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Variety Clubs International Records was a DIY label. It managed one single. It issued singles in an VAR-0000 numerical series. Distributed By EMI Records. Dame Vera Margaret Lynn Born 20 March 1917 is an English singer and actress. Lynn was born in East Ham, Essex. When she began performing in public at age seven, she adopted her grandmother's maiden name (Lynn) as her stage name. Her first radio broadcast, with the Joe Loss Orchestra, was in 1935. At this time she was being featured on records released by dance bands including those of Loss and of Charlie Kunz. She was popular during World War II. Her best known songs are We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover. Mike Sammes Singers was a Backing vocal group lead by British arranger Mike Sammes Born 19 February 1928 Died 19 May 2001, The Michael Sammes Singers members included:: Valerie Bain, Marion Gay, Enid Hurd, Mike Sammes, Ross Gilmour, Mel Todd and Mike Redway. Provided backing vocals for many artists including Olivia Newton John, The Beatles, Supercar, Stingray, The Secret service, Russ Conway etc. Associated with Disneyland Records. The Mike Sammes Singers remained very busy into the 1970s, doing recordings for television (The Secret Service) and appearing on the small screen (the Val Doonican Show, 1971). By the mid-1970s, though, the demand for backing vocals had faded considerably, due to the introduction of multi-tracking and synthesizers. On "The Last of the Summer Wine", the Mike Sammes Singers contributed the "Summer Wine" song over the opening credits of the Christmas 1983 episode "Getting Sam Home". Mike Sammes died at the age of 73 in May 2001, several months after a fall from which he never fully recovered. And the Mike Sammes Singers died with him.
| 66 | Vera Lynn With The Mike Sammes Singers | Have A Heart, Lend A Hand | VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL | VAR | 1966 |
