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Anne Shelton OBE (born Patricia Jacqueline Sibley, 10 November 1923 – 31 July 1994) [1] was a popular English vocalist, who is remembered for providing inspirational songs for soldiers both on radio broadcasts, and in person, at British military bases during the Second World War.
In the United Kingdom, Forces sweetheart Anne Shelton had the major hit, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and stayed in the Top Twenty for 14 weeks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Initially the BBC took a dim view of the song as it might have encouraged British troops to 'lay down their guns', at a difficult time of the post- Suez crisis and the conflict ...
Anne Shelton released a version of the song in 1959 that reached #27 in the UK. [7] Bing Crosby recorded the song for his radio show in 1960. [8] Jack Jones recorded the song in 1964 for The Jack Jones Christmas Album. [9] Vera Lynn recorded the song in 1967 for a single release [10] and again in 1972 for the album Vera Lynn - Favourite Sacred ...
"Lay Down Your Arms" (1956 song), a popular song in Swedish, then in English with many covers, most notably The Chordettes and Anne Shelton "Lay Down Your Arms" (The Graces song), notably covered by Belinda Carlisle "Lay Down Your Arms" (Doron Levinson song), a peace song by Israeli Doron Levinson in Hebrew and later on in English "Lay Down ...
Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 29, 1954, accompanied by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians in Los Angeles. [4] Anne Shelton with Ken Mackintosh and his orchestra recorded it in London on March 3, 1954. The song was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10680.
Like many others in the music industry, including ABBA and the Foo Fighters, Willis initially objected to his song being used by Trump. But in his Facebook post he gave the president-elect his ...
And on his 2021 album, "Body Language," the husband and wife paired up again for the song "Happy Anywhere." The couple also sang the 1985 song "Love is Alive" on The Judds 2023 tribute album.
It became one of the most popular songs of 1951, reaching number three in the US Billboard Chart. [1] Lanza received his second gold disc for this song. [2] In the UK, the song was popular based on sales of sheet music. [citation needed] The song was also associated with Anne Shelton, whose contemporary recording was available alongside Lanza's ...