the Forces' sweetheart' Vera Lynn (1917-2021) whose 1942 recording of it made it the great optimistic anthem of World War ll.
Turner Layton split with Johnstone in 1935 and returned to America, while Turner continued to perform in London where he regularly performed at the Café de Paris until his retirement in 1946.
Turner Layton split with Johnstone in 1935 and returned to America, while Turner continued to perform in London where he regularly performed at the Café de Paris until his retirement in 1946.
Object details
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| Title | There'll be Blue Birds over the White Cliffs of Dover (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Chromolithograph, ink on paper |
| Brief description | Sheet music for There'll be Blue Birds over the White Cliffs of Dover, by Walter Kent, words by Nat Burton, broadcast by Turner Layton. Published by Bert Feldman & Co. , ca. 1941 |
| Physical description | Sheet music for There'll Be Blue Birds Over the White Cliffs of Dover. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Summary | Although this sheet music is illustrated with a photograph of the great American songwriter and pianist Turner Layton (1894-1978) who found success in England after 1924 performing as Layton and Johnstone with Clarence 'Tandy' Johnstone (1885-1953), the song is now irrefutably linked with ' the Forces' sweetheart' Vera Lynn (1917-2021) whose 1942 recording of it made it the great optimistic anthem of World War ll. Turner Layton split with Johnstone in 1935 and returned to America, while Turner continued to perform in London where he regularly performed at the Café de Paris until his retirement in 1946. |
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| Accession number | S.3289-2013 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2014 |
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