Dame Vera Lynn revealed in unearthed footage from a candid interview that her singing teacher branded her untrainable before she found her fame.
The singing icon, who died today aged 103, was speaking about her illustrious career alongside her daughter Virginia in clips aired by BBC1 in their special tribute show.
Vera had great success with songs including We'll Meet Again, The White Cliffs Of Dover, There'll Always Be An England, I'll Be Seeing You, Wishing and If Only I Had Wings.
But she admitted when she first hired a singing teacher before she hit the big time, the teacher gave up straight away. Vera explained that she did not actually much enjoy singing when she was younger, but she was "alright once I was on, in full swing, I was
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